11 May 2018
Investigate words with the ‘k’ sound but spelt ‘ch’. Create a list of words that have these sounds and spelling pattern.
Here are some examples:
- ache
- chaos
- echo
- stomach
- technology
04 May 2018
The spelling homework this week is to learn the ‘ou‘ words for a spelling test next Friday – 11 May.
We saw many colourful and creative ways to practise these words in our homework review today.
- through
- thought
- though
- although
- enough
- rough
- tough
- cough
- favourite
- famous
27 April 2018
Spelling Activity:
The following words, taken from our Year 3/4 list, use ‘ou’ in the middle, but make different sounds when read.
The task this week is to find a way of remembering how to spell these words. The children can do this in a variety of ways: use doodle pictures (e.g. show thought as a thought bubble and through as a tunnel), rainbow words (write over the same words many times in different colours), pyramid words (start with a single letter at the top of the pyramid and add a letter on each layer) or any other way that helps remember how to spell them.
- through, thought, though, although
- enough, rough, tough,
- cough
- favourite, famous
20 April 2018
This week’s spellings is to learn -tion words for a spelling test next Friday, 27 April.
- competition
- invention
- completion
- correction
- subtraction
- digestion
- position
- attraction
- situation
- nation
23 March 2018
This week, the spelling homework activity is to investigate the ‘shun’ suffix (at the end of a word). This suffix has the same sound but a different spelling. Children have been asked to create lists of words that have these different spellings.
- -cian
- -sion
- -tion
- -ssion
16 March 2018
This week’s spelling homework is to continue to learn the homophones for a test next week. It is important that you recognise the different spellings and when to use them.
- they’re/there/their
- are/our
- too/two/to
- hear/here
- where/were/wear
- off/of
The children will have sentences dictated to them with the homophone included. They’ll need to understand which spelling is correct, e.g. They’re standing by the wall. Their ball has bounced over the fence. There are many flowers in the garden.
Challenge your child at home to come up with a sentence that includes all the homophones in one!
09 March 2018
This week’s spellings are all words that sound like others but have different meanings – homophones. It’s important that your child recognises the different spellings and when to use them. Find out ways to know and learn the correct spellings of:
- they’re / there / their
- are / our
- too / two / to
- hear / here
- where / were / wear
- off / of
02 March 2018
Learn the following words for a spelling test next Friday 09 March. Use the words in a sentence so that they are well-remembered.
The words all use a prefix – either im or in – to make the root word the opposite, from possible to impossible!
- impossible
- impolite
- impatient
- impure
- imperfect
- incorrect
- inactive
- invisible
- insecure
- inflexible
23 February 2018
This week’s spelling list is formed with words that have the prefixes im– and in–. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out!
- Think about the root word and how the prefix changes the meaning.
- Can you show your words in a creative way?
- Can you write them in your own sentences?
| impossible | impolite | impatient | impure | imperfect |
| incorrect | inactive | invisible | insecure | inflexible |
02 February 2018
Spelling Activity
The spelling task this week is linked to our Life Forces topic. We’ve come across many words ending in -ture e.g. vulture, creature, nature.
One of nature’s amazing creatures, the vulture, will travel on long adventures for its prey.
Find as many words as you can with the -ture ending and create some sentences using these words.