Sounds/words for week commencing 17.06
– wr: write, wrist, wrong, wrinkle, wren, wreck, wrap
– o: come, some, done, month, mother, brother, none, son, nothing
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 17.06
-o for -oa: open, oval, only, poem, total, clover, mosaic, cocoa, moment
Sounds/words for week commencing 10.06
– tch: match, ditch, patch, witch, stitch, catch, hutch
– dge: fudge, bridge, edge, hedge, ledge, judge, badger, fridge
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 10.06
-i for -ie: icy, diet, child, idea, wild, behind, spider, diary, horizon
Sounds/words for week commencing 20.05
– kn: knock, know, knee, knight, kneel, knew
– gn: sign, gnaw, gnome, design, gnarl, gnash
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 20.05
-a for -ai: crazy, taste, basic, maple, pastry, acorn, stable, vacant, plague, stranger
Sounds/words for week commencing 13.05
– ff: off, cliff, cuff, stiff, different
– u: put, pull, push, cushion, bush, awful, bull
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 13.05
-able: available, adaptable, usable, breakable, lovable, enjoyable, miserable
Sounds/words for week commencing 06.05
– ll: well, spill, fell, drill, fill, spell, shell
– y: gym, mystery, pyramid, cygnet, crystal, rhythm
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 06.05
-less: useless, helpless, painless, worthless, fearless, harmless, speechless, priceless, careless
Sounds/words for week commencing 29.04
– ss: mess, lesson, class, dress, less, kiss
– ough: thought, bought, brought, fought
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 29.04
se/ze for z: sneeze, cheese, freeze, choose, breeze, noise, bronze, pause, disease, bruise
Sounds/words for week commencing 01.04
– u-e magic e: June, ruler, rude, flute, rule, tune
– ie: field, shield, chief, thief, believe, belief, shriek
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 01.04
s as z: easy, busy, nose, result, prison, positive, misery, raspberry, invisible, business
Sounds/words for week commencing 25.03
– a-e magic e: cake, came, spade, brake, name, sale
– ey: valley, monkey, trolley, money, honey, turkey, chimney
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 25.03
qu: quiver, equal, request, liquid, squeak, quite, quarrel, squeeze, squirrel, squash, equator
Sounds/words for week commencing 18.03
– o-e magic e: home, rope, stole, awoke, hope, smoke
– oe: toe, hoe, goes, heroes, doe, potatoes, tomatoes
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 18.03
le: simple, eagle, beetle, handle, puzzle, angle, jungle, horrible, terrible, knuckle, obstacle
Sounds/words for week commencing 11.03
– i-e magic e: side, white, smile, hide, shine, tile, time
– ea/ou: break, steak, great, breakfast, would, could, should
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 11.03
dge: edge, sledge, badge, badger, bridge, gadget, ledge, hedgehog, knowledge
Sounds/words for week commencing 04.03
– y: fly, shy, cry, sky, why, dry, myself
– soft c: city, icy, circle, centre, December, circus, cinema
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 04.03
tch: itch, fetch, match, hutch, kitchen, butcher, switch, sketch, watching, ketchup, scratched
Sounds/words for week commencing 25.02
– igh: high, right, thigh, bright, might, light
– se: cheese, noise, because, please, ease, pause, tease
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 25.02
soft g: page, margin, angel, digital, stage, giraffe, engine, change, magical, energy, strange, gymnastics
Sounds/words for week commencing 11.02
– ou: out, count, house, round, sound, mouse
– ch: school, chorus, chemist, Christmas, chord, ache, headache, choir
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 11.02
soft c: race, space, since, twice, cancel, princess, office, palace, voice, silence, bounce, accident
Sounds/words for week commencing 04.02
– ow: low, grow, flow, show, throw, shallow
– g: giant, danger, magic, gentle, gem, energy, cage, germs, gym
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 04.02
n for ng: anger, skunk, tanker, junk, trunk, sunken, anchor, blanket, finger, hunger, extinct
Sounds/words for week commencing 28.01
– ew: drew, flew, chew, grew, threw, blew
– ve: have, give, live, leave, believe, retrieve, starve
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 28.01
ue/ew/u-e: flute, amuse, statue, threw, fewer, pollute, newt, fortune, avenue, attitude, costume, absolute
Sounds/Words for week commencing 21.01
– oi: boil, soil, spoil, coin, moist, join, toilet
– ie: tried, cried, fried, died, tried, supplied, replied, lied, tie
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 21.01
oa/ow/o_e/: float, joke, croak, elbow, owner, alone, follow, explode, homework, moaning, shadow, slowest, rainbow, approach, envelope
Sounds/Words for week commencing 14.01
– aw: jaw, draw, hawk, crawl, awful, saw
– th: then, this, them, there, these, father, mother, that, rather
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 14.01
ie/y/igh/i_e: life, high, flies, spying, dive, tied, dryer, tried, alright, firework, alive, delight, describe, lightning, frightening
Sounds/Words for week commencing 07.01
– ue: blue, glue, true, clue, Sue
– wa: was, wash, water, wall, wander, watch, warm, walk, wasp
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 07.01
ee/ea/e_e: reef, greed, neat, reach, eve, beach, teacher, coffee, teapot, thirteen, evening, beanstalk, underneath, agreement, compete
Sounds/Words for week commencing 10.12
– ow: owl, brown, growl, now, crown, allow
– ea: bread, head, deaf, ready, instead, pleasant, pheasant, weather
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 10.12
– ay/a-e/ai: clay, spray, layer, crayon, escape, pancake, decade, waist, waiting, mainly
Homophone Challenge – do you know the different meanings for these homophones? mail/male, waist/waste, pain/pane, layer/lair
Sounds/Words for week commencing 03.12
– ea: speak, clean, steal, team, stream, wheat
