03 March 2017
The spellings this week are all words which contain a silent w.
| write |
| written |
| wrote |
| wrong |
| wrapper |
| wreck |
| wriggle |
| wrinkle |
24 February 2017
The spellings this week all have an ey ending.
What sound does the ey make?
Are there any other words that follow this pattern?
donkey
key
monkey
valley
chimney
honey
money
alley
You may want to do one of the following spelling activities to support your child learning these words.
02 February 2017
This week, the root words all have suffixes: er, ing or est. All the root words end in e. When adding the suffixes, you have to first drop the e from the root word.
Children could be tested on any of the words.
| time timer timing |
| bike biker biking |
| bake baker baking |
| drive driver driving |
| rude ruder rudest |
| wise wiser wisest |
| cute cuter cutest |
| nice nicer nicest |
27 January 2017
The spellings this week all have an le ending. This is the most common spelling for this ‘ul’ sound at the end of words.
| table |
| apple |
| bottle |
| little |
| middle |
| people |
| simple |
| smile |
20 January 2017
The spellings this week are also contracted words. There are four new ones:
- I am – I’m
- I have – I’ve
- I will – I’ll
- I would – I’d
The children will be tested on these new ones and four from last week’s list.
13 January 2017
06 January 2016
I’ve updated the blurb about this week’s spellings as there was a mistake. Sorry for any confusion.
09 December 2016
02 December 2016
Here are the spellings for this week:
25 November 2016
The spellings for this week are below:
