07 June 2013
This week, we’re revisiting words which have a split digraph.
Remember a split digraph is when the ‘e’ at the end of words works with another letter to make a longer sound. Think about the difference between hop and hope – both have three sounds (phonemes), but the split digraph in hope creates a ‘long o’ sound. Other examples in the list below is the difference between Tim and time and made and made.
These words will be tested on Friday 14 June.
| time |
| like |
| home |
| pole |
| use |
| huge |
| cake |
| made |
| ride |
It’s the half-term break…
…so there’s no homework or spellings this week. Enjoy the holiday, whatever you get up to.
17 May 2013
This week we are looking at a trigraph: a three letter grapheme, where three letters represent one sound (phoneme), as in air (three letters making one sound).
These words will be tested on Friday 25 May 2013.
| air |
| fair |
| hairbrush |
| chair |
| airport |
| stair |
10 May 2013
This week, we’re learning to spell words with alternative spellings for the ‘long i’ phoneme – the ‘long i’ sound in words such as those in the list. Some words use igh, some use i-e, some use a y (often at the end of the word).
You can help your child’s spelling:
- look out for these when reading, or anywhere in the home, in shops etc
- prepare labels with igh, i-e, y – read out words and see if your child can say which spelling pattern (which grapheme) they use
- think about other words which use igh, i-e or y to create a ‘long i’ sound – how many can your child find?
- are there other ways to create this sound?
These words will be tested on Friday 17 May 2013.
| fight |
| light |
| sky |
| eye |
| my |
| ride |
| night |
| pine |
03 May 2013
Please learn these words for a test on Friday 10 May.
Words containing the ee letter pattern.
| see |
| feel |
| peel |
| been |
| meet |
| deep |
| need |
| bee |
26 April 2013
We’re reviewing our learning on split digraphs this week: the ‘e’ at the end makes the vowel in the word a longer sound – compare ‘rid’ with ‘ride’, for example.
These words will be tested on Friday 03 May 2013.
| ride |
| like |
| time |
| cake |
| made |
| hope |
| home |
| nose |
19 April 2013
We’re learning to spell words with y at the end.
Ending a word with ‘y’ can sometimes make a very short ‘e’ or ‘i’ sound, such as ‘party’ and ‘lady’. However, the words in this list are all single-syllable words where the ‘y’ makes a long ‘i’ sound.
These will be tested on Friday 26 April.
| by |
| cry |
| fly |
| dry |
| sky |
| try |
| fry |
| my |
22 March 2013
This week, we are spelling words we use in our everyday writing.
They will be tested on Thursday 28 March 2013.
| come |
| an |
| this |
| is |
| was |
| here |
| then |
| for |
15 March 2013
This week’s spellings are words with the ‘igh’ letter pattern which creates a long ‘i’ sound. Your child will be tested on Friday 22 March 2013.
| high |
| night |
| light |
| right |
| tight |
| sight |
08 March 2013
This week’s spelling is to spell words that end with ‘ck’, creating a hard ‘c’ sound.
| Group M | Group S |
| lick | back |
| clock | lick |
| pick | clock |
| kick | pick |
| sick | kick |
| shock | sick |
| truck | |
| back | |
| trick |
These words will be tested on Friday 15 March.