Spelling

25 January 2012

Spellings this week are the following rule: drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’

Learn all the spellings from the list and find six more that fit the rule.  Learn the six you found too.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 27 January.

20 January 2011

This week’s spellings are slightly different. Instead of a list of words, I simply want your child to be able to distinguish between the two forms of  its:

its  – belonging to something, no apostrophe

it’s – a contraction, like we learnt last week, of ‘it is’

We’ll (another contraction!) be looking at this through the week, but if you could practise these activities at home it will ensure your child has a thorough understanding.

1. On piece of paper, write its on one side and it’s on the other. Read out a sentence and they have to show the correct its.
2. Have some sample sentences where they write the correct form of its. For example:

• Whose coat is this? ____ mine!  (It’s)
• The cat wagged _____ tail.  (its)

A good way to distinguish between the two is to check whether the sentence sounds correct if you substitute the word for ‘it is’. If you can do this, then the correct form is it’s. If it doesn’t seem to make sense, then the correct form is its.

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to come and speak to me.

20 January 2012

This week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ck’. Your child will be tested on Friday 27 January 2012.

• shock
• stuck
• trick
• track
• back
• lick
• click
• pick
• lock
• flick

13 January 2012

What is s split digraph?

A split diagraph is an English term under the study of phonetics. It describes a letter that splits during pronunciation. An example is ‘a-e’ which is used in words such as make and take.

Split digraphs are sometimes known as ‘magic e’ words; however, our children will refer to these sounds as split diagraphs.

We’ll be spending the next few weeks learning all about these sounds.

These words will be tested on Friday 20 January.

13 January 2012

This week’s spellings are all words that include contractions.

13 January 2012

This week’s spellings are verbs (‘doing words’) ending in ‘ing’. Your child will be tested on Friday 20 January 2012.

• joining
• fishing
• floating
• reading
• teaching
• writing
• sleeping
• looking
• thinking
• beating

13 January 2012

Spellings this week are again based on the Wow Words we are trying to use in our writing. Children will also be tested on their understanding of the words.  They will be tested on Friday 20 January 2012.

• apparition
• sodden
• languish
• confined
• grimace
• congenial
• silhouette
• formidable
• endeavour
• longevity

13 January 2012

This week’s spellings are all verbs in the past tense that end in ‘ed’. I’ve noticed that we are making some common mistakes when spelling these words. For example, ‘askt’ instead of ‘asked’. Another common mistake is missing out the e before the d. For example, talkd instead of talked.

Children will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings on Friday 20 January.

06 January 2012

Spellings this week are all wow words we are using in class in our writing.

They will be tested on Friday 13 January.

All groups have the same spellings this week.

• gesticulate
• pilfer
• melancholy
• anxiety
• mundane
• pensive
• chivalrous
• dilapidated
• vigorous
• mediocre
• heinous

06 January 2012

This week’s spellings are all words that include the contraction n’t.