28 September 2018
All of the spellings this week have -ible or -able endings. For Friday’s test, I’ll test some of these words but will also test words from their word families or even words that have the same spelling pattern but weren’t on the spelling list.
All children should be practising their spellings in their homework book using the techniques suggested at the back which we also use in class.
| -able | -ible | rule-breakers |
| terrible
edible horrible invincible incredible sensible illegible responsible |
tolerable
admirable breakable applicable considerable valuable excitable measurable |
forgettable
regrettable reversible convincible manageable changeable accessible convertible |
21 September 2018
21 September 2018
This week’s spellings are all words which need you to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. Then, you add either ed or es to make the past tense or a plural noun. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. Children may be asked to spell similar words which follow the same spelling pattern:
| carry/ied | fly/ies | family/ies | hurry/ied | copy/ied |
| try/ied | daisy/ies | worry/ied | puppy/ies | story/ies |
We are learning our 3 times tables.
21 September 2018
The spellings this week contain the long i and long oo sound. There are lots of different ways to spell these sounds. This week, we’re focussing on ie and ou.
| lie |
| tie |
| pie |
| you |
| soup |
| group |
21 September 2018
This week all the spellings contain a soft c which sounds like an s.
| race |
| ice |
| cell |
| city |
| fancy |
| police |
| circle |
| pencil |
21 September 2018
This week’s spellings are all words which need you to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. Then, you add either ed or es to make the past tense or a plural noun. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. Children may be asked to spell similar words which follow the same spelling pattern:
| carry/ied | fly/ies | family/ies | hurry/ied | copy/ied |
| try/ied | cherry/ies | worry/ied | puppy/ies | story/ies |
This pattern is to be learnt preparation for the test on Friday 28 September.
This week, we are learning our 3 times tables.
21 September 2018
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‘-able’ and ‘-ible’ |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that end in either ‘-able’ or ‘-ible’. It can be difficult to distinguish which ending you need so don’t get caught out! If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out! Can you show them in a creative way? Can you write them in your own sentences? | ||||
| adorable | breakable | disposable | forgivable | valuable |
| edible | invincible | legible | possible | reversible |
21 September 2018
This week, you have a spelling activity. There will be no test on Friday 28 September. Instead we’ll review what you’ve found out from this activity. It focuses on words ending in -ible and -able and being able to recognise which one to use.
Find out words with ‘ible and ‘able endings and create the word families for them.
adorable – adorably – adoration – adore – adored – adoring
We’re going to work on the 3 times table next week. The children will be tested on Friday 28 September. Because we should know our three times table, the test will include both multiplication and division facts. Good practice would be to create all four calculations from one times table fact:
- 3 x 7 = 21
- 7 x 3 = 21
- 21 / 3 = 7
- 21 / 7 = 3
14 September 2018
Next week, we’ll be learning about the j sound at the beginning or middle of a word. It is usually spelt with a g before e, i and y and with a j before a, o and u.
| gem |
| giant |
| magic |
| energy |
| jacket |
| jar |
| join |
| adjust |
14 September 2018
This week’s activity is to work out the correct word that matches the definition. All the words contain a silent letter so don’t get caught out! Once you’ve finished, write each word in your own sentences or a story. Challenge yourself to include a relative clause!
14 September 2018
These are some homophones that Year 6 need to learn – remember it’s not the spellings that are tricky but knowing when to use. This means you need to practise using them in sentences correctly.
| practice practise
advice advise device devise licence license heard herd guessed guest passed past father further led lead morning mourning |
Here are some homophones that we should be using correctly already (but don’t). Practise using these correctly too.
there their they’re your you’re to too two of off which witch here hear weather whether |
There will be a spelling test on Friday 21 September. I will show a sentence with a missing word and the children will have to write down the correct spelling of the homophone in that sentence.
We’ll continue to work on the 2 times table next week on which the children will be tested on Friday 21 September. Because we should know our two times tables inside out, we’ll be working on known facts, such as:
- If 4 x 2 = 8, 4 x 20 = 80
- If 6 x 2 = 12, 6 x 0.2 = 1.2
- If 24 / 2 = 12, 240 / 2 = 120
- If 12 / 2 = 6, 1.2 / 2 = 0.6