30 June 2017
There are only five spellings this week. They are all homophones or near-homophones. The children will have to use the words correctly in context to get the spelling correct.
| There are three cows. |
| Their cat is naughty. |
| They’re playing tennis. |
| Our class work hard. |
| Are we nearly there? |
30 June 2017
| double up for a short vowel sound | ||||
| We’re revising one of our three main spelling rules with week: doubling up a consonant to make a short vowel sound. These words are all from the Y3/4 word bank. | ||||
| appear | difficult | occasion | possession | pressure |
| different | grammar | opposite | possible | suppose |
30 June 2017
Just like last week, this week, children have been given a copy of the statutory word list for Years 5 and 6. They should revise spelling these words, and any other words they have learnt this year, in preparation for their end of year spelling test.
They should evidence their revision using one whole page of their homework book.
23 June 2017
We’re learning about …ness and …ment suffixes in phonics next week. Usually, you just add the suffix on to the root word. The exceptions are when the word ends in a y and is more than one syllable long eg happiness or merriment. Argument is another exception as you drop the e from argue.
| happy happiness |
| sad sadness |
| kind kindness |
| quiet quietness |
| dark darkness |
| punish punishment |
| enjoy enjoyment |
| move movement |
| amaze amazement |
| measure measurement |
23 June 2017
Revision
This week, children have been given a copy of the statutory word list for Years 5 and 6. They should revise spelling these words, and any other words they have learnt this year, in preparation for their end of year spelling test.
They should evidence their revision using one whole page of their homework book.
23 June 2017
This week’s spellings are all homophones. Practise for a test in two weeks on Friday 7 July.
You child needs to know how to spell each word and also know each word’s meaning. I will put the words into sentences when I test the children. There will be an activity given around the spellings next week for extra practice.
16 June 2017
We’re learning about suffixes for the next few weeks.
This week’s suffixes are either -ful (which means full of) or -less (which means without). We’ve used a Venn diagram to group the spellings. If you’re not sure about what this is, ask your child – or me. The underlined words are words where you need to drop the y for an i before adding the suffix. Children will be tested on 8 of the possible words. Please ask me if you have any questions.
16 June 2017
This week there are no new spellings. The spellings sent last week will be tested on Friday 23 June. Keep learning those spellings using these activities.
Rhymes
Are there any silly rhymes, sayings, or ways of saying the word that will help you remember the tricky bits?
Spellings rules
Can you spot any spelling rules that we have learnt in your spellings? For example: Double the consonant.
Rainbow writing
Write your spellings out in lots of different colours. You could even change the colour for each letter.
16 June 2017
Shakespearean words
For the next two weeks, to coincide with our production, we will be focussing on Shakespearean words. The English language is said to owe a great deal to William Shakespeare. He is believed to have invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly originally.
This week, children should investigate the following statement and decide if they agree, or disagree…
There’s no point learning about William Shakespeare because we don’t use any of the words he created anymore.
Children should decide if they agree, or disagree, with this statement and justify their opinion.
09 June 2017
This week’s spellings have been chosen from the Year 3 and 4 word list. These spellings are often spelled incorrectly by many children. Learn the spellings for a test on Friday 23 June.
