10 May 2019
This week’s spelling list has been formed by asking Year 5 for some spellings that they always seem to have difficulty with! It seems there is good reason though – some of these are really tricky! Just log on to Spelling Shed as normal and as always, come in to see me if you need any help. Make sure it’s before next Thursday, though!
I’ve been very impressed by Y5’s enthusiasm and effort when using Spelling Shed and we’re definitely starting to see it pay off in the classroom. Top work, Y5.
03 May 2019
This week, all the words are homophones or near homophones. A homophone is a word which sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning. The are often, but not always, spelled differently.
| here hear |
| quite quiet |
| one won |
| hole whole |
| blue blew |
| night knight |
| break brake |
| our hour |
03 May 2019
Commonly Misspelled Words
According to Spelling Shed, the words on this week’s list have been some of the most commonly misspelled words over the last seven days in year five. Just log in as normal and the activity you need to complete should pop straight up. As always, if you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out!
All children have been given their Spelling Shed login to use at home but please come in to see me if you’re having any problems.
Friday 03 May 2019
Spellings this week looks at words with the /k/ sound spelt ‘ch’.
Children have a series of words to learn. We have discussed their meaning in class but this may need to be checked at home. There is also a word search to complete for this homework. This is due in on Thursday 10 May 2019.
ache / choir / chemist / christmas / anchor / echo / chorus / chemistry
We are learning our 8 times tables. Please make sure your child is practising their division facts as well as the multiplication facts each week.
26 April 2019
This week, all the words have the ee phoneme at the end of the word which is spelled ey.
| key |
| donkey |
| monkey |
| chimney |
| valley |
| honey |
| money |
| journey |
26 April 2019
This week’s spelling activity is to practise some common homophones using Spelling Shed. All children have been given a Spelling Shed login to use at home but please come in to see me if you’re having any problems. Just log in as normal and the activity that you need to click on will pop straight up!
26 April 2019
This week’s spellings are words ending in the suffix ‘ed’ where no change is needed to the root word.
Children often make mistakes with these spellings, adding ‘t’, ‘d’ or ‘id’ to the root word instead of ‘ed’.
| played |
| jumped |
| needed |
| shouted |
| watched |
| enjoyed |
26 April 2019
Spelling this week is to practise spelling words that either have/ck/ or /k in them.
Your child has been sent home with a username and password for spelling shed – an online spelling practise website. On this website they will be able to find a game to practise these spellings specifically. This can be done independently as long as they have access to a computer, smartphone or tablet.
There is a list to practise for the test on Friday 03 May 2019.
| pack | rock | weak |
| chicken | screech | fetch |
| racket | ditch | arch |
We are learning our 8 times tables.
18 April 2019
This week, our spellings are from the Year 1 common exception word list. These are that do not follow the common phonetic spelling rules of the language, or where the usual rules act in an unusual way.
one
ask
push
pull
full
put
18 April 2019
The spellings this week are all homophones.
What is a homophone?
Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but are spelt differently with different meanings.
blue/blew
hole/whole
break/brake
sent/scent
hour/our
for/four
knight/night
The children have been given a text full of homophone errors. Their job is to correct this and rewrite it.
Challenge
Find more homophones and write your own short story.
Create a short story with homophone errors for a friend to try.
Please ensure there is evidence of learning the spellings in homework books.