12 March 2021
This week’s spellings are based on words with Phase 5 alternative spellings that we’ve been recapping this week:
- teddy
- eight
- straight
- delete
- stream
- plate
- monkey
- train
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 19 March. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words.
11 December 2020
Next week, we will be learning words which have a silent w.
- write
- wrote
- wrist
- wrong
- wrap
- wriggle
- wreck
- sword
04 December 2020
Spellings:
Next week, the phoneme we’re learning about is u which is spelled with an o.
- Monday
- nothing
- brother
- mother
- money
- worry
- love
- other
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 6th December.
27 November 2020
Next week, we will be learning the phoneme or. This is spelt with an a before l and ll.
- all
- ball
- call
- small
- talk
- walk
- always
- altogether
20 November 2020
Next week, we will be learning about adding –es to nouns and verbs that end with a -y.
The children need to learn to drop the -y for an -i before adding –es.
Here are the spellings to learn:
| fly flies |
| try tries |
| cry cries |
| spy spies |
| reply replies |
| baby babies |
| carry carries |
| copy copies |
13 November 2020
Next week, we’re learning about words which have an i sound spelt with a –y at the end of the word. The children will be tested on these words on Friday 20 November.
- cry
- try
- why
- reply
- July
- spy
- identify
- multiply
06 November 2021
Next week, we will be looking at words which have an -il or -al ending. These are much less frequent than the -le ending.
- metal
- pedal
- capital
- hospital
- animal
- pencil
- nostril
- fossil
On top of these words, we are continuing to check some of the common exception words from Year 1. Please help your child by regularly checking the spelling of these words.
Year 1 Common Exception Words
the do
to today of
said says are
were was is
his has
you your they
be he me
she we ask
go so no
by my here
there where friend
love come some
one once school
put push
pull full
house our
16 October 2020
Next week, we will be learning about the –el phoneme at the end of a word.
This spelling is much less common than last week’s –le.
camel
tunnel
wheel
travel
towel
angel
hotel
label
09 October 2020
This week, we would like the children to learn how to spell words ending in le.
table
apple
bottle
little
middle
castle
battle
jungle
Test will take place on Friday 16 October 2020
02 October 2020
This week’s spellings are words with a silent k.
In words starting with kn the letter k is silent. Silent letters are the letters in words that are not pronounced but make a huge difference to the meaning and sometimes the pronunciation of the whole word.
knock
know
knew
knee
knight
knot
knife
knit
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 09 October 2020
