11 January 2019
Our spellings this week focus on the use of prefixes. Prefixes are added to the start of a root word to change its meaning. For example, interested could have the opposite meaning by adding the prefix un – uninterested. This week, children will not be given a list of words to learn but should practise using the prefixes below to change the meaning of a root word. During our weekly spelling test, children will be asked to use these prefixes correctly in different contexts. Children will have a spelling test on Friday 18 January 2018.
un (eg unusual)
mis (eg misunderstand)
dis (disinterested)
re (eg reorganise)
30 November 2018
Our spellings this week focus on when we use the suffix -ably or -ibly. Last week, children explored the rule. This week, children have a list of words to learn ahead of a spelling test on Friday 07 December 2018.
- incredibly
- sensibly
- reliably
- respectably
- agreeably
- enviably
- undeniably
- responsibly
19 October 2018
Your spelling rule this week is using apostrophes for omission.
eg should not = shouldn’t
Write a list of contractions and the words before omission.
12 October 2018
Your spelling rule this week is pluralising words ending in a y. The rule is drop the y for an i and add es.
Pluralise these words:
- activity
- library
- story
- variety
- beauty
- try
- cry
- fly
- history
- baby
- carry
- cherry
Create a nonsense story including as many of these pluralised words as possible.
05 October 2018
This week’s list of spellings are all homophones. Can you draw pictures or diagrams to illustrate the different meanings in a set of homophones? For the test, children will be given the word in a sentence.
weather
whether
you’re
your
here
hear
are
our
28 September 2018
This week’s list of spellings are all homophones – words that mean different things but sound the same.
Some of these homophones have been picked up as common errors in children’s writing. For the test, children will be given the word in a sentence. At home, practise each spelling by writing them in sentences. Think about the meaning of each homophone.
21 September 2018
This week’s list of spellings to learn words end in ‘-ible’ and ‘-able’. Use the list of spellings to make a word search. Children will be tested on some of the words listed below and other words that end in ‘-ible’ and ‘-able’.
- applicable
- breakable
- forcible
- sensible
- fashionable
- comfortable
- horrible
- terrible
- visible
14 September 2018
This week’s list of spellings are words with ‘silent’ letters. Use the spelling strategies stuck in your homework book to learn your spellings. These words have come from the Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list. How many other words can you think of with silent letters?
- environment
- temperature
- dictionary
- twelfth
- stomach
- autumn
- muscle
- rhythm
- vehicle
07 September 2018
This week’s list of spellings to learn contains words with the letter string ‘ough’. The letter string makes different sounds within different words. Children will be tested on some of these words and words that follow the same spelling rule on Friday 14 September.
Use the words to make up a nonsense story. Remember to check for squashed sentences and other punctuation.
- though
- dough
- although
- through
- cough
- trough
- rough
- doughnut
- tough
13 July 2018
This week’s list of spellings to learn contains words that end in cial or tial. As with all spelling rules, there are exceptions but …
cial is common after a vowel.
tial is common after a consonant.
- social
- special
- official
- crucial
- potential
- residential
- essential
- partial