Here are the focus areas for Spellings this half term:

Y6

Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -en to root words ending in y and
words ending in e
• Adding -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -en to words with more than one syllable
(Y3/4*)
• Adding -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -en to words with more than one
syllable (Y3/4*)
• Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
• Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -en to words of one syllable ending in
vowel consonant, to words ending in y, words ending in e,
including words with more than one syllable
• Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
• Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey • Words containing the letter-string ough
• Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey • Words containing the letter-string ough

Y5

• Adding -ing, -ed to words of one syllable ending in vowel
consonant
• Adding -ing, -ed to words of one syllable ending in vowel consonant
(Y2*) including those with more than one syllable and the suffix
(Y3/4*)
• The suffix -ly • Adding -ing, -ed to a root word ending in y and words ending in e
• Contractions
• Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey • Words containing the letter-string ough
• Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey • Words containing the letter-string ough

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