15 September 2017
Your spelling rule to learn this week is adding suffixes to words ending in ‘-fer’.
- transfer
- prefer
- refer
Create some ‘word families’ – Make a list in your homework book of all the words you can create from the words above by adding suffixes.
Remember sometimes the ‘r’ gets doubled up!
- The ‘r’ is doubled if the ‘-fer’ is still stressed when an ending is added – transferring.
- The ‘r’ is not doubled if the ‘-fer’ is no longer stressed – referal.
08 September 2017
Your spellings to learn this week are words ending ‘-able’/‘-ably’ and ‘-ible’/‘-ibly’. Your child will be tested on Friday 14 September:
- horrible
- possible
- edible
- reversible
- invincible
- legible
- terrible
- adorable
- disposable
- enjoyable
- valuable
- breakable
- identifiable
We’ll also test your child on two extra words, not on this list, to see if your child can apply the same suffix pattern. Encourage your child to look out for other words belonging to the list.
New homework routines
Following feedback and meetings with parents, we’ve changed our homework routines – read the introduction here to find out more. Teachers will also communicate homework on the website to keep you updated on what homework and spelling tasks there are. Look out for the first one on Friday 08 September.