Year 5/6 Spellings 09.01.23
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Here are the final spellings of the year!
Please learn the following words:
- photography
- structurally
- teleportation
- calligrapher
- traction
- infectious
- nutritious
- fictitious
08 July 2022
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