This half-term, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:
- alternative graphemes: ai, ee, ie
- homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently)
- adding suffixes: ed, ing, er, est, ly, ful, less, ness
- adding suffixes: ful, less
- apostrophes for contraction and possession
| favourite | clumsy (er/est/ly) | break | fruit (ful/less) | son |
| grate | straight | brake | shouldn’t | sun |
| great | isn’t | believe | wouldn’t | don’t |
| begin (ing/er) | doubt (ful/less) | build (ing/er) | complete | didn’t |
| describe | heart (less) | haven’t | busy (er/est/ed/ing) | increase |
| thought (ful,less) | bicycle | surprise | increase | thank (ful/less) |
| eight | appear | separate (ly,ed,ing) | weight(less, ness) | one |
| ate | rest (ful/less) | achieve | wait | won |