Spelling

Spellings 28.04.23

Posted on Wednesday 03 May 2023 by Miss Gledhill

We will be practicing the sion/tion/cian grapheme:

explosion

mission

direction

attention

fraction

magician

optician

Friday 28 April 2023

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Mr Roundtree

Next week, we’ll be writing a narrative that will include some sentences using inverted commas – spoken bits.

Practise the following spelling words ready for this piece of writing where we’ll be using synonyms for ‘said’:

The trick to learn spellings, is to practise them little but often… Maybe spelling them aloud whilst you’re on a journey, writing them down then chopping the letters up and arranging to spell the word again…there’s loads of ways! Be sure to catch us if you need to spice up spelling practice at home – we’ve loads of ideas!

28 April

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Mrs Palmer

Continue to practise the spellings below, ready for a spelling test on Thursday 04 May.

  • catch
  • fetch
  • kitchen
  • much
  • which
  • such
  • because
  • why
  • who
  • when

Spellings 21.04.2023

Posted on Wednesday 26 April 2023 by Miss Gledhill

This week, we are focusing on contractions:

can’t

don’t

won’t

haven’t

shouldn’t

mustn’t

wouldn’t

isn’t

 

Friday 21 April 2023

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Mr Roundtree

This week, our spellings are homophones – words that are spelled differently and have different meanings. Your child will need to know the correct word to use when a sentence is dictated…

knew/new

there/their/they’re

were/where/we’re

witch/which

your/you’re

 

21 April 2023

Posted on Friday 21 April 2023 by Mrs Palmer

Below are the new spellings for the next two weeks, please practise ready for a spelling test on Friday 05 May.

The -t sound is usually spelt as -tch in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear. There are some exceptions.

  • catch
  • fetch
  • kitchen
  • much
  • which
  • such
  • because
  • why
  • who
  • when

Spellings 24.03.23

Posted on Friday 24 March 2023 by Miss Gledhill

Next week, we will continue to practice doubling the consonant after the short vowel sound.

address

collect

happen

annoyed

stopping

selling

putting

telling

24.03.23

Posted on Friday 24 March 2023 by Mrs Palmer

It’s the last homework of the half term so there will be no new spellings to practise over the Easter holidays.

Please keep practising all the spellings from this half term using the super spelling strategies guide for some fun and engaging ideas.

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
  • was
  • we
  • were
  • where
  • once
  • one
  • has
  • he
  • here
  • his
  • house
  • who
  • what
  • when
  • love
  • me
  • my
  • no
  • how
  • which
  • why
  • is
  • of

You’ve all worked really hard to learn your spellings which is reflected in your spelling tests. Well done Year 1!

Spellings 24.03.23

Posted on Friday 24 March 2023 by Miss Kay

It’s our final week of spellings for this half term! We are going to be spelling adverbs. An adverb gives us information about how something is done.

quickly, slowly, carefully, happily, sadly, bravely, cheerfully, safely, loudly, quietly

Friday 17th March 2023

Posted on Sunday 19 March 2023 by Mr Roundtree

This week, the spellings focus on suffixes – the bit added onto the end of words that changes their meaning. Your child needs to know how to spell all variations ready for our weekly quiz on Friday: