30 September 2022
This week, we’re looking at apostrophes in contracted words. The apostrophe marks the spot where the letter or letters have been removed. Use the following words to create your own sentences.
haven’t (have not)
couldn’t (could not)
don’t (do not)
they’ve (they have)
we’re (we are)
won’t (will not – this is a tricky one)
aren’t (are not)
you’re (you are)
23 September 2022
This week, we’d like you to practise the rule ‘drop the y for an i’.
Learn the following words for a test on Friday 30th September.
copies
happier
replied
curiosities
cemeteries
funniest
worried
dictionaries
varieties
16 September 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about words that contain a double consonant following a short vowel sound.
We call this rule: ‘double up for a short vowel sound’ or ‘dufasvs’.
Learn the following words for a test on Friday 23rd September:
accommodate, accompany, aggressive, apparent, appreciate, attached, correspond, embarrass, exaggerate, immediately
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding prefixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 22nd October.
il/legal
il/logical
dis/appear
un/avoidable
im/mature
ir/responsible
ir/rational
im/possible
in/accurate
in/active
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding suffixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 15th October.
achieve/ed/ing
develop/ed/ing
embarrass/ed/ing
guarantee/ed/ing
occur/ed/ing
brave/er/est
crazy/er/est
hairy/er/est
lovely/er/est
sad/er/est
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about apostrophes for contraction.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 8th October.
haven’t
couldn’t
I’ve
you’ll
can’t
they’re
aren’t
don’t
she’ll
he’ll
24 September 2021
This week, we have been learning about dropping the y for an i. Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Friday 01 October.
- opportunity
- secretary
- variety
- happy/er/est
- category
- community
- curiosity
- identity
- reply/ing/ed
- funny/er/est
17 September 2017
This week, we have been learning about doubling up for a short vowel sound. Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Thursday 23 September.
– accompany
– appreciate
– attached
– exaggerate
– immediately
– opportunity
– happen/ing/ed
– stop/(p)ing/ed
– pass/ing/ed
– tap/(p)ing/ed
05 January 2021
Happy new year, everyone!
This week’s spellings are all homophones. Challenge yourself to define what a homophone is to someone else!
Make sure you’re confident with what each version of the spelling means – they’re completely different!
Check back onto the home learning section of the website to find out your task for today.
- desert
- dessert
- stationary
- stationery
- complement
- compliment
- principle
- principal
- prophet
- profit
11 December 2020
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homophones |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that are all homophones. Choose a spelling strategy and practise them – make sure you choose the correct word to write in sentences of your own. Next, correct the mistakes in the paragraph below. There are homophones that we’ve been covering all year, too! | ||||
| isle | aisle | aloud | allowed | herd |
| heard | past | passed | affect | effect |
Nervously, I walked down the cereal isle and looked up at the appealing ones up their on the top shelf that I really wanted but couldn’t bring myself too reach. Suddenly, I herd an announcement over the tannoy system which brought me out of my daydream. Other busy shoppers quickly past by me like a heard of cows. Delicious items of food filled there trolley! I felt like a lost aisle in the middle of an ocean… But, seeing they’re lovely shopping had a strange affect on me which aloud me to feel stronger; I was determined too get up that ladder and conquer my fear. “Your amazing!” I kept chanting in my head. Time past slowly as I put one foot in front of the other on the ladder. “I’ve done it!” I shouted allowed when I reached the top, not caring who herd me!