Year 6 Spelling

01 July 2011

Posted on Thursday 30 June 2011 by

Once more, spellings for all groups are based on wow words the children should be using if they are to be consistent level 4 and 5 writers.

Spellings and word meanings will be tested on Friday 08 July.

  • gorgeous
  • delightful
  • scrumptious
  • delicious
  • fabulous
  • succulent
  • luscious
  • extraordinary
  • charismatic
  • charming
  • elegant

24 June 2011

Posted on Friday 24 June 2011 by

This week, we’re again learning to spell WOW words and to use them in class in the correct context.

Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 01 July, and will be given points for using them correctly in written work and verbally in class.

Here are the WOW words for all groups to learn how to spell and how to use in context:

  • scrambled
  • trotted
  • glanced
  • laboured
  • grimaced
  • tumbled
  • stuttered
  • staggered
  • screeched
  • stumbled

17 June 2011

Posted on Friday 17 June 2011 by

This week we are again learning to spell WOW words and to use them in class in the correct context.

Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 24 June, and will be given points for using them correctly in written work and verbally in class.

Here are the WOW words for all groups to learn how to spell and how to use in context:

  • aggressively
  • cautiously
  • stealthily
  • destructively
  • painstakingly
  • fearlessly
  • intensely
  • delicately
  • effortlessly
  • noiselessly

10 June 2011

Posted on Thursday 09 June 2011 by

This week we are learning to spell WOW words and to use them in class in the correct context.

Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 17 June, and will be given points for using them correctly in written work and verbally in class.

Here are the WOW words for all groups to learn how to spell and how to use in context:

  • breathtaking
  • overwhelming
  • exhilarating
  • inspiring
  • invigorating
  • rousing
  • stimulating
  • tremendous
  • energising
  • marvellous

06 May 2011

Posted on Friday 06 May 2011 by

Spelling homework is again to read through previous SATs that you were given and learn the patterns of the spellings from two weeks ago. The spelling test is on Tuesday. Make sure you’re ready for then.

28 April 2011

Posted on Thursday 21 April 2011 by

Children have been given a list of all the spellings they have had this term.

There will be a test on Friday 6 May. The test will be of a random selection of twenty of the words from the list.

This is to give the children the opportunity to have a SATs type spelling test when they don’t know which words are to be tested.

25 March 2011

Posted on Friday 25 March 2011 by

This week we are learning how to spell compound words. A compound word is made from two (or more) existing words.

Spellings will be tested on Friday April 01 2011.

A

B

C

countryside

headquarters

throughout

fingerprint

aftermath

bandwagon

championship

firecracker

hairsbreadth

neighbourhood


background

billboard

blindfold

downhearted

eyewitness

lightweight

outnumbered

shamefaced

straightforward

wrongdoing


airfield

billboard

blockbuster

daredevil

foreground

hideaway

masterpiece

overweight

showdown

taskmaster

18 March 2011

Posted on Thursday 17 March 2011 by

Spellings this week are based on the prefix prim.

Learn the spellings and find four more with the same prefix.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 25 March 2011

A

B

C

primate

primrose

primly

Prime Minister

prima donna

primitiveness

primeval

primate

primrose

primly

Prime Minister

prime

prima donna

primeval


primate

primrose

primly

primary

primarily

prime

Prime Minister


.


11 March 2011

Posted on Thursday 10 March 2011 by

Spellings this week are all words with a double letter. They will be tested on Friday 18 March.

A

B

C

apprehensiveness

uncommonly

excellent

opposite

passenger

pollution

slippery

stillness

unsuccessfully


apprehensive

common

different

excellent

opposite

passenger

polluted

slippery

successful


common

different

difficult

excellent

follow

million

pollution

press

successful

 



04 March 2011

Posted on Thursday 03 March 2011 by

Spellings this week are based on ‘ee’ sound with different spellings.  Learn the spellings and find four more words that fit the rule.

accuracy

disease

emergency

essential

healthy

displeased

ready

company

Spellings will be tested on Friday 11 March.

Moortown Primary School, Leeds
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