Spelling

Friday 14th October

Posted on Friday 14 October 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

This week’s spellings are more tricky words from our phonics lessons.

have

come

some

love

like

The spellings will be tested on Friday 21st October.

07 October 2022

Posted on Friday 07 October 2022 by Mrs Lake

  • when
  • want
  • annoy
  • destroy
  • kind
  • twirl
  • cloud
  • around

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 14 October.

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.

Friday 7th October

Posted on Friday 07 October 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

This week’s spellings are some more tricky words from are phonics teaching.

my

by

said

do

one

The spellings will be tested on Friday 14h October.

07 October 2022

Posted on Friday 07 October 2022 by Mr Wain

This week, we’re adding suffixes. Add –ing and –ed to change the tense of words. Learn these words at home – maybe write some silly sentences or speed write them as many times as you can.

according

achieved

criticising

determined

embarrassing

developing

guaranteed

queued

These will be tested next Friday! Good luck!

07.10.2022 Spellings

Posted on Thursday 06 October 2022 by Miss Birch

This week we have been learning the spelling rules for adding these suffixes to root words.

Practise adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to these words for the spelling test next Friday:

busy
cry
reply
funny
naughty
carry
copy
worry

30 September 2022

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Mrs Lake

This week in phonics, we’ve been learning about words that contain different ‘oo’ phonemes. Some of this week’s spellings contain the graphemes ‘ue’, ‘ew’ and ‘split u-e’.

  • yawn
  • straw
  • cute
  • use
  • grew
  • argue
  • glue
  • people

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 7 October.

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.

30 September 2022

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Mr Wain

This week, we’re looking at apostrophes in contracted words. The apostrophe marks the spot where the letter or letters have been removed. Use the following words to create your own sentences.

haven’t (have not)

couldn’t (could not)

don’t (do not)

they’ve (they have)

we’re (we are)

won’t (will not – this is a tricky one)

aren’t (are not)

you’re (you are)

Friday 30th September

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

This week’s spellings are some more tricky words from are phonics teaching.

was

they

you

all

are

The spellings will be tested on Friday 7th October.

Spellings – 30.09.2022

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Miss Birch

We have been practising doubling up the consonant after a short vowel sound. Practise these words for next Friday’s spelling test:

appear

address

different

hop/ed/ing

trapped

clap/ed/ing

happening

opposite

23 September 2022

Posted on Friday 23 September 2022 by Mr Wain

This week, we’d like you to practise the rule ‘drop the y for an i’.

Learn the following words for a test on Friday 30th September.

copies

happier

replied

curiosities

cemeteries

funniest

worried

dictionaries

varieties

Moortown Primary School, Leeds
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