Spellings
Word of the Day
01/06/2020
This week's words are addition spellings and revision of previous words.
breath
build
extreme
fruit
height
notice
purpose
strange
surprise
consider
18/05/2020
Understand homophones or near-homophones.
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word, but differs in meaning, and may differ in spelling.
male
main
mane
meat
meet
weather
whether
whose
who's
Don't forget to make sure you know the meaning of both words.
11/05/2020
Understand homophones or near-homophones.
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word, but differs in meaning, and may differ in spelling.
accept
except
affect
effect
ball
bawl
here
hear
brake
break
It is really important that the children know not just how to spell these words but they know what the words mean and how to use them.
04/05/2020
Understand the possessive apostrophe.
girls'
boys'
babies'
children's
men's
mice's
parent's
teacher's
helper's
auntie's
The apostrophe is placed after the plural form of the word; 's' is not added if the plural already ends in 's', but is added if the plural does not end in 's' (e.g. children's)
27/04/2020
Investigate the 'ay' sound spelt 'ei', 'eigh' or 'ey'.
vein
weight
eight
neighbour
they
obey
rein
sleigh
survey
convey
20/04/2020
Investigate the 's' sound spelt 'sc'.
science
scene
discipline
fascinate
crescent
scissors
scented
scenery
descend
descent
These words have originated from Latin / Romans.
03/04/2020
New Spellings:
invasion
division
confusion
decision
collision
television
explosion
corrosion
confession
If the ending of nouns sounds like 'shun', it is spelt 'sion'.
27/03/2020
New Spellings:
oversure
reassure
seizure
pleasure
overinsure
furniture
picture
nature
adventure
capture
These words are always spelt 'sure' for 's' sounding endings, 'ture' for nouns that cannot be verbs.
e.g. teacher vs creature, catcher vs furniture