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
25 September 2020
This week, all the spellings contain a soft c. The letter “c” has two sounds, hard “c” and soft “c”. The hard sound of “c” occurs most often. (cat)
When “c” is followed by (a, o, u) it is sounded as “k” (hard c).
When “c” is followed by (e, i, y) it is sounded as “s” (soft c).
- race
- ice
- cell
- city
- fancy
- police
- circle
- pencil
18 September 2020
Next week, we’ll be learning about the j sound at the start and in the middle of a word. It is usually spelt with a g before e, i and y and with a j before a, o and u.
| gem |
| giant |
| magic |
| energy |
| jacket |
| jar |
| join |
| adjust |
11 September 2020
This week’s spellings relate to the ‘j‘ sound at the end of a word. They will be tested on Friday 18 September 2020.
The j sound is spelled -dge straight after short vowel sounds (eg badge – the ‘a’ is making a short sound) and -ge (eg change – the ‘a’ is making a longer ‘ay’ sound) after all other sounds.
| badge |
| edge |
| bridge |
| fudge |
| charge |
| huge |
| change |
| village |
Take a look at our spelling guide for some suggested methods for learning these spellings.
20 March 2020
This week, all the words have the ee phoneme at the end of the word which is spelled ey.
key
donkey
monkey
chimney
valley
honey
money
turkey
13 March 2020
This week, the spellings all end in-tion. The list is also available on your child’s Spelling Shed account. Please ask if you need any support with Spelling Shed access and logins details.
station
fiction
addition
position
information
subtraction
election
emotion