Spelling

05 February 2016

The week’s spellings are all singular and plural possessives. We’ve been looking at the role of apostrophes in the contracted form (can’t…don’t…won’t) and are now focussing on how they are used to mark possession (the cat’s pyjamas are the pyjamas that belong to the cat).

For this spelling task we’re focussing on using ‘s for singular nouns (one cat’s pyjamas) and s’ for plural nouns (two cats’ pyjamas).

Your child needs to find five interesting nouns that link to our Life topic.  A noun’s job is to name things, people or places. Once they have chosen five spellings, they must work out the singular and plural possessives for their nouns. Usually, adding an -s to the end of a noun will make it plural and all that is required is an apostrophe after that s to mark possession. However, some nouns have irregular plurals which must be learnt. For example, if a noun ends in a y you have to drop the y for an i and add es (like ‘ladies’ from last week’s list). Additionally, some nouns have even more unusual spelling rules for the plural (one sheep, two sheep; one cactus, two cacti). The best way to check this is to go onto the internet and search for your nouns plural e.g. cactus plural, sheep plural.

05 February 2016

Here are the spellings for this week:

29 January 2016

Here are the spellings for this week:

29 January 2016

The week’s spellings are all singular and plural possessives. We’ve been looking at the role of apostrophes in the contracted form (can’t…don’t…won’t) and have started to look at how they are used to mark possession (the cat’s pyjamas are the pyjamas that belong to the cat).

For this spelling list we’re focussing on using ‘s for singular nouns (one cat’s pyjamas) and s’ for plural nouns (two cats’ pyjamas).

one girl’s (…house – the house lived in by one girl)
two girls’ (…house – the house lived in by the two girls)

one boy’s
two boys’

one owl’s
two owls’

one ferret’s
two ferrets’

one lady’s
two ladies’

22 January 2016

This week, we are our continuing our spelling focus on homophones. Why not try illustrating this week’s homophones to make them more memorable? See below for some ideas.

fair: treating people equally
fare: the money paid on public transport

great: above average
grate: to shred food

groan: a sound of despair
grown: to have increased in size

main: the most important
mane: the long neck hair of some animals

meat: the flesh of an animal (which some people choose to eat)
meet: to be in the same place as someone else at the same time (in the word, the two e letters meet up)

22 January 2016

Here are the spellings for this week:

15 January 2016

This week’s spelling are all homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings e.g. new and knew. I’ve included some rough definitions as a guide. You might want to chat about other meanings with your child. For example, the word brake could be used as a noun (the brake of a car) and as a verb (I’m driving too fast so I’m going to brake).

15 January 2016

Here are the spellings for this week:

15 January 2016

This week’s spellings are homophones therefore they need to be practised within a sentence in order for the correct choice to be made.

precede – proceed

• C precedes D in the alphabet.
• “Please proceed with your class assembly, Y5,” said Mr Roundtree.

principal – principle

• The principal part of the Solar System is the sun.
• You need to have good principles.

profit – prophet

• A business needs to make a profit to succeed.
• A prophet said I would win the lottery.

stationary – stationery

• Remain stationary when a wasp comes near you.
• We use use lots of stationery in school: pencils, pens, rulers and sharpeners.

where – wear – were

• Where is the nearest supermarket?
• I like to wear warm clothing in Winter.
• We were enjoying learning about different materials.

there – their – they’re

• There’s a pink elephant over there!
• They went to get their lunch boxes.
• They’re going to Leeds City Museum very soon.

are – our – hour

• We are looking forward to moving on to learning out ‘Life’.
• Our favourite topic so far has been ‘Mission to Space’.
• A lesson usually lasts about 1 hour.

wait – weight

• Wait here while I hide.
• It’s good to be a healthy weight.

would – wood

• Would you like to come and have a picnic?
• Let’s go to the woods and have a picnic.

allowed – aloud

• I’m allowed to stay up later at a weekend.
• Sometimes it’s helpful to read things aloud.

08 January 2016 – Green Group

This week’s spellings for the Green Group: