17 January 2014
The spellings this week are all animal topic words which we will be using in both topic and literacy lessons next week.
| 1. | diet |
| 2. | habitat |
| 3. | animal |
| 4. | location |
| 5. | prey |
| 6. | carnivore |
| 7. | herbivore |
| 8. | omnivore |
| 9. | appearance |
| 10. | creature |
10 January 2014
The spellings this week are all topic words which we have been learning about in our computing mini-topic. Throughout the week, the children have encountered all of this vocabulary so will be able to tell you the meaning.
| 1. | computer |
| 2. | mouse |
| 3. | keyboard |
| 4. | monitor |
| 5. | input |
| 6. | output |
| 7. | program |
| 8. | debug |
| 9. | digital |
| 10. | algorithm |
06 December 2013
This week, we are learning to spell words which have a silent h. Can you think of anymore?
| 1. | when |
| 2. | what |
| 3. | where |
| 4. | which |
| 5. | white |
| 6. | ghost |
| 7. | honest |
| 8. | Christmas |
29 November 2013
The spellings this week are all words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle.
| 1. | knee |
| 2. | knock |
| 3. | knife |
| 4. | wrong |
| 5. | wreck |
| 6. | write |
| 7. | sword |
| 8. | when |
| 9. | whine |
| 10. | gnarled |
22 November 2013
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week. The spellings are all words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly.
| 1. | moody | moodily |
| 2. | nasty | nastily |
| 3. | easy | easily |
| 4. | giddy | giddily |
| 5. | greedy | greedily |
| 6. | hasty | hastily |
| 7. | speedy | speedily |
| 8. | noisy | noisily |
| 9. | naughty | naughtily |
| 10. | stealthy | stealthily |
14 November 2013
This week’s spellings are all words which use apostrophes to shorten or contract two words into one word. I’ve noticed that some children are struggling to read these words and/or write them correctly.
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1. |
do not |
don’t |
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2. |
can not |
can’t |
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3. |
is not |
isn’t |
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4. |
does not |
doesn’t |
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5. |
will not |
won’t |
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6. |
there is |
there’s |
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7. |
it is |
it’s |
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8. |
I will |
I’ll |
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9. |
I have |
I’ve |
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10. |
I would |
I’d |
08 November 2013
It’s a welcome back to school and a welcome back to one of our key spelling rules this week: double up for short vowel sounds. This week’s spellings all have le endings as well.
| 1. | puddle |
| 2. | bubble |
| 3. | meddle |
| 4. | puzzle |
| 5. | battle |
| 6. | pebble |
| 7. | shuttle |
| 8. | middle |
| 9. | shuffle |
| 10. | impossible |
It’s half-term…
…so no specific homework, spellings or tables this week. It’s a good time to relax and enjoy some time with your children – have you visited the free exhibition of Anthony Browne pictures at Leeds City Museum, for example?
18 October 2013
Plurals again! This time we are investigating how the spelling changes when making plurals for words that end in y. There are two options…
- Add s if the final letter is preceded by a vowel.
- If not preceded by a vowel, change the y to an i and add es.
| 1. | donkey | donkeys |
| 2. | ray | rays |
| 3. | play | plays |
| 4. | boy | boys |
| 5. | day | days |
| 6. | puppy | puppies |
| 7. | army | armies |
| 8. | party | parties |
| 9. | city | cities |
| 10. | berry | berries |
11 October 2013
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: double up for short vowel sounds. This week’s spellings are all in the past tense so have ed endings as well (but be careful – sometimes ed sounds like a t!).
| 1. | snapped |
| 2. | trapped |
| 3. | stepped |
| 4. | flipped |
| 5. | slammed |
| 6. | dripped |
| 7. | stuffed |
| 8. | slipped |
| 9. | popped |
| 10. | plodded |