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.
03 March 2017
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 10 March.
03 March 2017
This week’s spellings now focus on the prefixes on the left hand side.
Create and practise words with these prefixes and see how many other prefixes you can think of that are not on the list. Be prepared to discuss what adding the prefix does to the meaning of the root word.
You’ll be tested on words with prefixes on Friday 10 March.
03 March 2017
The spellings this week are all words which contain a silent w.
| write |
| written |
| wrote |
| wrong |
| wrapper |
| wreck |
| wriggle |
| wrinkle |
03 March 2017
| Word Families
This week’s spellings activity is to explore some common word families. Words we use every day but might not stop to think about. Children will not be given a list to learn but should explore the following word families: |
| graph |
| phone |
| auto |
| micro |
| tele |
24 February 2017
The spellings this week all have an ey ending.
What sound does the ey make?
Are there any other words that follow this pattern?
donkey
key
monkey
valley
chimney
honey
money
alley
You may want to do one of the following spelling activities to support your child learning these words.
