Spellings will still be tested on a Monday but will be taught each day in school to further support the children in their understanding of the rules and patterns. 3 words from the Year 1 & 2 Common Exception Word List will also be tested on a Monday. These words will be chosen each week from the writing done in class.
Please note that most of the children in the class will be now following the spellings below, unless they are given other spellings on a Monday to take home.
Test dates and spellings.
Year 3 | |||||||
Test date 24/4 | Test date 2/5 | Test date 9/5 | Test date 15/5 | ||||
Words ending in '–ly'; exceptions | Challenge Words | Words ending in ‘-er’ when the root word ends in (t)ch. | Words with the /k/ sound spelled ‘ch.’ | ||||
truly | address | teacher | scheme | ||||
duly | arrive | catcher | chorus | ||||
pulicly | certain | richer | chemist | ||||
daily | experience | stretcher | echo | ||||
slyly | history | watcher | character | ||||
shyly | mention | dispatcher | stomach | ||||
fully | occasionally | butcher | monarch | ||||
wholly | probably | preacher | school | ||||
coyly | reign | cruncher | anchor | ||||
happily | sentence | scorcher | chaos | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Test date 24/4 | Test date 2/5 | Test date 9/5 | Test date 15/5 | ||||
Challenge Words | Homophones – words which have the same pronunciation but different meanings and/or spellings. | The /s/ sound spelt c before ’i’ and ‘e’. | The ’sol word family’ and ‘real word family’ words. | ||||
group | scene | circle | solar | ||||
height | seen | century | solution | ||||
particular | whose | centaur | soluble | ||||
potatoes | who’s | circus | insoluble | ||||
separate | affect | princess | dissolve | ||||
surprise | effect | voice | real | ||||
through | here | medicine | reality | ||||
various | hear | celebrate | realistic | ||||
though | heel | celery | unreal | ||||
woman | heal | pencil | realisation |
Class 3 can use the Spelling Shed website at home to practice their spellings!
Chromebooks or iPads can be made available at lunchtimes if children are unable to access Spelling Shed at home. Please just ask.
Your username and password will be stuck into your reading diaries. Please make the most of this wonderful resource.