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 |
08 September 2017
For the next few weeks we’ll be spending time recapping the different vowel sounds and their alternative sounds. This week we’re focussing on the ai sound which can be made in different ways: play, rain, grey, plate, eight.
| shake |
| mistake |
| train |
| Spain |
| day |
| stay |
| they |
| grey |
14 July 2017
The spellings this week all contain double up for short vowel sounds.The words also have a range of the different suffixes we’ve learned in class across the year.
| grabbed |
| winning |
| sunny |
| trapped |
| clapping |
| funnier |
| messiest |
| bubbles |
| happiness |
| stressful |
07 July 2017
This week, the words have either an il, el or al ending.
The el ending sounds the same as the le ending (which we’ve previously practised) but is less common.
| pencil |
| evil |
| pupil |
| camel |
| tunnel |
| towel |
| metal |
| pedal |
| hospital |
30 June 2017
There are only five spellings this week. They are all homophones or near-homophones. The children will have to use the words correctly in context to get the spelling correct.
| There are three cows. |
| Their cat is naughty. |
| They’re playing tennis. |
| Our class work hard. |
| Are we nearly there? |