Year 5 Spelling

01 December 2017

01.12.17 – Apostrophes

This week, I will not be giving you a spelling list. Instead, during our spelling test on Friday 08 December, I will read out ten sentences that contain at least one apostrophe. You will need to figure out which words need an apostrophe and use it correctly.

e.g Some of the book’s pages were torn.

I believe they are Mr Jones’ golf clubs.

I can’t believe you lost your book.

To prepare for the test, you should practise using apostrophes for possession and contraction/omission.

Use this page of your homework to prove you have practised.

24 November 2017

24.11.17 – Apostrophes

Apostrophes are used in the English language to show contraction and possession. This week, children should make a poster to help people use them correctly. This could include common errors or rules. The posters should be returned to school on Thursday 30 November.

17 November 2017

10 November 2017

Plurals

This week, children will not be given a list of words to learn. Instead, I would like them to investigate how we turn singular nouns into plurals. They will have learnt this lower down school but we’re still making errors with this rule in our everyday writing. Children should think of the different ways in which words can be pluralised and show their findings. This should be evidenced in their homework book. To get them started, think about these words: bus, cup, baby.

For an extra challenge, see if you can think of any common mistakes.

03 November 2017

13 October 2017

As it is the last week of this half-term, instead of being given a list of words to learn, you should revise all the rules we have focused on so far this year. You will be tested on these rules on Friday 20 October.

Evidence your revision on this page of your homework book.

So far this year, we have learnt about these three rules:

• ough – this letter string can be tricky because is makes many different sounds. For example, in the word plough, the ‘ough’ letter string makes a different sound to what it makes in the word tough.
• Double up – double up for a short vowel is a common rule in the English language. For example, the word butter has a double t because the u is a short vowel sound. Remember that there are exceptions to all spelling rules.
• -able or -ible – Our most recent spelling focus, choosing the correct suffix (-able or -ible) can be hard. We decided that in most cases, if you can see a root word and you are able to do it, use able (eg forgivable). If not, use ible (eg edible)

Friday 28 September 2017

Able vs ible

This week’s spelling activity focuses on words ending in ‘able’ or ‘ible’ and recognising which suffix to use.

Children should find words that end in either ‘able’ or ‘ible’ and begin to identify any patterns/rules they can see.

Children should present their findings in their homework books. We will discuss this in class and children will be given a word list to learn next week. This activity should be returned by Thursday o5 October.

22 September 2017

15 September 2017

This week we are focussing on the ‘double up for a short vowel sound‘ rule. This is a key spelling rule.

Children should already be familiar with this rule. However, it’s one we often forget in our writing. This week, instead of being given a list of words to learn, children should create a poster that will help other children in the class remember the rule.  The poster should include an explanation of the rule and some examples.

This should be competed and returned to school by Thursday 21 September. Children will then be tested on some random words that follow (or break) this rule on Friday 22 September.

08 September 2017

This week, children have been given a list of words to learn in preparation for a test on Friday 15 September. Children should evidence some of their practice in their homework books.