07 February 2014
Our spellings this week investigate how words change when er and est are added. In the list, all the words are adjectives – they describe nouns.
Notice how you drop the y for an i when changing the root word to er or est.
| tasty | tastier | tastiest |
| happy | happier | happiest |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| crazy | crazier | craziest |
| lucky | luckier | luckiest |
| grumpy | grumpier | grumpiest |
31 January 2014
Our spellings this week investigate how words change when er and est are added. In the list, all the words are adjectives – they describe nouns.
Notice how, when adding er and est, the final consonant is doubled due to the short vowel which precedes it.
| big | bigger | biggest |
| hot | hotter | hottest |
| thin | thinner | thinnest |
| fat | fatter | fattest |
| sad | sadder | saddest |
| wet | wetter | wettest |
24 January 2014
The rule for this week is double up for a short vowel sound.
This week, all the spellings are animals which contain a short vowel sound followed by a double consonant.
| 1. | rabbit |
| 2. | hippo |
| 3. | gorilla |
| 4. | jellyfish |
| 5. | butterfly |
| 6. | alligator |
| 7. | grasshopper |
| 8. | hummingbird |
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 |