10 June 2011
The spelling rule for this week is an old but important spelling rule that we are practising again. It is drop ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’. Nouns and verbs practise 1-8 and adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. smile smiling
2. drive driving
3. shine shining
4. time timing
5. write writing
6. like liking
7. come coming
8. arrive arriving
9. believe believing
10. amaze amazing
Practise hard and you will get full marks.
10 June 2011
We’re learning to spell words that we use in our everyday writing.
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from |
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the |
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me |
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all |
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my |
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when |
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then |
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why |
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me |
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this |
These words will be tested on Friday 17 June.
10 June 2011
This week we are 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 17 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:
- breathtaking
- overwhelming
- exhilarating
- inspiring
- invigorating
- rousing
- stimulating
- tremendous
- energising
- marvellous
10 June 2011
This week’s spellings are compound words (words made up from two or more words). These will be tested on Friday 17 June 2011.
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football |
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playground |
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cupboard |
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everyone |
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windmill |
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weekend |
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grandmother |
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handbag |
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cloakroom |
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grasshopper |
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Can you think of any more? |
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20 May 2011
This week, we are learning to spell words with the ‘y‘ sound.
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by |
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cry |
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fly |
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dry |
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sky |
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try |
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fry |
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my |
These words will be tested on Friday 27 May 2011.
20 May 2011
This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges are months of the year.
Apples have days of the week to remember.
They will be tested on Friday 27 May.
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Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
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LO: Days of the week. |
LO: Months of the year. |
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(I will only test 8 of these spellings.) |
13 May 2011
To spell words with the ‘i-e’ sound.
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ride |
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pipe |
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bite |
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slide |
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pine |
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ripe |
These words will be tested on Friday 20th May 2011.
13 May 2011
The spellings this week are all words that have silent letters within them. Nouns and verbs practise 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. knife
2. write
3. when
4. could
5. would
6. should
7. knock
8. know
9. wrinkle
10. honest
The spellings will be tested on Friday 20 May.
13 May 2011
This week’s spellings are a recap of adverbs (words used to describe verbs). The children can use these in their writing to make it more interesting. They will be tested on Friday 20 May.
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scarily |
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stealthily |
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luckily |
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wearily |
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carefully |
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slowly |
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quickly |
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amazingly |
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remarkably |
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determinedly |
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Can you think of any more? |
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06 May 2011
This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges are words that begin with mis.
Apples have words that all have the sound oi in the middle.
They will be tested on Friday 13 May.
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Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
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LO: Words that have ‘oi’. |
LO: Words that begin with ‘mis’. |
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