Spelling

06.10.23

The children have been given 6 more tricky words to learn.

Help at home ideas

Write out each of your spelling words using fancy writing. Your letters could be curly or dotty.

Draw a big flower. Write each of your spelling words on one of the petals.

• like
• some
• were
• here
• one
• little

The class will be tested on these words on Friday 13th October 2023.

Year 3 and 4 spellings

Year 3,4
Half-term 1
This half-term, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

• alternative ways for writing the ‘ay’ sound
• alternative ways for writing the ‘ee’ sound
• ‘double up for a short vowel sound’
• ‘drop the e for ing’
• ‘drop the y for an i’
• adding the suffixes ed, ing
• homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently)

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

famous   believe   accident   breathe   answer
library   passion   notice   were   possess
century   address   favourite   appear   here
their   weight   complete   ordinary   wear
straight   they’re   surprise   busy   increase
session   possible   there   hear   where
suppose   mission   eighth   extreme   occasion
fraction   different   attention   learn   possession

Spellings for the first half term

Below are the 40 spellings for this half term. Please continue to learn these at home. There will be a test every Friday on 8 random words from the list. If your child is finding it difficult to learn the words, have a look at our Super Spelling Strategy document on the school website – it’s got some great ideas!

29.09.23

Please practise ready for a spelling test in two weeks time on Friday 13 October 2023

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday
• who
• when
• why

29.09.23

Lots of Year 1 have been learning their spellings and we’ve had some great test scores.

This week’s spellings are ‘common exception’ words – words that don’t follow a usual spelling rule or pattern.

• come
• into
• said
• have
• like
• do

For ideas to support your child with their spellings, check out some super spelling strategies on our school website. https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/wp content/uploads/2018/01/Spelling-Guide.pdf

The children will be tested on these words on Friday 6th October 2023.

22.09.23

Well done Year 2 on your spellings over the last two weeks. Keep up the good work!

Please practise your new spellings ready for a spelling test on Friday 29 September 2023.

• blue
• true
• new
• flew
• cute
• use
• saw
• straw
• their
• people
• your
• any

22 September 2023

This week’s spellings are ‘common exception’ words – words that don’t follow the usual spelling rule or pattern.

Children need to read and spell these words. They will be tested on Friday 29th September 2023.

• by
• me
• my
• some
• the

15.09.23

Please practise your spellings for a spellings test on 22 September 2023.

cried

tried

slide

inside

open

both

those

one

today

here

says

said

Spellings 15.09.23

Common exception words

These are everyday words that don’t follow the phonic rules taught at school.

Please learn the words below ready for a test on Friday 22nd September 2023.

are     is         she

ask     love    so

Spellings 08.09.23

Year 1 children need to learn to spell the words listed below. These are words we have been using in our phonic sessions. Please refer to our school website for some ideas on how to help your child.

https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Spelling-Guide.pdf

For example, try a colour word pyramid.

t

ta

tai

tail

Challenge

Put the word into a sentence.

The dog had a tail.

The class will be tested every Friday on the spellings from the previous week.

tail

mail

feel

deep

night

fright