07 September 2018
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‘ough’ words |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that contain the letters ‘ough’. These words have the same letters but sound completely different. Practise saying them aloud, writing them down and using them in your own sentences. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out. | ||||
| although | bought | brought | cough | enough |
| rough | sought | thorough | though | tough |
07 September 2018
Next week, in our phonics lessons, we’ll be learning about the j sound (phoneme) at the end of a word.
This is spelled -dge (that’s the grapheme) straight after short vowel sounds and -ge (a different grapheme) after all other sounds. Ask your child which words follow each pattern.
The children will be tested on the following words next Friday, 14 September.
There is space in their homework books for children to practise these words and it would be great to practise them in sentences so they also understand the meaning of the word.
badge
edge
bridge
fudge
charge
huge
change
village
07 September 2018
| Our first week of spellings in Year One focuses on your child’s name.
Rarely in life do we write just our first name so your child is required to learn how to spell their full name – this will be used throughout the year. Next Friday, your child will be tested on writing their full name accurately. |
07 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 them. 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’ll be no test next week. Instead we’ll see how our homophone learning is going, identify some we’re finding more difficult and then we’ll be tested on them the following week.
We will be working on the 2 times table next week which the children will be tested on on Friday 14 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
13 July 2018
This week, Year One’s spellings are words that were commonly spelt wrong during writing sessions throughout the year.
| because |
| where |
| said |
| looked |
| people |
| could |
| would |
| have |
13 July 2018
This week, the spellings are all tricky words from the Year 2 list. There are 64 words on the list in all. I’ve picked ten of the most difficult words which the children will be tested on.
| everybody |
| beautiful |
| hour |
| improve |
| sure |
| sugar |
| clothes |
| water |
| people |
| Christmas |
13 July 2018
| alien words |
| This week’s spelling activity is to make up ten of your own alien words using our three spelling rules: double up for a short vowel sound, drop the y for an i and drop the e for ing. You must know how to pronounce your alien word, come up with your own definition and write it in a sentence. |
For example:
treeve (treeving) verb
To move around vigorously and quickly, as if being chased by bees.
“I wonder why Mrs Burgess is treeving over there. There aren’t any bees nearby,” said Miss Wilson.
06 July 2018
This week, Year One’s spellings are words that have the prefix ‘un’. Discuss with your child that ‘un’ can be added to verbs and adjectives to change the meaning of the word.
| unfair |
| untrue |
| unpack |
| unsafe |
| unwell |
| untidy |
| untie |
| unlock |
06 July 2018
This week’s spelling activity is to make a word search with the following words:
| consider | enough | extreme | famous | history |
| increase | library | often | strength | women |
Children should then write sentences underneath that contain these words. We will share our sentences in class on Thursday 12 July.
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06.07.18
Made-up words
This week, you should use our three key spelling rules (and any others you can think of) to create 5 of your own made-up words. The word should contain at least one of the rules: double up for a short vowel sound, drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ and/or drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’. Each word must have a definition.
Next week, we’ll vote for our 10 favourites and these will form our word list for the week after. We’ll have our vote on Friday 13 July.