12 October 2018
Please learn the following spellings for a test on Thursday 18 October.
| achieve | invention |
| attached | relevant |
| awkward | frequently |
| exaggerate | secretary |
| identity | soldier |
12 October 2018
Focus : prefixes ir- il- im- in-
Adding these prefixes to a word changes its meaning to ‘not’ e.g active – inactive (not active)
Your task is to find as many words as you can which start with these prefixes. You must find a minimum of ten and write each one down three times to learn it.
12 October 2018
This week’s spelling homework is a spelling task. This is due in on Thursday 18 October.
Year 1 words:
| we | her | him | my | me | can | are | had |
Year 2 words:
We have begun to learn about contractions – a contraction is two words made shorter by placing an apostrophe where letters have been omitted.
| didn’t | I’m | don’t | wouldn’t | couldn’t | shouldn’t | can’t | it’s |
Choose one of the following activities to complete using 5 of your words.
05 October 2018
| Complete a spelling activity for the following words: | |
| achieve | invention |
| attached | relevant |
| awkward | frequently |
| exaggerate | secretary |
| identity | soldier |
05 October 2018
Focus : adding -ly
Many – but not all – adverds end in –ly. For a spelling test next week learn these adverbs. Remember on some them you have to ‘drop the y for an i’.
- lazily
- greedily
- luckily
- happily
- carefully
- anxiously
- violently
- extremely
- silently
- stealthily
05 October 2018
This week’s spelling homework is a set of words to learn. To be tested on Friday 12 October.
Year 1 words
| you | for | they | she | his | that | with | all |
Year 2 words
| people | every | everybody | child | children | find | kind | mind |
28 September 2018
This week’s spelling homework is a spelling task based on your new spelling words. It’s to be handed in on Thursday 04 October.
Year 1 words:
| you | they | she | for | his | that | with | all |
Year 2 words:
| people | every | everybody | child | children | find | kind | mind |
Choose one of these activities to complete using your spelling words.
28 September 2018
Please learn the following spellings from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list.
| Words to learn to spell from the Year 5/6 spelling list. Please learn for a test on Thursday 04 October. | |
| ancient | opportunity |
| available | persuade |
| average | prejudice |
| especially | sincerely |
| environment | interfere |
28 September 2018
Focus : -ed endings
Words use an apostrophe for possession when they own (possess) something in a sentence.
For example, I borrowed Joe’s pencil – The pencil belongs to Joe.
Add apostrophes for possession to these words and use them in a sentence.
Charlie
Freya
teacher
neighbour
chair
dog
friend
21 September 2018
Please complete the following spelling activity to hand in on Thursday 27 September.
Word families
It’s important to start ‘really’ seeing words, noticing patterns and thinking about words that are linked by a letter pattern and meaning (but not the sound). Word families can help you with the spelling and meaning of words.
real: reality, unrealistic, realise, really
ped: pedestrian, expedition, pedicure, pedal
Can you make your own ‘word families’ for the following:
- sign (from Latin to mark)
- rupt (from Latin for broken)
- medic
- graph
- tele
- sub