Spelling

This week, we have been focusing on words that contain a suffix to make them plural, in preparation for a test on Friday 13th November 2020.

colonies

surveys

stories

delays

communities

babies

opportunities

dictionaries

06 November 2020

This week’s spellings are more common exception words (words that don’t follow the usual spelling rules). There are lots of ideas in our super spelling strategies to help you child learn them.

Year 1

• is
• love
• me
• my
• no

  Year 2

• school
• she
• so
• some
• the
• there
• their
• they
• to
• today

16 October 2020

Next week, we would like children to continue focusing on adding prefixes to words. Children can practise the list of the words below, in preparation for a test on Thursday 22nd October 2020.

inactive
incapable
impossible
immobile
irresponsible
irrational
illegal
illogical

16 October 2020

This week, we’ve been recapping one of our key spelling rules: adding –ed or –ing to change the tense of a verb.

Here’s an example…

First, we’d like you to complete this table. Be careful, there may be some irregular ones to catch you out!

Then, practise these spellings in different ways, check out the ‘super spelling strategies’ on this week’s spelling post (go to the Scholes website, learn more, spelling, Year 3 & 4). Children should practise in preparation for a test on Thursday 22  October 2020.

Fancy a challenge? Use these words in sentences. Or, create silly sentences using as many of them as you can – can you use them all?

16 October 2020

Use last week’s spellings and write them in fancy writing – any you choose!

Year 1

• has
• he
• here
• his
• house

Year 2

• of
• push
• once
• put
• one
• said
• our
• saw
• pull
• says

09 September 2020

Next week, we would like children to continue focusing on words that contain a suffix, such as ed or ing. Children can practise the list of words below, in preparation for a test on Friday 16th October 2020.

according

achieved

criticised

developing

embarrassed

crazier

bravest

loveliest

09 October 2020

This week, we’d like your child to practise the following spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 09 October 2020.

For some ideas on how to practise spellings in different ways, check out the ‘super spelling strategies’ on this week’s spelling post (go to the Scholes website, learn more, spelling, Year 3 & 4).

Fancy a challenge? Use these words in sentences. Or, create silly sentences using as many of them as you can – can you use them all?

09 October 2020

This week’s spellings are more common exception words (words that don’t follow the usual spelling rules). There are lots of ideas in our super spelling strategies to help you child learn them.

Year 1

• has
• he
• here
• his
• house

Year 2

• of
• push
• once
• put
• one
• said
• our
• saw
• pull
• says

02 October 2020

This week, we’ve been learning about the ‘ai’ sound. This is tricky because the ‘ai’ sound can be made in a variety of ways: ay, ai, a_e, ea, aigh, eigh, e-e, ey. This BBC Bitesize video will help if you’re unsure.

First, we’d like you to go around your house (or even your local area) and find / write down all the things you can spot that have the ai sound in: tray, clay, eight o’clock etc.

Then, we’d like your child to practise the following spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 09 October 2020.

For some ideas on how to practise spellings in different ways, check out the ‘super spelling strategies’ on this week’s spelling post (go to the Scholes website, learn more, spelling, Year 3 & 4).

Fancy a challenge? Use these words in sentences. Or, create silly sentences using as many of them as you can – can you use them all?

02 October 2020

This week, children have been learning about using apostrophes for contractions. Learn these spellings in both the contracted and uncontracted form. There will be a spelling test on Friday 9th October.

you are / you’re

cannot / can’t

are not / aren’t

could not / couldn’t

she will / she’ll

you have / you’ve

have not / haven’t

shall not / shan’t