– wr: write, wrist, wrong, wrinkle, wren, wreck, wrap, written
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 03.12
– ch: buzz, fizz, echo, choir, chemist, stomach, Christmas, character, November, December
Sounds/Words for week commencing 26.11
– ay: day, tray, play, stay, prayer, way, away
– tch: match, ditch, patch, witch, stitch, catch, hatch, snatch, scratch, kitchen
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 26.11
– ou: thin, thick, touch, young, double, trouble, country, nourish, July, August
Sounds/Words for week commencing 19.11
– oa: boat, goat, foal, coat, road, float, loan
– mb: comb, bomb, lamb, climb, crumb, thumb
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 19.11
– wa: luck, click, was, wash, wasp, swan, watch, swallow, May, June
Sounds/Words for week commencing 12.11
– oy: boy, toy, joy, enjoy, royal, cowboy
– kn: knock, know, knee, knight, knee, kneel, knew
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 12.11
– soft g: miss, cross, giant, magic, large, danger, orange, vegetable, March, April
Sounds/Words for week commencing 05.11
– ai: stair, hair, chair, rain, brain, train, stain
– magic e: home, stole, smoke, spade, cake, ruler, flute, these, complete
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 05.11
– soft c: mill, tell, slice, dance, city, circle, centre, police, cylinder, January, February
All correct spelling is highlighted in the Home Learning jotter each week (as long as the jotter is handed in on a Friday). I would recommend that children take time to revisit any words they have misspelled in school.
Sounds/Words for week commencing 08.10
– ck/qu: back, neck, pick, bucket, rocket, quick, square, queen, quarter
– y/i-e: fly, shy, cry, sky, why, dry, myself, white, smile, shine
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 08.10
– ea: glad, plum, read, head, bread, weather, treasure, breakfast, cousin, friend
Sounds/Words for week commencing 01.10
– ee/oo: green, three, sleep, feel, mood, stool, spoon, cook, look
– ou/igh: count, house, round, sound, mouse, high, right, thigh, bright, might
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 01.10
– ph: club, flag, phone, photo, dolphin, elephant, sphere, alphabet, nephew, niece
Sounds/Words for week commencing 24.09
– wh: what, wheel, whisk, when, why, whisper
– ew/ow: drew, flew, chew, grew, threw, owl, brown, growl, crown
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 24.09
– wh: this, that, while, wheat, whip, whistle, whiskers, whatever, aunt, uncle
Please remember that the Common Word Lists can also be accessed through the link at the bottom of this page.We work on these every day at Target Time and they are assessed periodically.
Sounds/Words for week commencing 17.09
– ng: strong, ring, wing, thing, string, bang, bring, sting
– au: sauce, because, applaud, pause, Paul, Laura, haunted, fault, August
Some children are fully confident in their knowledge of phonics and will be issued with a weekly spelling list which focuses on a spelling pattern or rule. These words will be stuck into the Home Learning Jotter each week.
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 17.09
– Silent k: song, trunk, knee, knit, know, knock, knight, penknife, grandma, grandpa
The children will be assessed on their retention of the words each Friday and new words issued each Monday. I will highlight the words which they got correct in green in their Home Learning jotters, that way we can share with you at home the words which still need work. I was very impressed at our super spelling this week!
Sounds/Words for week commencing 10.09
– th: moth, thin, maths, three, bath, think, with, thing
– oi: boil, spoil, coin, moist, toilet, join, joint, voice, noise
Some children are fully confident in their knowledge of phonics and will be issued with a weekly spelling list which focuses on a spelling pattern or rule. These words will be stuck into the Home Learning Jotter each week.
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 10.09
– Silent w: chat, cash, write, wrist, wreck, wrong, answer, swordfish, sister, brother
These words can be practised using any of the games/activities from the Spelling Menu below.
Each week we will be revising/exploring sounds in phonics. For most of the children in the class this is currently a digraph (two letter) blend; there are two phonics groups and we will share our ‘Sounds/Words of the Week’ via the blog. Your child should be able to identify which group they are working in. At home children can have fun identifying words which feature the sound and practise spelling the ‘Words of the Week’ by sounding out.
Sounds/Words for week commencing 03.09
– ch: chop, chin, chat, chip, church, much, such, chest
– ea: speak, clean, steal, team, stream, wheat
Some children are fully confident in their knowledge of phonics and will be issued with a weekly spelling list which focuses on a spelling pattern or rule. These words will be stuck into the Home Learning Jotter each week.
Spelling pattern/words for week commencing 03.09
– Silent b: shin, bench, lamb, comb, thumb, crumbs, plumber, climbing, mother, father
These words can be practised using any of the games/activities from the Spelling Menu below.
In class we are working on spelling the Common Words, which range in difficulty from Bronze through Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. It is expected that most children will be able to confidently spell the Bronze, Silver and Gold words by the end of Primary 3.
Common Words (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond) – List
The longer lists are broken down into more manageable segments.
Read, write and spell word strips
We work on these words every day during ‘Target Time’ and every child should be able to recognise which list they are working on. We are currently making excellent progress in revising/plugging gaps by revisiting word lists from last session.
Primary 3 