07 February 2014
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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hammer |
burn |
happy |
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rabbit |
sister |
unhappy |
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duckling |
purse |
tie |
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jacket |
hammer |
untie |
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window |
germ |
like |
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rocket |
burst |
dislike |
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dinner |
fortunate |
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church |
unfortunate |
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allow |
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disallow |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 14 February 2014.
Don’t forget, there will be no spellings sent home over the half term holiday but you can still be looking at words and spellings while you are out and about!
07 February 2014
Our spellings this week investigate how words change when er and est are added. In the list, all the words are adjectives – they describe nouns.
Notice how you drop the y for an i when changing the root word to er or est.
| tasty | tastier | tastiest |
| happy | happier | happiest |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| crazy | crazier | craziest |
| lucky | luckier | luckiest |
| grumpy | grumpier | grumpiest |
31 January 2014
Our spellings this week investigate how words change when er and est are added. In the list, all the words are adjectives – they describe nouns.
Notice how, when adding er and est, the final consonant is doubled due to the short vowel which precedes it.
| big | bigger | biggest |
| hot | hotter | hottest |
| thin | thinner | thinnest |
| fat | fatter | fattest |
| sad | sadder | saddest |
| wet | wetter | wettest |
31 January 2014
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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spoon |
church |
thoughtful |
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brush |
turn |
fearless |
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think |
injury |
joyful |
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brush |
burn |
tearful |
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you |
nurse |
grateful |
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was |
burst |
thoughtless |
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purse |
hopeless |
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surf |
careful |
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careless |
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meaningful |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 07 February.
24 January 2014
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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hand |
hair |
biggest |
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grip |
fair |
bigger |
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span |
chair |
safer |
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trap |
air |
safest |
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scot |
pair |
jollier |
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flip |
lair |
jolliest |
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stairs |
merrier |
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merriest |
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greater |
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greatest |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 31 January.
Some children don’t seem to be learning their spellings. Please remember that it is part of the children’s homework and needs to be done. Five minutes every day will help the children to learn the spellings and be able to apply them in their writing.
24 January 2014
The rule for this week is double up for a short vowel sound.
This week, all the spellings are animals which contain a short vowel sound followed by a double consonant.
| 1. | rabbit |
| 2. | hippo |
| 3. | gorilla |
| 4. | jellyfish |
| 5. | butterfly |
| 6. | alligator |
| 7. | grasshopper |
| 8. | hummingbird |
17 January 2014
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a test on Friday 24 January.
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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moon |
beard |
description |
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night |
clear |
mission |
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coin |
spear |
invention |
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rain |
dear |
chemist |
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chin |
gear |
character |
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shop |
year |
fiction |
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ear |
city |
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fear |
success |
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cylinder |
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bicycle |
17 January 2014
The spellings this week are all animal topic words which we will be using in both topic and literacy lessons next week.
| 1. | diet |
| 2. | habitat |
| 3. | animal |
| 4. | location |
| 5. | prey |
| 6. | carnivore |
| 7. | herbivore |
| 8. | omnivore |
| 9. | appearance |
| 10. | creature |
10 January 2014
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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moon |
beard |
description |
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night |
clear |
mission |
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coin |
spear |
invention |
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rain |
dear |
chemist |
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chin |
gear |
character |
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shop |
year |
fiction |
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ear |
city |
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fear |
success |
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cylinder |
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bicycle |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 17 January 2014.
10 January 2014
The spellings this week are all topic words which we have been learning about in our computing mini-topic. Throughout the week, the children have encountered all of this vocabulary so will be able to tell you the meaning.
| 1. | computer |
| 2. | mouse |
| 3. | keyboard |
| 4. | monitor |
| 5. | input |
| 6. | output |
| 7. | program |
| 8. | debug |
| 9. | digital |
| 10. | algorithm |