16 March 2012
This week’s spellings are plurals that end in ‘es’. It is used instead of ‘s’ for words that end in ss, sh, x, o and zz. Your child will be tested on Friday 23 March 2012.
- buses
- bushes
- heroes
- boxes
- foxes
- dresses
- crashes
- buzzes
- fishes
- classes
09 March 2012
This week’s spellings are double consonants – they usually make the vowel sound before them a short sound (compare dinner with diner, for example). Your child will be tested on Friday 16 March 2012.
- better
- daddy
- dinner
- happy
- letter
- supper
- lolly
- button
- summer
- rabbit
09 March 2012
The spellings this week are all words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle.
The children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 16 March.
| 1. | knee |
| 2. | knock |
| 3. | knife |
| 4. | wrong |
| 5. | wreck |
| 6. | wretch |
| 7. | sword |
| 8. | when |
| 9. | whine |
| 10. | gnarled |
09 March 2012
This week we’re spelling words with the ending ment.
Spellings will be tested on Friday 16 March.
- supplement
- government
- punishment
- development
- management
- employment
- environment
- equipment
- improvement
- argument
- announcement
09 March 2012
This week in our spellings we are learning to drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’. All of the words this week are verbs.
By adding ‘ing‘ on the end of the verb, we have to drop the ‘e’ from the route word. For example, explore with an ing added becomes exploring.
| route word | ing added |
| explore | exploring |
| decide | deciding |
| announce | announcing |
| stroke | stroking |
| vote | voting |
| advise | advising |
As all the variations to the words are similar, I’ve included more words on the list. Any of the words in the list above could come up on the test on Friday 16 March.
09 March 2012
This week’s spellings begin and end with ‘th’. Your child will be tested on Friday 16 March 2012.
| that |
| this |
| the |
| then |
| thin |
| think |
| bath |
| path |
02 March 2012
Spellings this week are all words with the ‘er’ sound in them.
They will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.
| her |
| after |
| water |
| over |
| sister |
| father |
| mother |
| river |
02 March 2012
This week’s spellings are words beginning with ‘al’. Your child will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.
- almighty
- almost
- alone
- along
- already
- also
- altogether
- always
- alright
- although
02 March 2012
This week, we’re spelling words with the ending ‘ous‘, which means ‘full of, famous, full of fame’.
Spellings will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.
- tremendous
- fabulous
- marvellous
- ridiculous
- dangerous
- furious
- gracious
- ravenous
- scandalous
- incredulous
- delicious
Children will also have to put the spellings into a sentence to show they understand the meanings of the words. It’s probably a good idea, therefore, to find the meanings as well as the spellings.
The children will also be expected to use the spellings in speaking and listening activities in class and in their writing.
02 March 2012
This week in our spellings, we’re learning to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. We’re also looking at variations of word endings when dropping the ‘y’.
By adding ‘ier’ on the end of the adjective, we infer that something is more of that adjective than something else. For example, “A carrot is healthier than a chocolate bar.”
By adding ‘est’ on the end on the end of the adjective, we infer that something is the most. For example, ” Jacob Marley was the scariest fancy dress costume on Thursday.”
| adjective | more | most |
| crazy | crazier | craziest |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| scary | scarier | scariest |
| healthy | healthier | healthiest |
As all of the variations to the words are similar, I’ve included more words on the list. Any of the words in the list above could come up on the test on Friday 09 March.