Spelling

27 September 2013

This week, the spellings are all words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly. This is one of three key spelling rules which we will be revisiting throughout the year.

In the list below, the words change from being adjectives (words which describe a noun – in this case, a person for example eg a grumpy waiter) to adverbs (words which describe a verb eg to smile sneakily, to reply angrily).

27 September 2013

Here are this week’s spellings.  They will be tested on Friday 04 October 2013.

Ask your child which phonemes they have been learning this week.

The phonics groups are proving to be very successful and we are seeing lots of progress being made already.

20 September 2013

This week, we are continuing to look at what happens to words when we add  ‘ing’ to them. Most of the spellings this week end in ‘le’ so you have to drop the ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’. However,  some of the words just require you to add ‘ing’. Can you spot them?

20 September 2013

This week, the spellings are a mixture of the previous two weeks’ ‘ing’ rules and also some words where you just have to add ‘ing’ to the word.

The children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 27 September.

20 September 2013

Here are this week’s spellings; please remember to make sure that your child learns the correct spellings.

These spellings will be tested on Friday 27 September.

When you are practising the spellings, try and make it as fun as possible so that the children remember them: eg you can use magnetic letters, write the spellings in shaving foam or flour, ask your child to test you and then let them mark them or write the words on cards and play snap.  If you need any support then please come and ask.

13 September 2013

This is the second week of investigating the effect of adding ‘ing’ to words.

This week’s spellings are all words which have a short vowel sound before the final letter. This means that you need to double the final letter when adding ‘ing’.

The spellings will be tested on Friday 20 September.

13 September 2013

If you are familiar with how we have done spellings in KS1 previously, then you will see that we are trying something different this year.

All the children in Y1 and Y2 have been mixed up depending on their phonic knowledge.  There is a daily phonics lesson, ensuring a secure knowledge which can be applied in writing and reading.

There are three groups: red, yellow and green.  The children know which group they are in and there is a coloured sticker on the front of their learning list book.  You will notice that the spellings below are grouped in these colours so please make sure you know which list you should be learning with your child.  The spellings are linked with previous learning.

All spellings will be tested on Friday 20 September.

If you have any questions please come and ask.

06 September 2013

The spellings this week are all words where you have to drop the ‘e’ at the end of
the word when adding ‘ing’. The children will be tested on the ‘ing’ words in the third column. However, it’s important that they also know the root words (second column) so they understand how the rule works.

12 July 2013

Over the past few weeks (and at many other points in the year) we have been practising our three main spellings rules:

• double-up for short vowel sounds

• drop the e for ing

• drop the y for an i

This week, you need to practise all of the spellings from the last two lists. You won’t get tested on all of them – but you’ll need to know all of them. Also, a few unknown spellings will be added to the test but which still follow one or more of the rules.

05 July 2013

This week, we are spelling words we use in our everyday writing.

They will be tested on Friday 12 July 2013.