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 |
30 September 2016
This week, your spelling activity is to explore what happens to the following words when you add a suffix. See how many suffixes you can add and find out what it does to the spelling – it’s not always the same pattern.
- refer
- transfer
- prefer
Don’t forget, the research you do and words you find must be recorded in your homework book on your spellings page.
23 September 2016
‘able’ and ‘ible’
This week’s spelling activity focuses on words ending in ‘able’ or ‘ible’ and recognising which suffix to use. This should be completed by Thursday 29 September.
Children should find words that end in either ‘able’ or ‘ible’ and begin to identify any patterns/rules they can see.
Children should present their findings in their homework books. We will discuss this in class and children will be given a word list to learn next week.
23 September 2016
The spellings to learn this week all have the prefix un or dis. The spelling test will be on Friday 30 September. Spelling tests will now be weekly along with the times table test.
disappear
disappointed
disagree
dishonest
disobey
unhappy
unusual
unlucky
unzip
undo
23 September 2016
23 September 2016
Our spelling list leads on from the spelling activity last week. All of the spellings have -ible or -able endings. For Friday’s test, I’ll test some of these words but will also test words from their word families or even words that have the same spelling pattern but weren’t on the spelling list.
All children should be practising their spellings in their homework book using the techniques we’ve discussed in class.
- tolerable
- edible
- admirable
- horrible
- sensible
- breakable
- applicable
- incredible
- considerable
- terrible
16 September 2016
| ‘ough’ words
We have been focusing on learning how to spell (and say) words containing the ‘ough’ letter string. Children should practise spelling these words in preparation for a test on Friday 23 September. On the back page of every child’s homework book there is a sheet full of effective techniques to learn spellings. Children should be using these methods to ensure they learn how to spell these words effectively: for life, not just the test. |
| bought |
| dough |
| nought |
| brought |
| rough |
| borough |
| enough |
| cough |
| although |
| thought |