24 June 2011
This week’s spellings for Bananas, Oranges and Apples are all adverbs.
They will be tested on Friday 24 June.
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Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
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LO: Adverbs |
LO: Adverbs |
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24 June 2011
This week’s spellings are different words that can be used instead of ‘said’. Learning these words will help the children in their writing. These spellings will be tested on Friday 01 July 2011.
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‘said’ word |
example of how to use it |
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admitted |
“I think we’re lost,” admitted Jack. |
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boasted |
Jack boasted, “I won the race!” |
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commanded |
“Give me that!” commanded Jack. |
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complained |
“Aren’t we there yet?” complained Jack. |
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demanded |
“I want an ice-cream NOW!” demanded Jack. |
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mumbled |
“I’m getting sleepy,” mumbled Jack. |
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pleaded |
Jack pleaded, “Just one more biscuit mum!” |
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suggested |
“We could play outside,” suggested Jack. |
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taunted |
“My bike is better,” taunted Jack. |
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wailed |
Jack wailed, “I don’t want to go to bed!” |
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Can you think of any more ambitious words for said? |
Can you put them into a sentence? |
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This week’s ‘Tricky Words’
This week’s tricky words to learn to spell are:
- he
- me
- we
- be
- she
17 June 2011
This week the children only have two spellings to learn!
it’s = it is
its = belongs to
At home, the children are expected to put the two different words into ten sentences.
For example:
It’s a lovely day today.
The cat licked its fur.
17 June 2011
This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges are words that end with s or es.
Apple’s words all have the sound aw. They will be tested on Friday 24 June.
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Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
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LO: Words with ‘aw’ sound. |
LO: End with s/es. |
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17 June 2011
The spellings this week are all words that end in ‘ch’, ‘sh’ or ‘ss’ and take ‘es’ endings. For example, the plural of witch is witches.
Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. church churches
2. touch touches
3. wash washes
4. clash clashes
5. class classes
6. watch watches
7. miss misses
8. scratch scratches
9. embarrass embarrasses
10. approach approaches
The spellings will be tested on Friday 24 June.
17 June 2011
This week we are again learning to spell WOW words and to use them in class in the correct context.
Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 24 June, and will be given points for using them correctly in written work and verbally in class.
Here are the WOW words for all groups to learn how to spell and how to use in context:
- aggressively
- cautiously
- stealthily
- destructively
- painstakingly
- fearlessly
- intensely
- delicately
- effortlessly
- noiselessly
17 June 2011
This week, we are learning to spell words with the ‘nk‘ sound.
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bank |
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sank |
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ink |
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drink |
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sink |
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tank |
These words will be tested on Friday 24 June 2011.
This week’s ‘tricky words’
This week the tricky words to learn to spell are:
- said
- so
- have
- like
10 June 2011
This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges are words ending with ing.
Apples have words with the sound ou in the middle.
They will be tested on Friday 17 June.
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Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
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LO: Words with ‘ou’ sound. |
LO: Words that end with ‘ing’. |
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