02 December 2022
This week, we have been learning about using an apostrophe for possession. Please learn the words for a test on Friday 9th December.
cemetery’s
committee’s
community’s
environment’s
government’s
neighbour’s
secretary’s
soldier’s
25 November 2022
This week, we have been learning about adding the suffixes –ible and –able to root words. Learn these words for a test on Friday 2nd December.
possible
reversible
invincible
legible
valuable
forgivable
reliable
respectable
25.11.22 and 02.12.22
The spellings for the next two weeks continue to be common exception words – words that don’t follow the usual spellings rules or are an exception in some way. In the first week, learn your spellings using the look, say, cover, write, check method. In the second week, try doing the ‘connect the dots’ to write your spellings. You can see what this is below.
Year 1
- push
- put
- said
- saw
- says
Year 2
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
25 November 2022
This week we’ve been looking at the rules for when we add -er or -est to a root word. For example, where there is a y, change it to an i when you add the suffix. Where there is a short vowel sound such as in hot, double up on the consonant: hot -> hotter.
Practise adding the two suffixes to the following root words:
nice late rude brave happy funny hot write tall ripe
For some creative ideas on how to make learning spellings more fun, check out our super spelling strategies guide.
18 November 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about homophones.
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings. This makes them hard to spell correctly when we’re writing.
This week, practise spelling these homophones. The best way to do this is to practise using them in sentences – think about your handwriting, too!
which
witch
wear
where
we’re
18 November 2022
This week, we have been learning about adding suffixes to words. These suffixes include –ful, -ness, -less and –ly. Learn these words for a test on Friday 25th November.
aggressively
apparently
thoughtful
consciousness
careless
weakness
desperately
shyly
11 November 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about the ough letter string. Learn these words for a test on Friday 18th November.
thorough
bough
though
thought
although
brought
sought
enough
11.11.22 and 18.11.22
The spellings for the next two weeks continue to be common exception words – words that don’t follow the usual spellings rules or are an exception in some way. In the first week, learn your spellings using the look, say, cover, write, check method. In the second week, try doing the ‘pyramid write’ of your spellings. You can see what this is below.
Year 1
- of
- once
- one
- our
- pull
Year 2
- was
- we
- were
- where
- you
- your
- who
- what
- when
- well
11 November 2022
This week we’ve been looking at words that have the “ue” phoneme (sound). There are a few different graphemes (letters) that represent this: ue, u, ew and u-e for example.
continue peculiar particular queue knew
rescue amuse venue issue conclude
For some creative ideas on how to make learning spellings more fun, check out our super spelling strategies guide.
04 November 2022
This week, we have been learning about how to make words plural. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 11th November:
communities
attaches
categories
dictionaries
wolves
hooves
puppies
crutches