07 February 2020
This week we have been looking at prefixes auto- and tele-. These prefixes change the meaning of the root word.
auto – means self
tele – means distant
To learn these spellings, which method are you going to use?
- Pyramid write
- Rainbow write
- Look, cover, say, write, check.
Can you find any more words with auto or tele as a prefix?
Spelling list
| automatic | autopilot | autocorrect | autograph | autocue |
| telegram | telephone | television | telescope | teleport |
31 January 2020
| Add the correct prefix to the following root words. Choose three words and write them in a sentence. | |
| dis | polite
regular legal offensive mature necessary agree appear convenient
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| un | |
| im | |
| in | |
| il | |
| ir | |
24 January 2020
This week we have been learning to use apostrophes for contractions. Don’t forget to put the apostrophe in the correct place! You wouldn’t want to get it wrong. Let’s be smart about it!
I’ll don’t you’re couldn’t
haven’t wouldn’t shouldn’t hasn’t
they’re aren’t let’s
hadn’t she’s he’s
Can you use each of these words in a sentence? Can you think of any more examples?
24 January 2020
| Prefix co- and re- + tricky words
Learn for a spelling test next week. |
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| co-operate | re-emerge |
| co-own | re-invent |
| co-ordinate | re-tell |
| co-exist | beautiful |
| which | really |
17 January 2020
Suffixes: ant/ance, ent/ence
Complete the words with the correct suffix.
- violence
- toler__
- confid__
- conveni__
- attend__
- assit__
- hesit__
- innoc__
- resid__
- depend__
Write a sentence using as many words from above as you can.
17 January 2020
This week in spellings we have been recapping the alternative phonemes for oa and oo. (We studied these last term.) This week, practise each word by using pyramid write.
Think about each spelling as you write it.
oa sound oo sound Tricky words
although drew could
notice choose should
throw peculiar people
potatoes approve even
10 January 2020
This week in spellings, we have been recapping the long vowel sound for ai, ee and i. (We studied these sounds last term.)
For this week’s homework, practise each word by using rainbow write.
Write out the word correctly. Write over it in a different colour. Then repeat with two other colours. Think about the spelling as you write it.
ai sound ee sound ie sound
favourite believe exercise
straight breathe bicycle
weight complete decide
06 December 2019
Focus : the short vowel sound a e i o u
This week we have been looking at the short vowel sounds. We have been paying particular attention to the double consonants that follow them. The following list of words it to be learnt for a test next week.
Make sure you write them more than once. You could do rainbow words, sentences, speedwriting or pyramid words to help you learn them.
accident
address
appear
arrive
different
difficult
grammar
occasion
opposite
possess
possible
29 November 2019
ible and able word endings
What’s the rule?
When we cannot identify a root word, we most commonly add ible, eg legible. When you can identify the root word this means that you are able to, therefore we add able. Eg forgivable means you are able to forgive.
Sort these word beginnings to the correct ible or able ending. Add more examples if you can think of any.
leg___
value______
invinc______
terr______
ador_____
dispos______
ed___
horr_____
break______
enjoy_____
respect_____
agree_______
29 November 2019
Focus : homophones
This week, we have been consolidating our learning on homophones (same sound different spelling). Your task this week is to write a list of ten sentences which contain some of the following homophones.
which, witch, here, hear, their, there, they’re, were, where, wear
However, you must have a mixture of correct and incorrect uses of them. We will then figure out which are correct and which are incorrect as a class.