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.