Spelling

Friday 08 November 2019

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at words that double up for a short vowel sound.

Use look, cover, write check to help learn these words. There will be a short test on Thursday 14th November.

08 November 2019

This week’s spellings are from the common exception word lists.

Year 1

• here
• there
• where
• were
• pull

Year 2

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

Friday 18 October 2019

Spelling Challenge:

This week we have been looking at homophones (words that sound the same but having a different meaning) – there, they’re and their; hear and here; which and witch.

Think of a rule, use it in a sentence, or use doodle words, to help you remember the meaning of each word and its correct spelling.

18 October 2019

Use last week’s spellings and write them in your best handwriting.

Year 1s – use leading lines.

Year 2s – joined handwriting.

Year 1
are
ask
come
friend
full

Year 2
today
says
was
has
there
love
one
put
pull
house

Friday 18 October 2019

This week, our spellings focus is homophones (words that sound the same but have a different meaning. This week, children should practise spelling the words below in preparation for a test on Thursday 24 October 2019.

practise/practice

licence/license

advice/advise

device/devise

Friday 11 October 2019

This week, our spellings focus is adding prefixes. A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word, often to change the meaning. Children should make a table including words they know begin with the prefixes um, un, dis, im.   For an extra challenge, children could write a short story using some of the words from the table.  Children should be ready for a test on Friday 18 October 2019.

11 October 2019

Spellings this week are from 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

• are
• ask
• come
• friend
• full

Year 2

• today
• says
• was
• has
• there
• love
• one
• put
• pull
• house

04 October 2019

Use last week’s spellings and write them in rainbow writing.

Year 1

• you
• be
• she
• go
• by

Year 2

• are
• ask
• come
• friend
• full
• here
• there
• where
• were
• pull

Friday 27 October 2019

Spelling

This week, will be focussing on the use of apostrophes for contraction. This occurs when we combine two words to be one – usually to change the formality of our writing/language.

I am = more formal

I’m = less formal

As this is revision of a previously taught rule, we’d like children to be confident using all of the below words. This may seem a lot but most of this has been taught since much lower down school. We want children to focus more on the ones they find trickiest. Evidence any revision in homework books. A selection of these words will be tested on Friday 04 October 2019.

Friday 27 September 2019

Spelling

Practise the following words:

You can do this by:

• trace, copy, replicate
• doodle words
• look, cover, write, check                 Challenge: Use these words in a sentence.