Year 5 & 6 Spelling

Friday 20 September 2019

Our spellings this week focus on an important spelling rule: drop the y for an i. This is a common spelling rule in the English language. In many root words ending in y, we change the y for an I when we change the word. For example, happy can be happier or happiest. This week, children should find words ending in y and explore how they can change the word – are there any exceptions to the rule? Here are a few words to get you started:

cry                         try                         worry                   copy                     funny

Friday 13 September 2019

Our spellings this week focus on an important spelling rule: double up for a short vowel sound. In our writing, lots of us are still not ‘doubling up’ for short vowel sounds. For example, when writing the word ‘hopping’, many of us might spell it ‘hoping’ which is incorrect. In this example, the ‘o’ makes a short vowel sound and so the next consonant ‘p’ needs to be doubled up. This is an especially significant error as it completely changes the meaning of the word. Children will be tested on these words on Friday 20 September 2019.

accommodate

accompany

correspond

immediately

opportunity

exaggerate

occupy

appreciate

Friday 06 September 2019

This week, our spelling focus is homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently).

There, their they’re

here, hear

to, too, two

witch, which

where, wear, were

For homework, children will need to write a short story using all the homophones correctly.

Friday 28 June 2019

This week, we continue to focus on the spelling rule ‘drop the e for ing’. Children should practice spelling the words below in preparation for a test on Friday 05 July 2019.

accommodating                    calculating

managing                               acquiring

surprising                              analysing

deciding                                 debating

Friday 14 June 2019

This week, we continue to focus on the spelling rule ‘double up for a short vowel sound’. After completing an activity last week, this week, children should learn the words below in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 21 June 2019.

accumulate                             immediately

recommend                            interrupt

sufficient                                  quarrelled

exaggerate                              accommodation

Friday 07 June 2019

This week, we’re recapping a spelling rule that we have previously learnt: double up for a short vowel sound. In our writing, lots of us are still not ‘doubling up’ for short vowel sounds. For example, when writing the word ‘hopping’, many of us might spell it ‘hoping’ which is incorrect. In this example, the ‘o’ makes a short vowel sound and so the next consonant ‘p’ needs to be doubled up. This is an especially significant error as it completely changes the meaning of the word.

This week, children should practise this rule by writing a short story or poem that contains as many ‘double up’ words as possible.

Friday 03 May 2019

Like last week, children have taken ownership for their own spellings. Each child has been given a copy of the year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list from the National Curriculum. They have identified 10 spellings that they need to learn or revise. Children should learn these spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 10 May 2019.

26 April 2019

This week, children have taken ownership for their own spellings. Each child has been given a copy of the year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list from the National Curriculum. They have identified 10 spellings that they need to learn or revise. Children should learn these spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 03 May 2019.

22 March 2019

This week, we will continue with our previous spelling focus: words with double consonants. These words follow one of our main spelling rules – double up for a short vowel sound. For example, in the word hopping, the double ‘p’ makes us say the short vowel version of the letter ‘o’. Without doubling up, the word would be hoping which has a long vowel sound for the ‘o’.

Children should learn the words below in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 29 March 2019.

Friday 01 March 2019

I before e is one of the most common spelling rules we hear. However, it doesn’t always work. In fact, “I before e, except after c when the sound is ee” is much more accurate – of course, there are exceptions to this rule: either, weird, their. In fact, sometimes, ‘I’ and ‘e’ are just adjacent. To help them learn (and remember) this rule, children should learn the following words in preparation for a test on Friday 08 March 2019.