03 November 2017
Focus: the ‘ey’ sound
The ‘ey’ can be written down in many ways.
ei eigh ey aigh ay
Find at least 20 words which use these graphemes to represent the ‘ey’ sound. How many different ones can you use in one full sentence?
13 October 2017
Focus: Contractions of words
Practise and learn these words for a test next week. Take care – most are contractions (where two words are ‘squashed together’ like ‘i‘ = do not). However, there are a few that sound like contractions, but aren’t (like ‘your‘ and ‘you’re‘).
- don’t
- can’t
- doesn’t
- wouldn’t
- couldn’t
- shouldn’t
- your
- you’re
- there
- their
- they’re
- she’s
Some examples…
- Put your coat on or you’re going to be cold when you go outside.
- They’re going for a walk.
- The children put on their shoes.
- Put the pencils over there.
06 October 2017
Focus: Contractions of words
Next week, we’ll be looking at words that have been contracted. (Like the one used in the previous sentence!)
e.g we will – we’ll you are – you’re it is – it’s
Task: write down ten sentences which contain words that have been contracted.
Remember: an apostrophe must be used to show where letters have been omitted.
Even better if… your sentences contained some words with prefixes or double consonants.
29 September 2017
Focus: un- and dis- and common mis-spellings
Please learn these words for a test next week.
- unhappy
- displeased
- disappointment
- disappear
- unusual
- unluckily
- unfolded
- slipped
- hopped
- danced
- mountains
- brightly
- September
- October
22 September 2017
The spelling homework this week focuses on two prefixes: un- and dis-
The task is to look in books, listen to the TV and radio, look at words when you go out to different places. Write down at least twenty words that use the un- and dis- prefix.
08 September 2017
This week’s spelling homework is a spelling task and is due in Thursday 14 September.
Focus: Double consonant words
Task: Re-write this passage with the spelling mistakes corrected.
It was a roten, rainy day; the rain had been steadily taping on the window all morning. Driping and runing down the glass, it made interesting paterns that I couldn’t take my eyes off. I gigled when I saw the rain made a shape that looked a lot like a smiley face. Sudenly, my Mum shouted me from the kitchen to say that my diner was ready and geting cold.