07 December 2012
The focus for our spellings this week, are all words that have the long vowel sound ‘ai‘ in with the suffix ed. These words all have the same sound in middle.
| LO: ai sound with ed suffix |
| rained |
| trained |
| exclaimed |
| sailed |
| obtained |
| failed |
| strained |
| maintained |
30 November 2012
This week, the tricky words to learn to spell are:
| when |
| went |
| from |
| his |
| her |
| she |
| I |
| said |
These words will be tested on Friday 07 December 2012.
30 November 2012
This week’s spellings are words ending in ‘y’.
Talk with your child about the sound it makes (usually an ‘e’ sound), and see if you can they can think of more words like this at home. The words here are all adjectives – they describe something (a noun). Can your child put these words into sentences? They could write one or two of them to practise handwriting skills and punctuation, too.
Your child will be tested on Friday 07 December 2012.
- bony
- greasy
- lazy
- scary
- shiny
- tasty
- slimy
- wavy
- nosy
- spiky
30 November 2012
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules again 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 |
30 November 2012
The common suffix this week is ‘ic’. Look at the words closely. Only some of these words follow the rule of drop the y for an i. These are the words that have a y in the base word.
For example, the base word for horrific is horrify. Here the y is dropped for an i. Can you spot which other spellings follow this rule?
The rest of these spellings just have ic added with no changes to the base word. For example, acid with the ic added, becomes acidic.
| LO: ic suffixes and dropping the y for an i |
| horrific |
| magnetic |
| terrific |
| allergic |
| specific |
| acidic |
| photographic |
| organic |
23 November 2012
This week the tricky words to learn to spell are:
| come |
| saw |
| here |
| with |
| my |
| are |
| very |
| help |
| me |
| was |
These words will be tested on Friday 30 November.
23 November 2012
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: double up for short vowel sounds. This week’s spellings are all in the past tense so have ed endings as well.
Children will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings on 30 November 2012.
| 1. | snapped |
| 2. | trapped |
| 3. | stepped |
| 4. | flipped |
| 5. | slammed |
| 6. | dripped |
| 7. | stuffed |
| 8. | slipped |
| 9. | popped |
| 10. | plodded |
23 November 2012
The spelling rule to chant this week is ‘double up for short vowel sounds’. They also all have a common suffix which is ‘ive’.
| LO: double up for short vowel sounds with ‘ive’ suffixes |
| narrative |
| attractive |
| massive |
| corrosive |
| connective |
| supportive |
| expressive |
| offensive |
23 November 2012
This week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ing’. Your child will be tested on Friday 30 November 2012.
- joining
- fishing
- floating
- reading
- teaching
- writing
- sleeping
- looking
- thinking
- beating
16 November 2012
This week’s spellings are words with ‘igh’. Your child will be tested on Friday 23 November 2012.
- high
- night
- height
- fright
- right
- fight
- tight
- light
- might
- sight