27 January 2012
This week, the spellings are words where the e has to be dropped when adding ing.
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1. |
smile |
smiling |
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2. |
drive |
driving |
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3. |
shine |
shining |
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4. |
time |
timing |
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5. |
write |
writing |
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6. |
like |
liking |
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7. |
come |
coming |
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8. |
arrive |
arriving |
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9. |
believe |
believing |
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10. |
amaze |
amazing |
Children will be tested on the words in the ing column. They will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 3 February.
20 January 2012
The spellings this week are all words which have a short vowel sound and require a ‘double up’ after the short vowel sound (like the ‘o’ in drop, which sounds different to a longer ‘oh’ sound).
A lot of the spellings are also in the past tense so will practise our ‘ed’ endings again.
| 1. | stopped |
| 2. | ripped |
| 3. | dropped |
| 4. | spotted |
| 5. | stepped |
| 6. | messily |
| 7. | happily |
| 8. | staggered |
| 9. | accommodate |
| 10. | spluttered |
Your child will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings on Friday 27 January.
13 January 2012
This week’s spellings are all verbs in the past tense that end in ‘ed’. I’ve noticed that we are making some common mistakes when spelling these words. For example, ‘askt’ instead of ‘asked’. Another common mistake is missing out the e before the d. For example, talkd instead of talked.
| 1. | talked |
| 2. | looked |
| 3. | called |
| 4. | wanted |
| 5. | cooked |
| 6. | asked |
| 7. | walked |
| 8. | peeped |
| 9. | abandoned |
| 10. | whispered |
Children will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings on Friday 20 January.
06 January 2012
This week, the spellings are all words which use apostrophes to shorten or contract two words into one word.
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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. |
I have |
I’ve |
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7. |
I will |
I’ll |
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8. |
it is |
it’s |
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9. |
I will |
I’ll |
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10. |
there is |
there’s |
The spellings will be tested on Friday 13 January.
09 December 2011
More plurals this week! This time we are investigating how the spelling changes when making plurals for words that end in y. There are two rules:
- 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 |
Spellings will be tested on Thursday 15 December.
02 December
We’re looking at plurals this week. Some of the spellings are made into a plural by just adding s. The others you have to add es to make into a plural. You add es if you hear an extra syllable.
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1. |
pen |
pens |
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2. |
book |
books |
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3. |
boy |
boys |
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4. |
table |
tables |
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5. |
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pockets |
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6. |
bush |
bushes |
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7. |
watch |
watches |
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8. |
brush |
brushes |
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9. |
fox |
foxes |
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10. |
kiss |
kisses |
The spellings will be tested on Friday 09 December.
25 November 2011
We’ll be writing some dialogue in our literacy lessons next week so the spellings are all words that we can use instead of said.
The spellings will be tested on Friday 02 December. The children will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings.
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1. |
yelled |
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2. |
screamed |
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3. |
asked |
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4. |
shouted |
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5. |
cried |
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6. |
snapped |
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7. |
growled |
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8. |
stuttered |
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9. |
muttered |
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10. |
whispered |
18 November 2011
The spellings this week are all words which have either the prefix re or pre. The re prefix means ‘again’ and the pre prefix means ‘before’.
Children will be tested on Friday 24 November. They will be tested on eight out of the ten words.
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1. |
prefix |
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2. |
predict |
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3. |
prepare |
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4. |
previous |
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5. |
rebuild |
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6. |
recycle |
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7. |
return |
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8. |
rewrite |
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9. |
recede |
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10. |
precaution |
11 November 2011
The spellings this week are all words which have either the prefix ‘un’ or ‘dis’. Both these prefixes mean ‘not’. Children should practise all ten spellings but will be tested on eight out of the ten. They will be tested on Friday 18 November.
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1. |
unwell |
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2. |
unhappy |
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3. |
dislike |
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4. |
disagree |
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5. |
unlucky |
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6. |
unable |
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7. |
disobey |
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8. |
dishonest |
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9. |
unusual |
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10. |
disappear |
04 November 2011
This week, the spellings are all adjectives that we will be using in our promotional writing next week.
The spellings will be tested on Friday 11 November. The children will be tested on eight out of the ten words.
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1. |
amazing |
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2. |
fantastic |
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3. |
brilliant |
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4. |
great |
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5. |
superb |
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6. |
trendy |
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7. |
wonderful |
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8. |
modern |
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9. |
vast |
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10. |
luxurious |