29 June 2012
This week’s spellings are verbs in the present and past tense. Your child will be tested on Friday 06 July 2012.
- find
- found
- teach
- taught
- steal
- stole
- buy
- bought
- wear
- wore
22 June 2012
This week, we’re returning to words which use apostrophes to shorten or contract two words into one word. The spellings will be tested on Friday 29 June. Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words.
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1. |
it is |
it’s |
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2. |
can not |
can’t |
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3. |
will not |
won’t |
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4. |
do not |
don’t |
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5. |
should not |
shouldn’t |
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6. |
could not |
couldn’t |
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7. |
would not |
wouldn’t |
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8. |
does not |
doesn’t |
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9. |
I will |
I’ll |
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10. |
I have |
I’ve |
22 June 2012
This week, our spelling is words we use to join sentences.
Can you think of some more and use them in sentences? To help your child, it’s a good idea to ask them to write the words in full sentences, practising their handwriting and punctuation at the same time.
These words will be tested on Friday 29 June.
| and |
| but |
| because |
| then |
| after |
| until |
22 June 2012
TThis week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ness’. Your child will be tested on Friday 29 June 2012.
• sadness
• darkness
• cleanness
• dampness
• dullness
• fairness
• fitness
• hugeness
• illness
• tiredness
22 June 2012
This week’s spellings all end with the suffix fully.
Last week we looked at the suffix ‘ful’. We can make these words into adverbs by adding ly. Notice how there is now a double l on the end, e.g. wonder + ful + ly = wonderfully
| LO: Adverbs that end in fully |
| wonderfully |
| hopefully |
| mercifully |
| helpfully |
| carefully |
| hurtfully |
| thankfully |
| cheerfully |
15 June 2012
This week’s spellings are all more interesting words to use in your writing instead of said. The words also all have ‘ed’ endings because they’re in the past tense.
I’ve listed the words in order of how loud I think the words would be spoken. I think that number one is the quietest and that they get louder until number eight. Do you agree?
Can you think of any other words that would fit?
| 1. | mouthed |
| 2. | mumbled |
| 3. | muttered |
| 4. | grunted |
| 5. | called |
| 6. | exclaimed |
| 7. | cried |
| 8. | roared |
| 9. | shrieked |
| 10. | boomed |
15 June 2012
This week’s spellings all end with the suffix ful.
Notice how when ‘full’ is added on to the end, it loses one of its ls. For example, wonder and full becomes wonderful.
| LO: Words that end with ‘ful’. |
| wonderful |
| joyful |
| beautiful |
| thoughtful |
| careful |
| powerful |
| awful |
| painful |
| helpful |
| cheerful |
15 June 2012
This week’s spellings are based on a rule of ‘drop the e for ing’. Children can think of other words that match this spelling pattern if they wish. Your child will be tested on Friday 22 June 2012.
- like
- liking
- ride
- riding
- wave
- waving
- tame
- taming
- smile
- smiling
15 June 2012
As the statutory phonics screening check will take place next week, there is no spelling homework.
There is no date set for which children will be tested on which day; as always, avoid unnecessary absences.
Thank you.
01 June 2012
This week our spellings have been chosen to match our main spelling rules. These words, while mostly pretty simple, are a good reminder of the three main rules:
Double up for a short vowel sound
- swimming
- grinning
- approach
- cunning
Drop the y for an i
- stealthily
- berries
Drop the e for ing
- smiling
- hoping
Children need to find five words to match each rule. They will be tested on Friday 01 June.