05 June 2015
The spellings this week are all words where the ‘i before e except after c’ rule applies. You’re in luck this week because there aren’t many of them!
| 1. | ceiling |
| 2. | deceive |
| 3. | perceive |
| 4. | receipt |
| 5. | deceit |
| 6. | conceive |
| 7. | receive |
15 May 2015
This is the third spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs end in a y. For the present and past tense forms, you need to drop the y for an I and then add es for present tense or ed for past tense.
As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).
Infinitive – I cry.
Present – She cries
Past – I cried
Continuous – I was crying. I am crying.
Group 1
| Infinitive | Present tense | Past tense | Continuous |
| to cry | cries | cried | crying |
| to rely | relies | relied | relying |
| to marry | marries | married | marrying |
| to carry | carries | carried | carrying |
| to worry | worries | worried | worrying |
Group 2
| Infinitive | Present tense | Past tense | Continuous |
| to identify | identifies | identified | identifying |
| to multiply | multiplies | multiplied | multiplying |
| to specify | specifies | specified | specifying |
| to signify | signifies | signified | signifying |
| to disqualify | disqualifies | disqualified | disqualifying |
08 May 2015
This is the second spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs contain a long vowel sound and end in e. This e is dropped when it’s changed to the continuous form. As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).
- Infinitive – I like to shop.
- Present – She shops very often.
- Past – She shopped all day long.
- Continuous – She was shopping. She is shopping.
Group 1
| Infinitive | Present tense | Past tense | Continuous |
| to crave | craves | craved | craving |
| to move | moves | moved | moving |
| to admire | admires | admired | admiring |
| to explore | explores | explored | exploring |
| to invade | invades | invaded | invading |
| to whine | whines | whined | whining |
Group 2
| Infinitive | Present tense | Past tense | Continuous |
| to confuse | confuses | confused | confusing |
| to frustrate | frustrates | frustrated | frustrating |
| to inspire | inspires | inspired | inspiring |
| to aggravate | aggravates | aggravated | aggravating |
| to evade | evades | evaded | evading |
| to presume | presumes | presumed | presuming |
01 May 2015
This is the first spelling week about verbs. All the verbs have a doubled consonant for a short vowel sound.
The verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).
- Infinitive – I like to shop.
- Present – She shops very often.
- Past – She shopped all day long.
- Continuous – She was shopping. / She is shopping.
Group 1
| infinitive | present tense | past tense | continuous |
| to allow | allows | allowed | allowing |
| to annoy | annoys | annoyed | annoying |
| to drip | drips | dripped | dripping |
| to grab | grabs | grabbed | grabbing |
| to offend | offends | offended | offending |
| to accept | accepts | accepted | accepting |
Group 2
| infinitive | present tense | past tense | continuous |
| to attempt | attempts | attempted | attempting |
| to borrow | borrows | borrowed | borrowing |
| to embarrass | embarrasses | embarrassed | embarrassing |
| to offend | offends | offended | offending |
| to possess | possesses | possessed | possessing |
| to succeed | succeeds | succeeded | succeeding |
24 April 2015
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: drop the y for an i. For each spelling, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word.
Group 1
|
|
root word |
plural |
|
1. |
activity |
activities |
|
2. |
company |
companies |
|
3. |
city |
cities |
|
4. |
copy |
copies |
|
5. |
lady |
ladies |
|
6. |
injury |
injuries |
|
7. |
baby |
babies |
|
8. |
memory |
memories |
|
9. |
quality |
qualities |
|
10. |
enemy |
enemies |
Group 2
|
|
root word |
plural |
|
1. |
country |
countries |
|
2. |
party |
parties |
|
3. |
difficulty |
difficulties |
|
4. |
opportunity |
opportunities |
|
5. |
society |
societies |
|
6. |
community |
communities |
|
7. |
responsibility |
responsibilities |
|
8. |
boundary |
boundaries |
|
9. |
priority |
priorities |
|
10. |
constituency |
constituencies |
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: drop the y for an i. For each spelling, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word.
27 March 2015
Group 1 – This week, the spellings are all words which have a doubled consonant after a short vowel sound. These words are all taken from the National Curriculum spelling list.
| Group 1 | |
| 1. | accompany |
| 2. | aggressive |
| 3. | apparent |
| 4. | appreciate |
| 5. | attached |
| 6. | communicate |
| 7. | community |
| 8. | embarrass |
| 9. | exaggerate |
| 10. | immediate |
Group 2 – The spellings this week also contain a double consonant after a short vowel sound. These words also have an ed ending as they are in the past tense.
| Group 2 | |
| 1. | grabbed |
| 2. | chopped |
| 3. | dropped |
| 4. | annoyed |
| 5. | attacked |
| 6. | collected |
| 7. | possessed |
| 8. | supposed |
| 9. | addressed |
| 10. | appeared |
13 March 2015
There are just three spellings this week:
| there |
| their |
| they’re |
In class, lots of children are getting these words mixed up.
There
There represents a place.
eg The boy is over there.
It also can show that something exists.
eg There are two apples.
Their
There is used to show possession.
eg Their house is close to ours.
They’re
They’re is a shortened version of ‘they are’.
eg They’re coming all the way from London.
When practising these words, you should read a sentence with either of the words in and your child should tell you which word is correct.
06 March 2015
This week, the words all end in tial. Usually tial is used after a consonant letter but there are some exceptions like initial.
| Group 1 | |
| 1. | confidential |
| 2. | essential |
| 3. | influential |
| 4. | initial |
| 5. | partial |
| 6. | residential |
| 7. | torrential |
| 8. | martial |
| 9. | substantial |
| 10. | potential |
The spellings this week all have the suffix ful.
| Group 2 | |
| 1. | successful |
| 2. | beautiful |
| 3. | cheerful |
| 4. | delightful |
| 5. | painful |
| 6. | peaceful |
| 7. | powerful |
| 8. | skillful |
| 9. | grateful |
| 10. | meaningful |
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This week, the words all end in cial. Usually cial is used when the letter before it is a vowel. However, there are a few exceptions: financial, commercial.
| Group 1 | |
| 1. | beneficial |
| 2. | crucial |
| 3. | financial |
| 4. | official |
| 5. | racial |
| 6. | social |
| 7. | special |
| 8. | commercial |
| 9. | A couple of the above words with prefixes. |
| 10. |
27.02.15
This week, the words are all words with double up for short vowel sounds. These words are taken from the National Curriculum list.
| Group 2 | |
| 1. | accident |
| 2. | address |
| 3. | appear |
| 4. | different |
| 5. | difficult |
| 6. | grammar |
| 7. | opposite |
| 8. | possible |
| 9. | pressure |
| 10. | suppose |
06 February 2015
Group 1 – The spellings this week are all words which end with tious. There aren’t many words with this ending so you also have the words with some prefixes. Think about what these prefixes do to the word and find other words which have this prefix.
| 1. | ambitious |
| 2. | cautious |
| 3. | fictitious |
| 4. | infectious |
| 5. | nutritious |
| 6. | pretentious |
| 7. | unambitious |
| 8. | unpretentious |
| 9. | overambitious |
| 10. | overcautious |
Group 2 – This week, we’re continuing with words which contain silent letters. This time, the silent letters in the words are either a b or an h.
| 1. | crumb |
| 2. | thumb |
| 3. | limb |
| 4. | doubt |
| 5. | numb |
| 6. | honest |
| 7. | ghost |
| 8. | hour |
| 9. | heir |
| 10. | exhausted |