05 July 2013
This week’s spellings will be a challenge! Next week’s test could include any spelling from the last four weeks.
On Friday 12 July, the children will be tested on a mixture of different spellings so be prepared!
28 June 2013
This week’s spellings are words with a silent k.
This means the k is not said out loud when we blend or read the word; k and the next letter are a special grapheme which work together so they make one phoneme: a ‘nnn’ sound.
- knuckle
- knee
- knit
- knickers
- knob
- knife
- knight
- knock
- knot
- kneel
21 June 2013
This week’s spellings look at the use of the apostrophe as a contraction (to shorten words).
eg could not – couldn’t
Lions
- weren’t
- couldn’t
- haven’t
- hadn’t
- aren’t
- can’t
- won’t
- you’re
- you’ll
- they’re
Tigers
- don’t
- can’t
- I’ve
- won’t
- isn’t
- doesn’t
- she’s
- there’s
- I’m
- I’ll
14 June 2013
This week’s spellings look at adding a suffix where the root word does not change eg. care – careless (care has not changed in any way when the suffix has been added).
- careless
- thoughtless
- homeless
- lifeless
- fearless
- jobless
- thankless
- headless
- speechless
- endless
07 June 2013
This week’s spellings will be tested on Friday 14 June 2013.
Lions: Drop the e for ing
This is one of our three main spelling rules.
- explore
- exploring
- decide
- deciding
- hope
- hoping
- write
- writing
- dive
- diving
Tigers / Zebras: For short vowel sounds double up for ing
This is one of our three main spelling rules.
- tap
- tapping
- hop
- hopping
- skip
- skipping
- pop
- popping
- get
- getting
It’s the half-term break…
…so there’s no homework or spellings this week. Enjoy the holiday, whatever you get up to.
17 May 2013
This week’s spellings will be tested on Friday 24 May 2013.
Zebras
Words using ‘igh’
- high
- night
- height
- fright
- right
- fight
- tight
- light
- might
- sight
Tigers
Adverbs ending in ‘ly’
- sadly
- fairly
- slowly
- quickly
- kindly
- shyly
- proudly
- nicely
- loudly
- sweetly
Lions
Lions will also be learning to change adjectives into adverbs. They will learn that if an adjective ends in ‘y’ they drop the ‘y’ and then add ‘ily’.
- sadly
- calmly
- slowly
- quickly
- smartly
- angrily
- happily
- scarily
- nastily
- stealthily
10 May 2013
This week’s spellings will be tested on Friday 17 May 2013.
Zebras
Words with i_e split digraph – these make a ‘long i’ sound
- bite
- kite
- quite
- site
- white
- write
- invite
- drive
- five
- hive
Tigers
Words using ‘oo’, ‘u’ and ‘oul’ to make similar sounds.
- hood
- would
- should
- could
- good
- shook
- took
- push
- pull
- just
Lions
Words using ‘augh’ and ‘ough’.
- bought
- sought
- fought
- brought
- nought
- thought
- naughty
- daughter
- taught
- caught
03 May 2013
This week’s spellings will be tested on Friday 10 May 2013.
Zebras
These are words that end in ‘ck’.
- shock
- stuck
- trick
- track
- back
- lick
- click
- pick
- lock
- flick
Tigers/ Lions
These are words with ‘tch’ to make the ‘ch’ sound.
- catch
- watch
- patch
- witch
- stretch
- match
- kitchen
- stitch
- snatch
- switch
26 April 2013
This week’s spellings are homophones again. This time we are thinking about ‘n’ and ‘kn’ words. Your child will be tested on Friday 03 May 2013.
- know
- no
- knew
- new
- knot
- not
- knight
- night
- knit
- nit