4 November 2016
This week, we’ve been looking at the Year 5/6 spelling list from the National Curriculum and finding spellings that we can think of tricks and tips for remembering them. The children have chosen their own ten spellings to practise and will be tested on them on Friday 11 November.
Look at the full list of National Curriculum Year 5/6 spellings (page 23).
21 October 2016
It’s half-term, so there’s no homework. Enjoy the holiday instead: hunt down a collection of chestnuts on a walk at Roundhay Park, enjoy a cinema trip on a damp day, go further afield and visit somewhere new…
Whatever you do, have a good break.
14 October 2016
The spellings for this week are revision from this half term.
-s, -es, -er, -ing -ed suffixes
– you need to remember two rules for this:
- double up for a short vowel sound (‘swimming’ not ‘swiming’ because the i makes an short ‘i’ sound, not a longer ‘i’ sound as in ‘site’)
- drop the e for ing (and ed and er, too!)
un- and dis- prefixes
14 October 2016
| This week’s spellings are all homophones – words that sound the same but have different meanings (and are often spelled differently).
Children should practise/practice spelling these words in preparation for a test on Friday 21 October. In this example, it should be practise because it’s a verb (the action that is being done).
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| isle – aisle – I’ll |
| aloud – allowed |
| affect – effect |
| deaf – death |
| herd – heard |
| led – lead |
| steel – steal |
| altar – alter |
| assent – ascent |
| practise – practice |
14 October 2016
This week, we’re going to recap some old spelling rules which we learnt many years ago as people are making silly errors in their writing. Here are some key spelling rules. In your book, practise adding suffixes to words (and not just simple ones) and there will be a test next week. The example words below are not a spelling list; the words tested will require these rules to be applied. Remember, you need to think about how to spell the root word (eg hurry) before you then think about how to change it for adding the suffix (change the y to an i).
drop the y for an i
- countries
- diaries
- hurried
double up for a short vowel sound
- accommodate
- immediately
- embarrass
drop the e
- advising
- evaporating
- practising
i before e, except after c
- ceiling
- receive
- believe
07 October 2016
| double up for a short vowel sound | ||||
| This week’s spellings are all words where you need to double the last consonant before adding either ing or ed. They make the vowel sound short. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. We may ask children to spell similar words that follow the same pattern. | ||||
| shopping/ped | hopping/ped | napping/ped | wrapping/ped | thudding/ded |
| snapping/ped | tripping/ped | slipping/ped | swapping/ped | plotting/ted |
07 October 2016
This week’s spellings lead on from our spelling activity from last week. We’re adding suffixes to words ending in …fer.
On Friday, your child will be tested on ten of these spellings but needs to know when to double the ‘r’ and when to just have one when a suffix is added.
All children should be practising their spellings in their homework book using the techniques we’ve discussed in class.
| prefer | transfer | refer |
| preferring
preferred preference |
transferring
transferred transference transferal |
referring
referred reference referral referee |
On Thursday 13 October, children should have spelling practice in their homework book for us to look at; they will then be tested on Friday 14 October.
07 October 2016
07 October 2016
Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. The English language can be very confusing and children often struggle to choose the correct homophone in their/there/they’re writing (it should be their!). For this week’s spelling activity, children should identify homophones they may come across. Then, they should give a definition and think of a way to remember which is which (not witch!). This would be best presented in a table.
e.g.
| homophone | meaning | way to remember |
| stationary
stationery |
Not moving.
Writing and other office materials. |
Envelope has an ‘e’ in it and so does stationery. |
30 September 2016
‘able’ or ‘ible’
We’ve been focusing on learning how to spell words that contain the ‘able’ and ‘ible’ suffix. Children should practise spelling these words in preparation for a test on Friday 07 September.
| identifiable |
| valuable |
| disposable |
| possible |
| legible |
| terrible |
| enviable |
| forgivable |
| edible |
| reversible |