24 March 2017
This week’s spelling activity focuses on common word endings, particularly when it’s tricky to decide which ending a word should have. Take note of the tricks and tips it gives you as these are really useful.
Do I use …tion, …cian or …sion?
Is it …tial or …cial?
Also think about when you use …ence or …ance as this is something we’ve struggled with and we’ll share some tips next week.
There’ll be a test of 20 spellings on Friday 31 March; all of the spellings will have these tricky endings to choose from.
17 March 2017
The spellings this week are homophones and near homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings and often spellings.
| sea |
| see |
| one |
| won |
| quite |
| quiet |
| here |
| hear |
| blue |
| blew |
17 March 2017
Homophones
This week, the children have been given a spelling activity on a worksheet. This will help them learn their spellings from the list given last week. The spellings will be tested next week on Friday 24 March.
17 March 2017
Spellings for this week are words, chosen at random, from the Year 3/4 statutory list.
It is important to check that your child knows the meaning of each word and can use it correctly within a sentence.
To help:
- say the word
- say it in a sentence
- say the word again
- write the word
- write the word in a sentence
- check it’s spelt correctly
- repeat – lots!
The spellings are:
- various
- question
- guard
- calendar
- famous
- peculiar
- medicine
17 March 2017
“i before e except after c!”
Many of us have heard this rule but just how true is it? Children should investigate this ‘rule’ and find out how true it is. Are there many exceptions? Can you find examples where the rule does help? Children should evidence their investigation on the spelling page of their homework book.
17 March 2017
This week’s spellings all have unstressed vowels in them. This means that you don’t hear part of the spelling when you say it: animal (we don’t really hear the ‘i’ when we say it).
Create some tips for us to share on how to spell these words accurately which we’ll share with each other on Thursday 23 March.
10 March 2017
The spellings this week all have a double up for a short vowel sound. They also all end with the suffix ed or ing. The root word (eg pat, hop, etc) is also included in the list.
| pat patted |
| hop hopped |
| drop dropped |
| trap trapped |
| hum humming |
| slip slipping |
| clap clapping |
| grin grinning |
10 March 2017
This week’s spelling activity is a bit of fun. Have a look at the Year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling lists you received at parents’ evening (or here) and create a game, quiz, crossword, wordsearch or anything else you can think of which will help us to practise them.
Bring your game to our homework review on Friday 17 March.
10 March 2017
This week, in preparation for an end of term spelling test next week, children have been given a copy of the Year 5/6 statutory word list (taken from the Primary National Curriculum).
Children should practise spelling these words as they are likely to be tested on similar words during the test.
Children know lots of ways to practise their spellings so they should choose a method that they think will work for them. One way to get yourself involved would be to say a sentence with the word and ask children to spell the word correctly. It is important that children know how to use the words and not just how to spell them.
10 March 2017
The spellings to learn this week are all homophones… words that sound the same but mean different things. As well as the spelling, children need to know the meaning of each word. When I test the children on these spellings, I’ll give them the word in a sentence. For example – There was a pretty, pink flower growing in my garden.
