Year 5 & 6 Spelling

Spellings 23.01.23

This week, we’ll continue learning about the prefix co- and re-. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 27^th January.

co-operate

co-own

re-enter

re-emerge

co-ordinate

co-exist

re-invent

re-tell

13.01.23 Spellings

This week, we’ve been adding suffixes to root words. These have included –ent, -ence, -ant and –ance.

Please learn the following words for a test on Friday 20 th January.
assistance
tolerant
hesitant
attendance
abundant
violence
dependent
innocence
confidence

Help at home:

See if your child can identify the root word for each of these words, for example:

The root word of assistance is to assist.

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 30^th 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 23^rd 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 16^th September:

there

they’re

their

hear

here

witch

which

where

wear

were