Year 5 Spelling

12 September 2014

Posted on Friday 12 September 2014 by Mr Wilks

This week, the spellings are all adverbs which end in ‘ly’. This suffix is added to an adjective to form an adverb. For example, sad becomes sadly

Children will be tested on the ten adverbs on Friday 19 September.

Adjective Adverb
1. extreme extremely
2. abrupt abruptly
3. delightful delightfully
4. unusual unusually
5. brutal brutally
6. anxious anxiously
7. obvious obviously
8. thorough thoroughly
9. determined determinedly
10. mysterious mysteriously

 

It’s the Easter holidays…

Posted on Friday 04 April 2014 by Mr Roundtree

…so we have no set homework or spellings, in line with our Homework Policy.

That doesn’t mean we expect your child not to be developing their skills in reading, writing and maths!

Your child should be reading daily – this could be fiction, factual books, a comic or newspaper, and could include being read to at bedtime, too.

It would be good to practise basic skills in writing by writing a letter or email to a relative, perhaps recounting a day-trip or reviewing a film your child watched.

We’re finding quite a few children are ‘squashing their sentences’ such as I went to Leeds City Museum it was really interesting which is wrong.  It would be much better with punctuation to separate or a word to join:

  • I went to Leeds City Museum. It was really interesting. (A comma isn’t strong enough to separate two sentences.)
  • I went to Leeds City Museum – it was really interesting.
  • I went to Leeds City Museum; it was really interesting.
  • I went to Leeds City Museum and it was really interesting.
  • I went to Leeds City Museum which was really interesting.

Finally, to improve calculation skills, please keep practising mental number facts which your child must know:

  • number bonds (two numbers which add up to 10, 20 and 100 eg 3+7, 13+7, 30+70) – these facts should be known by children in Y1 – Y2
  • times tables (up to 12×12) and the division facts with your child – children in Y2 should have rapid recall of x2, x 5 and x 10 at least

We know we mention these ‘basics’ a lot, but that’s because they involve practice, practice and more practice – we practise a lot at school, but your child will need to practise at home, too, if they are to truly succeed.

Learn more about current expectations for reading, writing and maths.  However, do be aware that a new National Curriculum comes into effect from September, meaning these expectations have been raised and so many aspects of learning now feature in younger age groups.

It’s half-term…

Posted on Saturday 15 February 2014 by Mr Roundtree

It’s the half-term, so in line with our current homework policy, there are no homework tasks or spellings to learn.

However, please make sure you’re reading lots with your child – we’re finding children are reading less than they need to if they are to gain fluency and understanding.  You could take your child to a local library, hunt down an old favourite to re-visit, plan a story book for each bedtime over the holiday, read more about a favourite subject on the internet, buy a comic or magazine… And, so they have good role models, make sure your child sees you read, too!

Our current homework policy will be reviewed soon.  A small number of you have told us you’re not entirely happy with it – it would be really helpful if you tell us more about what you’d like.  Send us an email or speak with Mrs Weekes or me about this.  Thank you.

 

It’s half-term…

Posted on Saturday 26 October 2013 by Mr Roundtree

…so no specific homework, spellings or tables this week.  It’s a good time to relax and enjoy some time with your children – have you visited the free exhibition of Anthony Browne pictures at Leeds City Museum, for example?

It’s the half-term break…

Posted on Tuesday 28 May 2013 by Mr Roundtree

…so there’s no homework or spellings this week.  Enjoy the holiday, whatever you get up to.

It’s Christmas…

Posted on Thursday 20 December 2012 by Mr Roundtree

…so enjoy the break.

We don’t give homework or spellings and tables to learn during holidays.  Instead, we hope you all enjoy the break and spend some fabulously festive family time, whether it’s playing board games, enjoying a book or two or simply relaxing in front of the telly for a treat.

19 October 2012

Posted on Friday 19 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

This week’s spellings are “irregular” spellings for past tense.  They do not follow the regular rules for adding “ed”.

These will be tested on Friday 26 October 2012.

think

thought

fight

fought

bring

brought

buy

bought

can

could

are

were

catch

caught

teach

taught

hear

heard

find

found

wind

wound

12 October 2012

Posted on Friday 12 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

This week’s spellings are continuing the rule of changing the “y” to “i”.  They will be tested on Friday 19 October 2012.

There seem to be a lot of spellings on this list but the children have been learning about this rule all week and are familiar with these words.  Please encourage them to add any more words that they can think of.  The spelling test will test them on 8 of these words and we will be verbally discussing all of them.

Spellings

Year 5

12.10.12

                            drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ rule
              This is a spelling rule that applies often:when adding ‘ly’, ‘ful’, ‘ed’ and other endings…Add some more when you think of them!

y + i + ful

y + i + es

y + i + ly

y + i + er / est

y + i + ed

beautiful

babies

happily

happier / happiest

tried

plentiful

puppies

crazily

crazier / craziest

fried

fanciful

cities

funnily

funnier / funniest

cried

pitiful

luckily

luckier / luckiest

friendlier / friendliest

 

05 October 2012

Posted on Friday 05 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

This week’s spellings are words where you need drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’.  There are lots of words that could have been chosen for this rule; we’ve chosen words that will help to make our narrative writing more interesting next week. They will be tested on Friday 12 October 2012.

The words in orange are abstract nouns.  Can you think of any other abstract nouns?

Drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’
moody

moodier

moodiest

mood

terrify

terrifies

terror

hungry

hungrier

hungriest

hunger

28 September 2012

Posted on Friday 28 September 2012 by Mrs Weekes

This week’s spellings are all about shortened forms of words.  They are known as contractions.  The table shows the full version and the shortened form; the children are only expected to learn the shortened form.  The apostrophe replaces the letters that have been missed out.

They will be tested on Friday 05 October 2012.

could not

couldn’t

should not

shouldn’t

would not

wouldn’t

have not

haven’t

cannot

can’t

will not

won’t

does not

doesn’t

they have

they’ve

they are

they’re

are not

aren’t