09 June 2017
The spellings this week are all contracted words. We’ve looked at some of these words before but we are not always spelling them incorrectly in our writing.
| do not don’t |
| can not can’t |
| will not won’t |
| did not didn’t |
| have not haven’t |
| has not hasn’t |
| does not doesn’t |
| must not mustn’t |
| should not shouldn’t |
| could not couldn’t |
| would not wouldn’t |
09 June 2017
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.
Lots of children in class are still getting confused with these in their writing. Learn to spell the words below, write down the meaning of each word and then put each word into a sentence.
- there their they’re
- male mail
- bored board
- through threw
- knew new
- waist waste
- weather whether
- serial cereal
- aloud allowed
- piece peace
- check cheque
- cent sent scent
09 June 2017
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Commonly misspelt words This week, we’ve spent some time reflecting on our spelling during our written work. We looked back over the last couple of months and created a bank of words we had spelt incorrectly. Here is a selection of those words. Some of these words may not be used that often. However, the skill of learning how to learn how to spell the word is what’s important. |
| delicately |
| hypothermia |
| privilege |
| enthusiasm |
| intriguing |
| potential |
| conveniently |
| gravitational |
| anonymous |
| mysterious |
09 June 2017
This week’s spelling activity has us making up words again and is due on Thursday 15 June.
We all know Roald Dahl’s wonderfully odd made-up words. Create a dictionary of eight words that we could try and use in class this half-term (obviously without offending anyone). Think about the most sensible way to spell them, how their meaning might link to their root words, how you could use Latin and Greek roots to create them and what word class they are.
Here’s my suggestion (and how you should lay your dictionary out):
stulty – (adjective) a bit stupid
Stultus is Latin for idiot which is what gave me the idea for the word and we could use it in class if somebody suggested a ‘stulty’ idea.
19 May 2017
This week’s spellings end in -ation -ative and -ly. Learn the spellings for a test on Friday 02 June. Remember to use the spelling strategies at the front of your homework book.
19 May 2017
The spellings this week are all plurals of words. The singular version is listed first. Look carefully to see what happens to each word when it is made a plural.
| pencil pencils |
| table tables |
| camel camels |
| petal petals |
| bus buses |
| fox foxes |
| witch witches |
| cherry cherries |
| story stories |
| monkey monkeys |
19 May 2017
Due to there being quite a few tests in class this week, we have decided to keep the same spellings as last week. Children need to learn these ready for a test on Friday 25 May.
In the front of homework books, there is a spelling guidance sheet. This gives examples of different strategies to aid learning spellings. Children have been told to use ideas from this to help.
Dictation is another great way to help with spelling and punctuation.
19 May 2017
This week’s spelling activity aims to build the children’s understanding of where words in the English language have come from and how this has contributed to spelling being difficult to master. This activity is due on Thursday 25 May.
Using these Greek and Latin roots and their meanings, create your own animals where their name gives you an idea of their appearance and/or behaviour.
For example, punctata quadrocornisbiped (a dotted, four-horned, two footed animal).
Create at least five different names and then choose one to draw and write a paragraph informing us about it.
| geo – means “the earth” | photo – “means light” |
| path – means “feeling or suffering” | gress – means “to walk” |
| phon – means “sound” | dict – which means “to say” |
| therm – means “heat” | tract – means “to pull” |
| mem – means “keep in mind” | scribe – means “to write” |
| tele – means “far away” | mit – means “to send” |
| fract – means “to break” | graph – means “to write” |
| bi – means “two” | ped – means “foot” |
| corni – means “horn” | punct – means “point, pricked, pierced” |
19 May 2017
For the next week, we’ll continue our focus on using apostrophes correctly.
However, this week, instead of giving the children a list of words to learn, I would instead like them to create a poster that would help other people learn. They can go about this however they feel best. It may be wise to concentrate on the two main rules (apostrophes for possession or contraction). For an extra challenge, create a poster educating people about some common apostrophe related mistakes.
11 May 2017
For the next two weeks, our spelling focus will be all about adding apostrophes. We add apostrophes for possession (to show that something belongs to someone – eg Jack’s hat) or for contraction (to shorten words – eg isn’t).
To get our learning started, children have been given a sheet to complete. This should be returned by Thursday 18 May.