Spelling

Spellings – Half Term 6

This half-term, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class: 

• alternative graphemes: tion, sion, ssion, cian
• alternative graphemes: i, ie, y, i-e
• homophones: he’ll, heel, plain, plane, groan, grown, rain, rein, reign
• alternative graphemes: sc
• spelling patterns: que
• alternative graphemes: u spelled ou

Each Friday, you’ll be tested on 8 of the words from the list below. 

Spellings – 10.05.24

This week’s spelling words are from our current spelling unit – Why do some words have the spelling ey for the sound /ee/?

We’re continuing to work on adding -s and -es to words.

Swap the y for an i before adding -es.

When the word ends in the digraphs ay, oy, ey, we just add -s.

Please practise these words for a test on Friday 17th May.

chimneys
berries
jellies
turkeys
valleys
monkeys
lollies
trolleys
alleys
jockeys

10 May 2024

This week, the children have been learning alternative spellings for the sounds ur and ow. (ir, ou)

• cloud
• sound
• proud
• first
• third

Try and put the words into sentences. Can you put 2 words into one sentence?

I came first in the race and my friend came third.

Spellings – 03.05.24

This week’s spelling words are from our current spelling unit – Why do I swap the y for an i when I add the suffix -es?

Swap the y for an i before adding -es.

When the word ends in the digraphs ay, oy, ey, we just add -s.

Please practise these words for a test on Friday 10th May.

cry/cries
fly/flies
dry/dries
try/tries
baby/babies
party/parties
penny/pennies
body/bodies
donkey/donkeys
enjoy/enjoys

03 May 2024

This week, the children need to rehearse some tricky words that have been taught in phonics sessions.

today

people

their

your

any

many

Encourage your child to put the words in sentences and refer to the school website for more ideas on how to help your child learn their spellings.

Spellings – 26.04.24

This week’s spelling words are from our spelling learning this week – The ‘W Special’

The /w/ sound affects how the graphemes a, ar and or are said.
Note that qu is made up of /k/ and /w/, so also affects the graphemes a, ar and or.

We double the final consonant to protect a short vowel sound when adding -ing.

Please practise these words for a test on Friday 3rd May.

wagging
warning
watering
working
squatting
swapping
arm
warm
fork
work

26 April 2024

This week’s spellings are words that have been learnt in our phonic sessions. The sound is igh but can also be spelt using the digraph ie and the split digraph i_e.

• cried
• fried
• tried
• slide
• time
• like

Help at home by asking your child to read these sentences. Can they spot the igh sound spelt as ie or i_e?

Tie a ribbon on the tree with pink blossoms.

What time is best to pick ripe plums from the trees?

Open the box and look inside!

“I woke up in fear after I hear the ship explode!” she cried.

Now, write your own sentence using this week’s spellings.

The spelling test will be Friday 3^rd May 2024.

Spelling list term 3.1

19 April 2024

This week, the children need to revise the tricky words that have been taught in our phonic lessons.

• eye
• sure
• pure
• said
• were
• people

Help at home by getting creative. Use colour to brighten things up!

The children will be tested on these words on Friday 26th April 2024.

21 March 2024

Please support your child to practise and reinforce the phonemes and graphemes we are learning in school. Here are this week’s spellings.

tch /ch/                     

• match
• kitchen
• catch

ture /ch/

• adventure
• creature
• nature

Help at home

There are lots of ideas to help your child to learn these words on our school website.

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