Year 5 Spelling

06 May 2016

This week’s spellings mainly focus on words with the ‘erred‘ spelling pattern with some other odd double ups included. Ten of these spellings will be tested on Friday 13 May.

• referred, reference, referee
• preferred, preference, preferring
• transferred, transferring, transference
• interrupt, interrupting, interrupted
• necessary, unnecessary
• assistance, assistant, assisted, assisting

Don’t forget: it’s really important to learn what these spellings mean, how to use them in a sentence and be able to spell them beyond a test.

29 April 2016

This week’s spellings focus on the double up rule and will be tested on Friday 6 May.

• recommend
• immediately
• community
• communicate
• excellent
• embarrass
• opposite
• accompany
• correspond
• aggressive

It’s important to practise spellings regularly so that they are learnt and not just remembered for a week in order to score well in a test. We’ve created lots of different ways to practise our spellings in class that can be done at home and, don’t forget, we now have Spellodrome to use at home. Any feedback on this resource would be greatly appreciated.

22 April 2016

This week’s spellings will cover two different areas. Our main spelling list focusses on plurals and the different rules we need to follow when adding ‘s’. However, the children will be asked to write a sentence for their test on Friday which will include a homophone that they’ll be required to spell correctly.

• the laboratory – 10 laboratories
• one photocopy – 6 photocopies
• my memory – lots of memories
• large chimney – 2 large chimneys
• the display – 5 displays
• nice accessory – multiple accessories
• one wolf – a pack of wolves
• a knife – sharp knives
• a cliff – some cliffs
• delicious loaf – tasty loaves

We’ve discussed homophones throughout the week, particularly those we often get wrong: their, there, they’re; of, off; here, hear; to, two, too. See how many you can think of and have fun with it. We managed to think of a group of four homophones; can you? How many lists of three can you come up with? Time yourselves and see who can write the greatest number of pairs of homophones in 30 seconds.

24 March 2016

This week’s spellings will test how well children are retaining information they are learning by focussing on spellings covered across the year so far.

There have been many different spelling rules and patterns explored up to this point in the year. Next week’s test will be from the spelling lists learnt in the first half term (07.09.15 – 23.10.16). Children should look over these lists and note the patterns we learnt about, picking out words they think they found most tricky at the time.

Ten spellings from this list will be tested as children are not expected to learn spelling simply for a test but for long term use of these words.

18 March 2016

Spellings this week are not one specific list. The children have gone through their English book and picked out words they have spelt incorrectly in the past in order to learn these and not make the same mistake again.

It’s best if ten minutes of each day is given to practising spellings and we’ve looked at lots of different ways in which we can practise in class.

• word shapes
• word pyramids
• missing vowels
• create a crossword
• make it into a wordsearch
• good old look, write, cover, check.

These spellings will be tested on Thursday 24 March.

04 March 2016

This week’s spellings all require ‘ed’ to be added for past tense and are words that we often make mistakes with in class (for example, by missing the ‘e’).

These must be practised in your red spelling book ready to be tested on Friday 11 March.

26 February 2016

This week’s spelling are a little different. I won’t be sending a list of spelling for the children to learn but a spelling rule to practise instead:

double up for a short vowel sound

At home, see if you and other members of your family can think of words that follow this rule and practise these. Remember the different ways we’ve used to practise spelling:

• pyramid spelling
• word shapes
• missing letters

There will be a test on Friday and all of the words tested will follow the double up rule.

15 January 2016

This week’s spellings are homophones therefore they need to be practised within a sentence in order for the correct choice to be made.

precede – proceed

• C precedes D in the alphabet.
• “Please proceed with your class assembly, Y5,” said Mr Roundtree.

principal – principle

• The principal part of the Solar System is the sun.
• You need to have good principles.

profit – prophet

• A business needs to make a profit to succeed.
• A prophet said I would win the lottery.

stationary – stationery

• Remain stationary when a wasp comes near you.
• We use use lots of stationery in school: pencils, pens, rulers and sharpeners.

where – wear – were

• Where is the nearest supermarket?
• I like to wear warm clothing in Winter.
• We were enjoying learning about different materials.

there – their – they’re

• There’s a pink elephant over there!
• They went to get their lunch boxes.
• They’re going to Leeds City Museum very soon.

are – our – hour

• We are looking forward to moving on to learning out ‘Life’.
• Our favourite topic so far has been ‘Mission to Space’.
• A lesson usually lasts about 1 hour.

wait – weight

• Wait here while I hide.
• It’s good to be a healthy weight.

would – wood

• Would you like to come and have a picnic?
• Let’s go to the woods and have a picnic.

allowed – aloud

• I’m allowed to stay up later at a weekend.
• Sometimes it’s helpful to read things aloud.

08 January 2016

The spellings this week follow a similar pattern, involving changing a t to a c.

These spellings will be practised throughout the week before being tested on Friday 15 January.

It’s Christmas…

There are no homework tasks or spellings during the holiday period.

Instead, support your child in other ways. Make sure they take part in family events, encourage them to relax and catch up on some reading at home, encourage them to send thank you notes (emails are fine, too!) – all these things will help their English skills of speaking and listening, reading and writing.

Plenty of maths skills can be practised, too – planning some top telly and considering times and durations of programmes, working out what half price is when the sales start… could your child even help with some cooking to use various measures?

Whatever they do, make sure your child, and you, have a happy and healthy Christmas break.