Year 5 & 6 Spelling

Year 5/6 Spellings 09.01.23

Posted on Monday 09 January 2023 by Mr Freeman

We have been learning regularly about homophones. Learn these words for a test on Friday 13th January. We recommend putting these words into sentences so that you understand the meaning of each word.

desert
dessert
stationary
stationery
complement
compliment
principle
principal

Help at home

To aid your child, you could try the following techniques to help learn spellings at home:

look, say, cover, write, check

syllable chunking

word pyramids

 

14.11.22 Spellings

Posted on Monday 14 November 2022 by Mr Freeman

This week, we will be learning the ough letter string. Learn these words for a test on Friday 18th November.

thorough

bough

though

thought

although

brought

sought

enough

Spellings

Posted on Saturday 05 November 2022 by Mr Freeman

Next week, we will be learning about how to make words plural. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 11th November:

communities
attaches
categories
dictionaries
wolves
hooves
puppies
crutches

07.10.22 Spellings

Posted on Friday 07 October 2022 by Mr Freeman

Next week, we will be learning about suffixes – adding –ing and –ed to change the tense of words. Learn these words at home – maybe write some silly sentences or speed write them as many times as you can.

 

according

achieved

criticising

determined

embarrassing

developing

guaranteed

queued

 

Please practise these words ready for a spelling test on Friday 14th October.

30.09.22 Spellings

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Mr Freeman

We are learning to use an apostrophe in contracted words. The apostrophe marks the spot where the letter or letters have been removed. Use the following words to create your own sentences. Practise them ready for a test next Friday.

 

haven’t

couldn’t

don’t

they’ve

we’re

won’t

aren’t

you’re

23.09.22 Spellings

Posted on Friday 23 September 2022 by Mr Freeman

Next week, we will be learning the rule ‘drop the y for an i’.

Learn the following words for a test on Friday 30th September.

copies

happier

applied

curiosities

cemeteries

funniest

worried

dictionaries

varieties

 

Feel free to choose this alternative list if you wish!

replies

supplies

flies

cries

replied

carried

berries

16.09.22 Spellings

Posted on Friday 16 September 2022 by Mr Freeman

This week, we’ve been learning about words that contain a double consonant following a short vowel sound. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 23rd September:

 

accommodate

accompany

aggressive

apparent

appreciate

attached

correspond

embarrass

exaggerate

immediately

If you are finding these spellings difficult to practise at home, here’s an alternative list that follows the same spelling rules:

apple

cliff

glass

spell

shell

Note: There will be a spelling test for each set of words, so don’t worry about having to learn both!

This week’s spellings

Posted on Friday 09 September 2022 by Mr Freeman

This week, we’d like you to practise homophones. These are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning, and often a different spelling. Learn the following words ready for a test on Friday 16th September:

 

there

they’re

their

hear

here

witch

which

where

wear

were

15 July 2022

Posted on Friday 15 July 2022 by Mr Mills

Here are the final spellings of the year!

Please learn the following words:

  • photography
  • structurally
  • teleportation
  • calligrapher
  • traction
  • infectious
  • nutritious
  • fictitious

08 July 2022

Posted on Friday 08 July 2022 by Mr Mills

This week, we would like you to practise a mixture of all the spelling patterns we’ve been learning this half term. Please learn these words for a test next week.

  • chronology
  • geographically
  • dictionary
  • delicious
  • ambitious
  • anxious
  • partial
  • substantial
  • residential