23 April 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell homophones. Please learn the following words and the meanings for a test on Thursday 29 April 2021.
- weary
- wary
- dissent
- descent
- decent
- draft
- draught
- proceed
- precede
26 March 2021
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the -tious and -cious letter string. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Thursday 01 April.
- conscious
- vicious
- delicious
- ambitious
- infectious
- precious
- malicious
- cautious
- suspicious
- fictitious
- anxious
19 March 2021
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the -cial and -tial letter string. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Thursday 25 March.
confidential
substantial
residential
essential
torrential
financial
social
racial
partial
influential
controversial
official
commercial
special
artificial
12 March 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to add suffixes to words ending in -fer. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 18 March 2021.
- inference
- preferred
- offered
- reference
- referring
- preference
- referral
- inferred
Friday 08 March
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the ‘shun’ sound by using the endings -tion, -sion and -cian. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Friday 12 March.
appreciation
communication
desperation
determination
exaggeration
explanation
interruption
occupation
persuasion
explosion
suggestion
optician
electrician
08 January 2021
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Homophones |
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| desert | dessert |
| stationary | stationery |
| compliment | complement |
| principal | principle |
| which | witch |
27 November 2020
This week, we’ve been learning the spelling rule for words ending in ible and able. Complete this sheet matching words to the correct word ending.
13 November 2020
Spelling pattern ‘ough’
Learn for a spelling test next week.
- thorough
- enough
- cough
- thought
- plough
- dough
- ought
- bough
- although
- rough
06 November 2020
This week, we’ve been learning how to change nouns from singular to plural. Click here to remind yourself of the rules for plurals.
Change these nouns from singular to plural.
bargain
bruise
puppy
category
hoof
community
dictionary
wolf
bush
crutch
design
opportunity
Choose some words and put them into sentences.
Challenge: add parenthesis (extra information) by using brackets, dashes or commas.
16 October 2020
This week, we’ve been learning about prefixes- complete this sheet.
Match the correct prefix with the root word and write the new word in a sentence.
Please send a photograph of your sentences to nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org