Spelling

06 December 2019

This week, we will focus our spelling learning on homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have a different meaning. Children should learn the words below in preparation for a test on Friday 13 December 2019.

06 December 2019

This week’s spellings are from the Common Exception word lists and words that children regularly make mistakes with in books.

Year 1

• love
• one
• put
• pull
• house

Year 2

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

29 November 2019

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at words that end in -er and -est.

Use these words to create some super silly sentences. They could be a description of a character – be creative!

Friday 29 November 2019

This week, we will be focussing on using apostrophes to show possession. In the English language, we can use an apostrophe to show that something belongs to someone. For example, David’s bike. The apostrophe here tells the reader that the bike belongs to David. To help children to practise using apostrophes for possession, they should add, or remove, apostrophes in the paragraph below to make it correct. Children should have done this by Friday 06 December 2019.

On Sunday, Anthony went over to Jonhs house to play basketball. They

played a game of one-on-one. At the end of the game, Anthonys score was

six, but Johns score was eight. John was the winner. After the game, the boy’s

went inside to have some snacks’ and watch television. They played with

John’s new puppy. The puppys name is Fido. Fido’s ears are long and floppy

and he wag’s his tail non-stop! The boy’s had a great day. Johns mum is going

to ask Anthonys mum if Anthony can come over again next weekend.

29 November 2019

Use last week’s spellings and write with a shape around to show where the ascenders and descenders are.

Year 1

• today
• says
• was
• has
• there

Year 2

• our
• do
• of
• are
• they
• me
• ask
• no
• some
• school

Friday 22 November 2019

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at adding ed or ing to these root words.

Think about how the spelling changes when you add –er or –est to these words.

e.g. big, bigger, biggest

funny, funnier, funniest

22 November 2019

We are continuing to work through the ‘Common Exception’ word lists. Common exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way.

Year 1

• today
• says
• was
• has
• there

Year 2

• our
• do
• of
• are
• they
• me
• ask
• no
• some
• school

Friday 15 November 2019

Spelling Challenge

We have been looking at adding -ed or -ing to these root words.

Think about how the spelling changes when you add –ed or –ing to these words.

beg

laugh

answer

learn

think

shrug

notice

use

help

surprise

notice

grab

struggle

15 November 2019

Use last week’s spellings and write them in any type of ‘fancy’ writing you choose.

Year 1

• here
• there
• where
• were
• pull

Year 2

• your
• he
• we
• so
• my
• where
• come
• once
• push
• full

Friday 08 November 2019

This week, we will be focussing on the ‘ough’ letter string. This common string of letters can make a range of sounds. Children should practise spelling the words below in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 15 November 2019.

thorough

although

sought

brought

ought

plough

though

thought