Spelling

17 November 2017

This week’s spelling list is all about homophones: words that sound the same but have different spellings. We voted for the ones that we find most difficult, using our investigation from last week.

• Can you show the meaning of each word in a creative way?
• Can you write a sentence that contains both?

There will be a spelling test on Friday 24 November.

17 November 2017

Next week, we’re learning about irregular past tense verbs. Usually when we change a verb to the past tense, we just need to add -ed. Irregular verbs are annoyingly different!

17 November 2017

This weeks spelling activity is to create a crossword filled with the following types of words:

• words ending in ible or able
• adding suffixes to words ending in fer (prefer, transfer, offer, refer)
• words with tious or cious endings

The aim of a crossword is to create clues for words, which will hopefully help the quizzer answer them. You also need your words to cross over each other (hence the name ‘cross’ word).

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17 November 2017

10 November 2017

This week we’re looking at the ing version of a verb and how this could be written in the past or present tense. This is called the present progressive or past progressive tense.  Below are two examples. The first is written in the present progressive and the second in the past progressive.

• I am enjoying this apple.
• I was enjoying that apple. 

(Top tip – it’s ‘progressive’ because it is or it was in progress.)

10 November 2017

This week’s spelling activity is an investigation about homophones. You need to find words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. For example: to break / to brake.

• Can you use your words in your own sentences?
• Can you find their definitions?
• Can you show your words in a creative way?

We’ll discuss our investigation on Thursday 16 November.

10 November 2017

Year 6 have a list of spellings to learn again this week, this time from the Year 5/6 spelling list. We’ve been learning them in class and have come up with some great ways of remembering them.

Create ways for you to remember how to spell these words and generally practise using the strategies in the back of your homework book. There will be a test on Friday 17 November.

• accommodate
• cemetery
• definite
• embarrass
• environment
• foreign
• harass
• immediately
• leisure
• prejudice
• queue
• recommend

10 November 2017

Plurals

This week, children will not be given a list of words to learn. Instead, I would like them to investigate how we turn singular nouns into plurals. They will have learnt this lower down school but we’re still making errors with this rule in our everyday writing. Children should think of the different ways in which words can be pluralised and show their findings. This should be evidenced in their homework book. To get them started, think about these words: bus, cup, baby.

For an extra challenge, see if you can think of any common mistakes.

03 November 2017

This week’s spellings are from the Year 3 High Frequency Word list. In class, we had a vote to decide which words we found the most difficult to spell. This has formed our spelling list for this week and should help children spelling these words consistently correctly in future!

There will be a spelling test on Friday 10 November.

3 November 2017

We’ll be focussing on verbs for a few weeks. This week we’re looking at regular past tense verbs where you need to add -ed. Children will be tested on the past tense version of the word (walked) not the infinitive (to walk).