Spelling

30 June 2023

This week, we have been looking at words that contain specific spelling patterns. Please learn the words for a test on Friday 7^th July.

vicious

delicious

ambitious

infectious

precious

malicious

cautious

nutritious

23 June 2023

• stable
• structure
• design
• evaluate
• process
• base
• cycle
• healthy

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 30th June.

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.

23 June 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about using apostrophes for contractions – when letters are omitted from words. Learn these words for a test on Friday 30^th June.

should’ve

couldn’t

could’ve

doesn’t

I’ll

don’t

can’t

we’re

16 June 2023

Contractions

• couldn’t
• can’t
• wouldn’t
• doesn’t
• I’ll
• I’m
• don’t
• isn’t

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 23rd June.

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.

16 June 2023

This week we have been looking at different root words and how by adding prefixes and suffixes, this changes the meaning. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 23^rd June.

redesign

chronology

structure

dictionary

signalling

designation

assignment

geographically

Spellings 3.2

This half term, we are continuing to practise the 40 spellings from half term 3.1. There were a few tricky words in the list that the class will benefit from some extra practise with.

Instead of learning eight different words each week, we’d like your child to learn these 40 words over the whole half-term. Lots of research suggests that learning more spellings over a longer time leads to better remembering how to spell them in the long term.

Any questions please ask!

New spelling list!

This half-term, instead of learning eight different words each week, we’d like you to learn these 40 words over the whole half-term. Lots of research suggests that learning more spellings over a longer time leads to better remembering how to spell them in the long term. 

How you decide to do this is up to you. You might decide to focus on the trickiest words first. Or, you might decide to learn 8 words a week and really focus on these whilst still practising the others, too. For some of you, you might already feel confident with some of the words so might choose to not practise these at all.

However you decide to do it, is up to you. The important thing is that you’re learning them and learning how you like to learn them best. 

Each week, we’ll choose eight random words to test you on. These tests aren’t pressured. They might just help you figure out which words you need to practise more. 

Learning spellings in this way might feel quite different – or even scary – but it shouldn’t. In fact, you’ve actually got less words to learn this half-term than you normally would. 

We’ll keep thinking about this in school and we’ll regularly talk about how we can best practise these words at home. 

If you need some ideas for practical things to do, check out the Super Spelling Strategies Guide on the school website. 

09 June 2023

Common homophone errors

• our
• are
• won
• one
• which
• witch
• here
• hear

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 16th June.

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.

09 June 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about the prefixes un-, re- and in-. Can your child create some words that contain these prefixes? For example, unable.

We also looked at other prefix roots. Use the table below to create your own words.

Friday 19th March

This week’s spellings are words containing the split digraph i-e.

slide

line

time

kite

like

The spellings will be tested on Friday 19th May.