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Wrekin Homework and Spellings are now hosted on Microsoft Teams – under the Homework Channel.
Please log in to your Teams account to find the spellings and homework activities!
Spellings this week: I have not set a spelling list, but am giving you some revision games:
Play this game (click on Practice/Test), which gives a random list of Y5/6 words: https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/75/62-Random-selection-of-12-words-taken-from-years-5-and-6-word-list
Then play Spooky Spellings: http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html Click on Y5/6, then choose a set from the shelf!
Year 5
Homophones & near homophones
farther
father
guessed
guest
heard
herd
led
lead
mourning
morning
Year 6
Hyphens: To join compound adjectives to avoid ambiguity
man-eating
little-used
rock-bottom
wide-eyed
pig-headed
tight-fisted
cold-hearted
stone-faced
green-eyed
short-tempered
Year 5
Homophones & near homophones
past passed proceed precede aisle isle aloud allowed affect effect
Year 6
Hyphens: To join a prefix ending in a vowel to a root word beginning with a vowel.
co-operate co-ordinate co-own
co-author re-enter re-educate
re-examine
Year 5
Words with the long vowel sound /i/ spelt with y
apply
supply
identify
occupy
multiply
rhyme
cycle
python
hygiene
hyphen
Year 6
Adjectives ending in -ent into nouns ending in -ence/-ency
innocent
innocence
decent
decency
excellent
excellence
confident
confidence
existent
Year 5
Words with the short vowel sound /i/ spelt with y
symbol
mystery
lyrics
oxygen
symptom
physical
system
typical
crystal
rhythm
Year 6
Adjectives ending in -ant into nouns ending in -ance/-ancy
observant
observance
expectant
expectancy
hesitant
hesitancy
tolerant
tolerance
relevant
relevance
Year 5
Words with endings that sound like
/shuhs/ spelt with –tious or -ious
ambitious cautious fictitious infectious nutritious contentious superstitious pretentious anxious obnoxious
Year 6
Homophones & Near Homophones: Nouns that end in -ce/-cy and verbs that end in-se/-sy
advice advise device devise licence license practice practise prophecy
Year 5
Words with endings that sound like
/shuhs/ spelt with–cious
vicious gracious spacious malicious precious conscious delicious suspicious atrocious ferocious
Year 6
Ambitious Synonyms: Adjectives
aggressive hostile awkward obstinate desperate frantic disastrous calamitous marvellous
Year 5
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -en
blacken
brighten
flatten
lengthen
mistaken
straighten
shorten
thicken
tighten
toughen
Year 6
Statutory Spelling Challenge Words
foreign
apparent
appreciate
persuade
individual
language
sufficient
determined
explanation
pronunciation
Year 5
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ify
amplify
solidify
signify
falsify
glorify
notify
testify
purify
intensify
classify
Year 6
Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning
signature
assign
design
designate
significant
resignation
resign
insignificant
assignment
signal
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