Spellings – 14.03.25
This week’s spelling words relate to our learning:
“Drop the e when adding -ing”
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 21st March.
Challenge: Which words on this list break the rule?
arguing
baking
being
coming
freeing
having
hiding
scaring
seeing
using
Spellings – 28.02.25
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning:
“Double the letter to protect the short vowel sound when adding -ing.”
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 7th March.
Challenge: Which word on this list breaks the rule?
helping
looking
jumping
mixing
printing
raining
shopping
sorting
swimming
watching
Spellings – 07.02.25
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning:
“Use ck at the end of a word after a short vowel sound.”
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 14th February.
Challenge: Which word on this list breaks the rule?
shark
shock
cloak
brick
magic
duck
quick
sock
crack
check
Spellings – 10.01.25
This week’s spelling words are the days of the week!
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 17th January.
Challenge: Why do they all have capital letters?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Spellings – 06.12.24
This week’s spelling words are all tricky words. They are common exception words that don’t follow usual spelling/sound patterns so we learn to read them at sight (without decoding).
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 13th December.
Challenge: What makes each of these words tricky?
again
any
break
climb
every
floor
hour
many
only
prove
Spellings – 22.11.24
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning.
We’ve been learning about graphemes ‘ci’ and ‘ti’ which both sound like /sh/.
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 29th November.
Challenge: Can you find any other words that use ci or ti sounding like /sh/?
fiction
station
emotion
cautious
action
special
magician
delicious
precious
social
This week’s tricky words are:
hour
any
many
through
Spellings – 15.11.24
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning.
We’ve been learning about grapheme ‘y’ sounding like /i/ as in words like myth and gym, and grapheme ‘dge’ sounding like /j/ as in edge and dodge.
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 22nd November.
gym
myth
bicycle
mystery
crystal
bridge
badge
dodge
fudge
ledge
This week’s tricky words are:
move
improve
parents
shoe
Spellings – 18.10.24
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning.
We’ve been learning about grapheme ‘wh’ sounding like /w/ as in words like wheel and white, and grapheme ‘ie’ sounding like /ee/ as in field and shield.
Please practise these words for a test on Thursday 24th October.
whale
while
wheel
white
whisper
field
shriek
belief
shield
brownie
This week’s tricky words are:
because
once
our
friend
Spellings – 11.10.24
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning.
We’ve been learning about grapheme ‘i’ sounding like /igh/ as in words like find and kind, and grapheme ‘a’ sounding like /ai/ as in basic and paper.
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 18th October.
spider
tiger
find
kind
wild
later
acorn
basic
paper
chasing
This week’s tricky words are:
two
eye
friend
thought
Spellings – 04.10.24
This week’s spelling words relate to our phonics learning.
We’ve been learning about digraph ea sounding like /e/ as in words like head and thread, and digraph ir as in bird and shirt.
Please practise these words for a test on Friday 11th October.
head
bread
spread
thread
feather
bird
skirt
girl
first
shirt
This week’s tricky words are:
they
your
come
my