05 November 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about the spelling rule:
double up for a short vowel sound
An example of this is in the word difficult. The ‘i’ is a short sound if you read it aloud, therefore the following consonant ‘f’ needs to be doubled up. Another example is trapped.
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
different, difficult, possible, trapped, happening, opposite, arrive
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 12 November to see how we’ve got on.
For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, click here.
Friday 15th October
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 /ai/ phoneme. We have learnt different ways of writing the /ai/ sound. Ask your child if they can name them.
play
pain
snake
cave
grey
The children will be tested on these words next Thursday 21st October
When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning
15 October 2021
This week’s spellings are high frequency words. When spelling these words, children often make mistakes.
- were
- some
- you
- where
- house
- what
- why
- who
The children will be tested on these words next Thursday 21 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.
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding prefixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 22nd October.
il/legal
il/logical
dis/appear
un/avoidable
im/mature
ir/responsible
ir/rational
im/possible
in/accurate
in/active
15 October 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about some common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.
there, they’re, their, which, witch, to, two, too
We’ll test ourselves on Thursday 21 October to see how we’ve got on.
For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.
Friday 8th October
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 /ai/ phoneme. We have learnt different ways of writing the /ai/ sound. Ask your child if they can name them.
take
again
they
today
train
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 15th October
When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning
08 October 2021
This week’s spellings are high frequency words. When spelling these words, children often make mistakes. Check your child’s understanding of ‘our’ and ‘are’. Put them into sentences and discuss their meaning and different spellings.
- here
- they
- are
- friend
- said
- your
- once
- our
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 15 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.
08 October 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how the ‘ue’ sound can be spelled in lots of different ways. For example, in the word ‘conclude’, the letters ‘u-e’ make the ‘ue’ sound but in the word ‘popular’ it’s the letter ‘u’.
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
continue, popular, June, regular, queue, rescue, conclude, amuse
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 15 October to see how we’ve got on.
For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding suffixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 15th October.
achieve/ed/ing
develop/ed/ing
embarrass/ed/ing
guarantee/ed/ing
occur/ed/ing
brave/er/est
crazy/er/est
hairy/er/est
lovely/er/est
sad/er/est
Friday 1st October
Well done to all the children on their spellings last week – you have been practising really hard!
Our spellings this week are from the Year 1 common exception words list (words that do not follow the rules of phonics)
here
so
some
of
we
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 8th October
When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning