Spelling

07 January 2022

Posted on Friday 07 January 2022 by Mrs Lake

This week’s spellings focus on graphemes we have been learning in phonics

  • whimper
  • when
  • whale
  • white
  • whisper
  • shoulder
  • boulder
  • goes

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

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 January

Posted on Friday 07 January 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

This week’s spellings are number words. These are the words we found tricky this week.

one

two

four

five

eight

nine

These spellings will be tested on Friday 14th January. 

07 January 2022

Posted on Friday 07 January 2022 by Mr Wain

This week’s spellings are based on the alternative graphemes ‘ay’, ‘ee’ and ‘i’.

Practise spelling these words at home for a test on 14th January.

neighbour, reign, believe, increase, guide, bicycle, tried, exercise

10 December 2021

Posted on Friday 10 December 2021 by Mr McGriffiths

Well done to all the children on their spellings last week – you have been practising really hard!

Our spellings this week are focussed on the different spellings of the /ee/ phoneme

sleep

beach

happy

these

we

The children will be tested on these words next Thursday 16th December

When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning

10 December 2021

Posted on Friday 10 December 2021 by Mrs Lake

This week’s spellings focus on alternative graphemes.

ea and y

  • bread
  • feather
  • ready
  • carry
  • funny
  • happy
  • hairy
  • Christmas

The children will be tested on these words next Thursday 16 December.

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 3rd December

Posted on Friday 03 December 2021 by Mr McGriffiths

Well done to all the children on their spellings last week – you have been practising really hard!

Our spellings this week are focussed on the suffix -ing.

playing

jumping

rolling

running

throwing

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 10th December

When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning

03 December 2021

Posted on Friday 03 December 2021 by Mr Wain

Practice adding -ed, -er, -est and -ing to these words:

busy                                       cry

reply                                       funny

naughty                                 carry

marry                                     copy

ugly                                        worry

sorry                                      happy

creepy

03 December 2021

Posted on Friday 03 December 2021 by Mrs Lake

This week’s spellings focus on silent letters at the beginning of words.

kn- and wr-

Can you spot some homophones?

  • knock
  • know
  • knee
  • write
  • written
  • wrote
  • wrong
  • wrap

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 10 December.

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.

26 November 2021

Posted on Friday 26 November 2021 by Mr Wain

This week, we’d like you to practice changing these words to plural:

address(es)

century(ies)

group(s)

church(es)

lorry(ies)

jelly(ies)

wolf(ves)

roof(ves)

26 November 2021

Posted on Friday 26 November 2021 by Mrs Lake

This week’s spellings focus on two alternative graphemes we have learned during phonics lessons.  The graphemes soft g (making the /j/ phoneme) and soft c (making the /s/ phoneme).

  • gentle
  • giraffe
  • gem
  • giant
  • city
  • mice
  • pencil
  • circle

The children will be tested on these words next Friday 03 December.

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.

Moortown Primary School, Leeds
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