01 December 2017
Next week, in our phonics lessons, we’ll be learning about the j sound at the end of a word.
This is spelled -dge straight after short vowel sounds and -ge after all other sounds.
| badge |
| edge |
| bridge |
| fudge |
| age |
| huge |
| change |
| village |
24 November 2017
Next week, we’re continuing to learn about irregular past tense verbs. Usually when we change a verb to the past tense, we just need to add ‘ed’. Irritatingly, irregular verbs are different!
Challenge your child to find some more examples of irregular verbs.
| to go went |
| to dig dug |
| to know knew |
| to give gave |
| to buy bought |
| to drink drank |
| to send sent |
| to write wrote |
17 November 2017
Next week, we’re learning about irregular past tense verbs. Usually when we change a verb to the past tense, we just need to add -ed. Irregular verbs are annoyingly different!
| to eat ate |
| to fly flew |
| to drive drove |
| to blow blew |
| to see saw |
| to draw drew |
| to swim swam |
| to take took |
10 November 2017
This week we’re looking at the ing version of a verb and how this could be written in the past or present tense. This is called the present progressive or past progressive tense. Below are two examples. The first is written in the present progressive and the second in the past progressive.
- I am enjoying this apple.
- I was enjoying that apple.
(Top tip – it’s ‘progressive’ because it is or it was in progress.)
| to ask asking |
| to cook cooking |
| to laugh laughing |
| to play playing |
| to help helping |
| to look looking |
| to enjoy enjoying |
| to yell yelling |
3 November 2017
We’ll be focussing on verbs for a few weeks. This week we’re looking at regular past tense verbs where you need to add -ed. Children will be tested on the past tense version of the word (walked) not the infinitive (to walk).
| to walk walked |
| to climb climbed |
| to jump jumped |
| to gasp gasped |
| to crash crashed |
| to cross crossed |
| to brush brushed |
| to scream screamed |
13 October 2017
The spellings this week are a review of the five long vowel sounds which we’ve studied this half-term. Children will be tested on eight words.
Children should spend time practising the spellings they got wrong in previous tests as well as re-familiarising themselves with the previous lists.
06 October 2017
This week, we’re focussing on the ew phoneme and its alternative spellings: boot, blue, move, few.
| boot |
| smooth |
| blue |
| true |
| move |
| use |
| few |
| grew |
29 September 2017
This week, we’re focussing on the o phoneme and its alternative spellings: Joe, snow, so, rode, toast.
| pony |
| cold |
| slow |
| know |
| home |
| stroke |
| coat |
| loaf |
22 September 2017
We continue to recap the different vowel sounds and their alternative spellings. This week, it’s the i sound which be made in different ways: right, kind, cry, hide, lie.
| right |
| cry |
| kind |
| idea |
| write |
| hide |
| tie |
| cried |
15 September 2017
We continue to recap the different vowel sounds and their alternative spellings. This time, it’s the ee sound which be made in different ways: tree, meat, happy, Pete, me.
| beach |
| cream |
| wheel |
| knee |
| hurry |
| puppy |
| sea |
| Pete |
