Spelling

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.