07 January 2011
This week we are learning to spell words with the ‘wh’ sound.
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when |
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why |
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what |
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wheel |
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whip |
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which |
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where |
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white |
These words will be tested on Friday 14 January.
07 January 2011
The spelling rule this week is to drop the ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’ to words that end in an ‘e’
1. hope hoping
2. use using
3. write writing
4. take taking
5. shake shaking
6. joke joking
7. share sharing
8. smile smiling
9. have having
10. care caring
11. decide deciding
12. become becoming
13. improve improving
Spellings will be tested on Friday 14 January. Good luck.
07 January 2011
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Present tense |
Past tense |
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drags |
dragged |
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drops |
dropped |
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grabs |
grabbed |
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hugs |
hugged |
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shops |
shopped |
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stops |
stopped |
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claps |
clapped |
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steps |
stepped |
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Can you think of any of your own? |
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This week’s spellings are writing words in the past tense. The rule is ‘double up for short vowels’.
These spellings will be tested on Friday 14 Janauary 2011. Can the children think of any more of their own?
07 January 2011
To tie in with our topic ‘Snowbound’, our spellings are compound words based on snow or bound and words linked to snow.
Spellings will be tested on Friday 14 January.
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C |
B |
A |
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snowball snowbound snowplough snowstorm snowshoe snowboard snowdrift icicle blizzard |
housebound snowbound snowplough snowfall boundless avalanche iceberg icicle blizzard |
snowmobile snowplough snowflake avalanche snowbound housebound snowboarding thawing blizzard |
Holidays approaching…
…so there are no spelling lists, tables or other homework this week.
Enjoy reading, writing (and possibly making?) Christmas cards, reflecting on this term’s topics and other activities.
03 December 2010
This week’s spellings are adding ‘ing’. The words in the left column end in a consonant. As they have a short vowel sound before them we need to double up the consonants before we add the ‘ing’. These will be tested on Friday 10 December.
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drop |
dropping |
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shop |
shopping |
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swim |
swimming |
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hop |
hopping |
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run |
running |
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chat |
chatting |
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drag |
dragging |
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grin |
grinning |
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Can you think of any more? |
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06 December 2010
All the spellings this week are commonly used words.
Spellings 1-10 should be practised by the Nouns and Verbs. 1-13 should be practised by the Adjectives and Adverbs.
1. there
2. really
3. going
4. because
5. were
6. about
7. coming
8. believe
9. when
10. angry
11. happening
12. scared
13. shivering
Spellings will be tested on Friday 10 December. Good luck!
03 December 2010
This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges all include the suffix ‘ful’.
Apples have some high-frequency words to remember. They will be tested on Friday 10 December 2010.
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Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
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LO: High frequency words. |
LO: Words with the suffix ‘ful’. |
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03 December 2010
This week we are learning to spell tricky words.
These will be tested on Friday 10 December.
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from |
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help |
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has |
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out |
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some |
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when |
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then |
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down |
03 December 2010
Spellings this week are all superlatives. They all have an est ending (and some also have the rule of changing the ‘y’ to an ‘i , like angry becoming angriest). Choose four spellings from the list and find four of your own that follow the same rule.
Spellings will be tested on Friday 10 December.
angriest
brainiest
cheekiest
narrowest
comfiest
happiest
healthiest
hungriest
juiciest
luckiest
moodiest
naughtiest
prettiest
quietest
scariest
unhealthiest