09 November 2018
Next we’ll, we’ll be focussing on word endings in ‘tious and ‘cious. Here are some words which end in these sounds. Work out the root word for each of them and think about how this can help you to decide whether the spelling is with a ‘t’ or a ‘c’. There will be no test on Friday 16 November.
- vicious
- precious
- conscious
- delicious
- malicious
- suspicious
- ambitious
- cautious
- fictitious
- infectious
- nutritious
09 November 2018
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plurals |
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This week’s spelling list is formed using words and their plural forms. It can be difficult to distinguish which ending you need so don’t get caught out! See below for some tips. Can you show your plurals in a creative way? Can you write them in your own paragraph? Challenge yourself to use parentheses: |
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baby/babies |
box/boxes | bus/buses | city/cities | hand/hands |
| lunch/lunches | party/parties | potato/potatoes | try/tries |
worry/worries |
- Most nouns add ‘-s’ in the plural.
- Nouns ending in a hissing/buzzing/shushing sound add ‘-es’ because it makes it easier to say.
- Nouns ending in ‘-y’ drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ and add ‘-es’.
- Several nouns ending in ‘o’ add ‘-es’.
There will be a spelling test on Friday 16 November.
19 October 2018
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long ‘a’ |
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This week’s activity is to find as many different ways that words show a long ‘a’ sound (such as ai in rain). How many combinations of letters can you find? Hint: there are at least six! Can you include your findings in some sentences or a story? Challenge yourself to include a relative clause or to use () or – – ! |
19 October 2018
Next week, we’re learning about adding -es to nouns and verbs which end in a -y. Children need to drop the y for an i before adding es. Children will be tested on the words in the second column.
| fly flies |
| cry cries |
| try tries |
| spy spies |
| reply replies |
| copy copies |
| baby babies |
| carry carries |
12 October 2018
This week, our spellings focus on words which contain the ‘ure’ trigraph.
| cure |
| lure |
| manure |
| pure |
| sure |
| secure |
12 October 2018
This week, spelling will continue to focus on one of our must dos: apostrophes for contractions. This is due in on Thursday 18 October. There will be a test on contractions on Friday 13 October.
Practise contractions by completing the expanded/contracted table below. Don’t forget to use the apostrophe where letters have been omitted!
Challenge: write a sentence for each contracted word.
| Expanded form | Contraction |
| I will | I’ll |
| she has | |
| they are | |
| didn’t | |
| wasn’t | |
| couldn’t | |
| will not | |
| he has | |
| you are | |
| do not | |
| they’ve | |
| isn’t |
We are learning the 3 times tables.
12 October 2018
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homophones |
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This week’s spelling list is formed using words that sound the same but are spelled completely differently. Practise hearing the word and choosing the correct version for your sentence. Can you think of any ways to remember the correct spelling? Can you write a few sentences or a story? Challenge yourself to use () — ,, |
- isle/ aisle
- aloud/allowed
- affect/ effect
- herd/heard
- past/ passed
- there/their/they’re
- your/you’re
- our/are
12 October 2018
The spellings this week all contain the i sound spelt with a -y at the end of the word.
| try |
| cry |
| why |
| reply |
| July |
| spy |
| identify |
| multiply |
12 October 2018
All of the spellings this week have ‘fer endings and we’re learning how to add a suffix to these words. There will be a test on Friday 19 October.
| preferred | referred | transferred | offered |
| preferring | referring | transferring | offering |
| preference | reference | transference | |
| referral | transferal | ||
| preferable | referable | transferable |
This week’s time tables test will be on the 4 x table but we’ll be challenging ourselves with the more difficult questions we’ve been practising recently. We’re improving every day with these.
05 October 2018
This week, our spellings focus on words which contain the ‘air’ and ‘ear’ trigraph.
| chair |
| flair |
| hair |
| fear |
| gear |
| clear |