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 |
06 December 2013
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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air |
drown |
trains |
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hair |
crowd |
schools |
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pair |
allow |
lessons |
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chair |
flower |
bushes |
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fair |
vowel |
hisses |
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hairy |
mouse |
quizzes |
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proud |
watches |
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ground |
wolves |
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knives |
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halves |
Here are this week’s spellings. They will be tested on Friday 13 December.
06 December 2013
This week, we are learning to spell words which have a silent h. Can you think of anymore?
| 1. | when |
| 2. | what |
| 3. | where |
| 4. | which |
| 5. | white |
| 6. | ghost |
| 7. | honest |
| 8. | Christmas |
29 November 2013
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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tear |
crown |
smiled |
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fear |
frown |
admired |
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hear |
found |
confused |
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ear |
sound |
puzzled |
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beard |
brown |
bullied |
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dear |
hound |
tried |
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town |
married |
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pound |
carried |
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scurried |
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hurried |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a test on Friday 06 December 2013.
29 November 2013
The spellings this week are all words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle.
| 1. | knee |
| 2. | knock |
| 3. | knife |
| 4. | wrong |
| 5. | wreck |
| 6. | write |
| 7. | sword |
| 8. | when |
| 9. | whine |
| 10. | gnarled |
22 November 2013
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week. The spellings are all words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly.
| 1. | moody | moodily |
| 2. | nasty | nastily |
| 3. | easy | easily |
| 4. | giddy | giddily |
| 5. | greedy | greedily |
| 6. | hasty | hastily |
| 7. | speedy | speedily |
| 8. | noisy | noisily |
| 9. | naughty | naughtily |
| 10. | stealthy | stealthily |
14 November 2013
This week’s spellings are all words which use apostrophes to shorten or contract two words into one word. I’ve noticed that some children are struggling to read these words and/or write them correctly.
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1. |
do not |
don’t |
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2. |
can not |
can’t |
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3. |
is not |
isn’t |
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4. |
does not |
doesn’t |
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5. |
will not |
won’t |
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6. |
there is |
there’s |
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7. |
it is |
it’s |
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8. |
I will |
I’ll |
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9. |
I have |
I’ve |
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10. |
I would |
I’d |
08 November 2013
Here are this week’s spellings. They will be tested on Thursday 14 November 2013 (Friday is a training day so school is closed).
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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church |
short | who |
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fur |
sport | where |
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burn |
north | when |
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turn |
thorn | what |
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burp |
pork | why |
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the |
fork | which |
| born | hospital | |
| stork | soldier | |
| Crimean | ||
| conditions |
08 November 2013
It’s a welcome back to school and a welcome back to one of our key spelling rules this week: double up for short vowel sounds. This week’s spellings all have le endings as well.
| 1. | puddle |
| 2. | bubble |
| 3. | meddle |
| 4. | puzzle |
| 5. | battle |
| 6. | pebble |
| 7. | shuttle |
| 8. | middle |
| 9. | shuffle |
| 10. | impossible |
It’s half-term…
…so no specific homework, spellings or tables this week. It’s a good time to relax and enjoy some time with your children – have you visited the free exhibition of Anthony Browne pictures at Leeds City Museum, for example?