Spellings
This year, we are trying to encourage pupils to focus on learning the rule behind spellings rather than learn a set of 10 spellings every week. As a result of this, your child will need to learn 6 spellings that follow a particular rule and then they will receive mystery spellings during their weekly spelling test (every Wednesday).
Week 1 - Test on Wed 14th January
Words with augh and au
clause
caught
naughty
taught
daughter
autumn
(4 mystery spellings during the test)
Week 2 - Test on Wed 21st January
Words with prefix in-
inactive
incorrect
inaccurate
insecure
indefinite
incomplete
(4 mystery spellings during the test)
Week 3 - Test on Wed 28th January
Words with prefix im-
immature
immeasurable
impossible
immortal
imperfect
impatient
(4 mystery spellings during the test)
Week 4 - Test on Wed 4th February
Words with prefix il- and ir-
We add the prefix il- before a root word starting with 'i' and add the prefix ir- before a root word starting with 'r'.
illegal
illegible
illiterate
irregular
irrelevant
irresponsible
(4 mystery spellings during the test)
Week 5 - Test on Wed 11th February
Homophones and near homophones.
medal
meddle
missed
mist
scene
seen
(4 mystery spellings during the test)
Ways to Learn Spellings
