Year 5 & 6 Spelling

Friday 07 June 2019

This week, we’re recapping a spelling rule that we have previously learnt: double up for a short vowel sound. In our writing, lots of us are still not ‘doubling up’ for short vowel sounds. For example, when writing the word ‘hopping’, many of us might spell it ‘hoping’ which is incorrect. In this example, the ‘o’ makes a short vowel sound and so the next consonant ‘p’ needs to be doubled up. This is an especially significant error as it completely changes the meaning of the word.

This week, children should practise this rule by writing a short story or poem that contains as many ‘double up’ words as possible.

Friday 03 May 2019

Like last week, children have taken ownership for their own spellings. Each child has been given a copy of the year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list from the National Curriculum. They have identified 10 spellings that they need to learn or revise. Children should learn these spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 10 May 2019.

26 April 2019

This week, children have taken ownership for their own spellings. Each child has been given a copy of the year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list from the National Curriculum. They have identified 10 spellings that they need to learn or revise. Children should learn these spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 03 May 2019.

22 March 2019

This week, we will continue with our previous spelling focus: words with double consonants. These words follow one of our main spelling rules – double up for a short vowel sound. For example, in the word hopping, the double ‘p’ makes us say the short vowel version of the letter ‘o’. Without doubling up, the word would be hoping which has a long vowel sound for the ‘o’.

Children should learn the words below in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 29 March 2019.

Friday 01 March 2019

I before e is one of the most common spelling rules we hear. However, it doesn’t always work. In fact, “I before e, except after c when the sound is ee” is much more accurate – of course, there are exceptions to this rule: either, weird, their. In fact, sometimes, ‘I’ and ‘e’ are just adjacent. To help them learn (and remember) this rule, children should learn the following words in preparation for a test on Friday 08 March 2019.

Friday 08 February 2019

This week, our spellings will be a revision of everything we’ve learnt this half-term. Children should evidence their practice in their homework books.

01 February 2019

This week, our spellings focus on some tricky words. These words don’t really follow a rule so we just need to learn them. Children should use the strategies in the back of their homework book to practise these words in their homework books.

Children will be tested on these words on Friday 08 February 2019.

bruise                          rhythm

yacht                           muscle

vehicle                         queue

stomach                      language

25 January 2019

Our spellings this week have focussed on the use of suffixes. Suffixes are added to the end of a root word to alter its meaning. For example, to enjoy (verb) can become enjoyment (abstract noun). This week, children should learn the words in the list below ahead of a spelling test on Friday 01 February 2019.

immediately

happiness

successful

accommodating

government

fascinating

excitable

strengthen

11 January 2019

Our spellings this week focus on the use of prefixes. Prefixes are added to the start of a root word to change its meaning. For example, interested could have the opposite meaning by adding the prefix un – uninterested. This week, children will not be given a list of words to learn but should practise using the prefixes below to change the meaning of a root word. During our weekly spelling test, children will be asked to use these prefixes correctly in different contexts. Children will have a spelling test on Friday 18 January 2018.

un (eg unusual)

mis (eg misunderstand)

dis (disinterested)

re (eg reorganise)

30 November 2018

Our spellings this week focus on when we use the suffix  -ably or -ibly. Last week, children explored the rule. This week, children have a list of words to learn ahead of a spelling test on Friday 07 December 2018.

• incredibly
• sensibly
• reliably
• respectably
• agreeably
• enviably
• undeniably
• responsibly