Spelling tests will be on a Friday. The teacher will read out the main words and partners will read out the extra words. Name: Spellosaur is a great app for learning the words and can be purchased from the app store link. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spellosaur/id46 1007342?mt=8 http://www.ldonline.org/article/6192/ for ideas on how to learn your spellings. http://teachmama.com/fun-ways-to-learnspelling-words/ for some interesting ways to learn your words.. Click on the links at the bottom of each spelling list to try some related spelling activities. Week 1: sus- prefix Week 2: -ology and -ologist words Week 3: auto- and cir- prefixes Week 4: ei words Week 5: Soft c words Week 6: Apostrophes for contractions Week 7: S or es for plurals Week 8: Comparatives and Superlatives Week 9: Unusual plurals Week 10: Adverbs Week 11: irr- im- and ill- words Week 12: drop f(e) add ves The children will have 10 words in their list. They can also choose 5 words from the list at the back.
Week 1 The prefix sus- is based on the prefix sub, which means under, below beneath. suspect suspected suspecting suspicion suspense suspension suspended sustain sustaining sustainable Schonell spelling test words. brought mistake pair while skate stayed yoke island nerve join fare iron health direct calm headache final circus increase slippery lodge style bargain copies guest policy view library cushion safety patient account earliest institution similar generous orchestra equally individual merely appreciate familiar source enthusiastic immediate breathe permanent sufficient broach customary especially materially cemetery leisure accredited fraternally http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/demo/prefix.htm for more on prefixes apparatus politician mortgage subterranean committee amateur equipped miscellaneous
Week 2 The suffix -ology is the study of and -ologist is the person who studies. Find out what is being studied by the following: ecology chronology geology archaeology hydrology technology biologist zoologist meteorologist escapologist https://www.edplace.com/worksheet_info/english/keystage2/year5/t opic/972/650/know-your-suffixes:--ology
Week 11 irr-, im- and ill- prefixes all meaning not irregular irrational irresponsible irresistible illegal illiterate illegible impossible immortal immature ei words ceiling receive receipt deceit perceive vein reign weight neighbour foreign Week 4 https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list.cfm?wordlist=4635 https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list.cfm?wordlist=36
centre cereal century cyclist incident receive celebrate celebrity exception cylinder Week 5 Words with soft c sound timidly gruffly excitedly smoothly silently sincerely tenderly speedily nastily hungrily Week 10 Adverbs to be used in writing http://eslphonicsworld.com/games/soft-c-g-games/soft-c-g-footballgame.html#.wvx2vyiuuyj for a game of football https://www.turtlediary.com/games/adverbs.html for some great sporty games with Ninja turtles and adverbs
Week 3 Auto- and cir- prefixes Auto- means self, circum- means around and circmeans ring autograph automatic automobile circus circle circular circulation circumstance circuit circumference Week 12 Drop the f(e) and add ves wolf wolves loaf loaves thief thieves half halves knife knives https://howtospell.co.uk/plural-ves-rule https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list.cfm?wordlist=131915
1 bananas cameras pizzas pianos videos volcanoes potatoes tomatoes echoes heroes Week 7 S or es for plural Week 8 Comparatives and Superlatives Comparatives are used to compare 2 things and end in-er. Superlatives compare more than 2 things and end in -est. You might have to use more and most good-better-best far-further-furthest proud-prouder-proudest intelligent- more intelligent-most intelligent bad-worse-worst early-earlier-earliest large-larger-largest funny-funnier-funniest brave-braver-bravest beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/p l_2/esplurals.htm https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammarpractice/comparatives-and-superlatives
Week 9 Unusual Plurals mouse-mice die-dice goose-geese woman-women tooth-teeth formula-formulae antenna-antennae gateau-gateaux octopus-octopuses fish-fish you ve we ve they ll you re we re won't she d they d shouldn't they'd Week 6 Apostrophes for contraction What are these words short for? https://gb.education.com/game/irregular-plural-nouns-skirace/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-beat-the-clockapostrophes