16 March 2012
This week’s spellings are words with the ‘ow’ letter pattern. Your child will be tested on Friday 23 March 2012.
| cow |
| how |
| now |
| down |
| brown |
| clown |
| town |
| flower |
09 March 2012
This week’s spellings begin and end with ‘th’. Your child will be tested on Friday 16 March 2012.
| that |
| this |
| the |
| then |
| thin |
| think |
| bath |
| path |
02 March 2012
Spellings this week are all words with the ‘er’ sound in them.
They will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.
| her |
| after |
| water |
| over |
| sister |
| father |
| mother |
| river |
24 February 2012
This is our last week of practising words which have split digraphs. The last ‘e’ in the words isn’t a sound that we say, but it works with another letter to make the sound; for example, hop (with a short ‘o’ sound) to hope (with a longer ‘oh’ sound).
These will be tested on Friday 02 March.
| hole |
| stone |
| pole |
| joke |
| stole |
| home |
| note |
| hope |
It’s the holidays…
…so there are no spellings or homework activities.
Instead, enjoy a winter walk, the marvellous Muppets movie, some cool culture at a gallery or museum… Enjoy the half-term break.
03 February 2012
We’re still practising words which have split digraphs. This week, we’re looking at ‘u –e‘, for example, tub (with a short ‘u’ sound) changes to tube (with a longer ‘u’ sound).
| cube |
| huge |
| tune |
| use |
| tube |
| cute |
These will be tested on Friday 10 February.
27 January 2012
Like last week, we’re practising words which have split diagraphs. The last ‘e’ in the words isn’t a sound that we say, but it works with another letter to change, for example, slim (with a short ‘i’ sound) to slime (with a longer ‘i’ sound).
These will be tested on Friday 03 February.
| cake |
| smile |
| mile |
| bake |
| made |
| pine |
| slime |
| lake |
20 January 2012
This week, we’re learning to spell words with the split diagraph ‘i-e‘. This changes a short ‘i’ sound (as in ‘Tim’ and ‘rid’) to a longer ‘i’ sound (as in ‘time’ and ‘ride’).
| time |
| bike |
| like |
| smile |
| ride |
| dive |
| slide |
| line |
These words will be tested on Friday 27 January 2012.
13 January 2012
What is s split digraph?
A split diagraph is an English term under the study of phonetics. It describes a letter that splits during pronunciation. An example is ‘a-e’ which is used in words such as make and take.
Split digraphs are sometimes known as ‘magic e’ words; however, our children will refer to these sounds as split diagraphs.
We’ll be spending the next few weeks learning all about these sounds.
| cake |
| make |
| late |
| made |
| sale |
| mate |
| gate |
| snake |
These words will be tested on Friday 20 January.
06 January 2012
To spell words with the ‘ea’ sound.
The words will be tested on Friday 13 January.
| beads |
| pea |
| meat |
| seal |
| leaf |
| beach |
| tea |
| cream |
