11 October 2019
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Adding prefixes |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that can be altered by adding a prefix. Practise them using ideas from the fun spelling ideas information page at the back of your homework book. Say them aloud, write them down and use them in your own sentences. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, use a dictionary or alternative source to find out. As always, please come and see me before the deadline for help! | ||||
| unavoidable | incredible | irresistible | illegal | disappear |
| illogical | inaccurate | impatient | irresponsible | impossible |
04 October 2019
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Adding suffixes |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that can be altered by adding a suffix. Practise them using ideas from the fun spelling ideas information page at the back of your homework book. Say them aloud, write them down and use them in your own sentences. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, use a dictionary or alternative source to find out. As always, please come and see me before the deadline for help! | ||||
| accord/ing | criticise/ed/ing | embarrass/ed/ing | interrupt/ing/ed | equip/ed/ing |
| achieve/ed/ing | determine/ed/ing | guarantee/ed/ing | persuade/ed/ing | queue/ing/ed |
04 October 2019
This week’s spellings are words that contain the ‘ai’ and ‘oa’ digraph.
| snail |
| rail |
| tail |
| boat |
| toad |
| loaf |
04 October 2019
This week, we would like the children to learn how to spell words ending in le.
table
apple
bottle
little
middle
castle
battle
jungle
Test will take place on Friday 11 October 2019.
04 October 2019
This week’s spelling activity focuses on the ‘ue’ sound and the alternative graphemes for them: ue, u-e, ew.
Think of ten words which include the ‘ue’ sound and list them here:
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Now place your words into the grid which is in your homework book. They can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, backwards, criss-crossing. Fill in the blank space around your words with random letters and challenge someone to complete your word search during homework review on Thursday 10 October.
27 September 2019
This week’s spellings are common exception words.
he
she
me
be
we
27 September 2019
This week’s spellings are words with a silent k.
In words starting with kn the letter k is silent. Silent letters are the letters in words that are not pronounced but make a huge difference to the meaning and sometimes the pronunciation of the whole word.
knock
know
knew
knee
knight
knot
knife
knit
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 04 October 2019
27 September 2019
This week’s spelling focuses on the ie and oe sounds. Practise these spellings – use the spelling strategies that are stuck into your homework book. There will be a test on Friday 4 October where ten of these words will be tested.
| ie | oe |
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20 September 2019
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drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ |
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| This week’s spelling activity is all about words where you have to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ when changing the word’s suffix. Your challenge is to play Speed Write against someone at home! Who can write the word correctly the most times in 30 seconds? If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out! | ||||
| category/ies | community/ies | dictionary/ies | funny/iest | happy/ier |
| identity/ies | opportunity/ies | secretary/ies | variety/ies | worry/ier |
20 September 2019
This week, all the spellings contain a soft c. The letter “c” has two sounds, hard “c” and soft “c”. The hard sound of “c” occurs most often. (cat)
When “c” is followed by (a, o, u) it is sounded as “k” (hard c).
When “c” is followed by (e, i, y) it is sounded as “s” (soft c).
- race
- ice
- cell
- city
- fancy
- police
- circle
- pencil