Here are a few of our spelling words this week. Have a go at practicing them all as each group is learning the same concept!

Concept - Billy the Donkey

This concept teaches us about common spelling patterns that produce the long /e/ sound at the end of words.

Stage 2 - Billy the Donkey

lily candy nifty

Andy fifty Cody

ugly empty pity

rugby family copy

body hungry lady

Stage 3 - Billy the Donkey

jury gravy galaxy

Henry twenty study

plenty gravity clumsy

dandy flimsy frumpy

cavity frisky Emily

Stage 4 - Billy the Doney

deputy astronomy destiny

identity vitality integrity

penalty wily uppity

biopsy ebony agony

scrutiny industry custody

Verbs are "doing" or "action" words e.g. run, like, look.

2. Write down the five verbs

ran, table, ride, help, bike, red, walk, ugly, under, think

Here are a few of our spelling words this week. Have a go at practicing them all as each group is learning the same concept!

Concept - Ty the Spy

This concept teaches us words that contain the letter y. The y in these words sounds like the long /i/ vowel sound.

Stage 2 - Ty the Spy

fly dry try

sky sty spy

cry my by

fry ply why

sly pry

Stage 3 - Ty the Spy

shy tyre July

reply pigsty nylon

Pyrex pry Bryan

deny type style

hype byte defy

Stage 4 - Ty the Spy

clarify identify multiply

dynamite verify magnify

satisfy petrify apply

comply supply notify

imply justify unify

A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun e.g. They asked her to help them.

Personal pronouns refer to you, me, and other people e.g. I, me, you, she, us, them.

1. Underline the pronouns in the following sentences.

a) Cherie and Nate went for a walk. They went to the shops

b) Simon went to look for Ethan. He found him outside.

c) Suzy picked up the pencil. She put it in her drawer.

d) Michael skated to the park. He waited for his dad there.

Antonyms are words with the opposite meaning e.g. good - bad, rich - poor

2. Find the antonym of each word below

tall, small, happy, brave, kind, hot and noisy

You can join two simple sentences (clauses) together to create a compound sentence using a conjunction e.g. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

3. Finish these compound sentences. The first clause and conjunction have been done for you.

Example - I really enjoy school, but I don't like spelling practice.

a) Alex went to the supermarket and

b) We went to the snow last week so

c) It was raining heavily outside but

d) My teacher is nice, however

A new sentence begins with a capital letter.

4. Circle where the capital letter should be in these sentences and underline the full stops.

a) he was a very noisy poodle.

b) sandra liked swimming in the pool.

c) on Tuesday we are going hunting.

d) mike and Alex love the beach.

e) hastings is a long way away.

Here are a few of our spelling words this week. Have a go at practicing them all as each group is learning the same concept!

Concept - Robot

This concept teaches us words that contain more than 1 syllable. A syllable is a part of a word. The words we are learning are made up of open and/or closed syllables.

Stage 2 - Ty the Spy

wifi robot David

salon pupil Robin

epic limbo music

combo upon disco

menu login began

Stage 3 - Robot

ruin tulip basil

basis solid clinic

sibling frantic gosling

bongo fantastic rodeo

visit tuxedo volcano

Stage 4 - Robot

Romeo impromptu ego

pilgrim icon decal

tonic avid resin

anvil cameo inhabit

transit insipid oasis

Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. You ca use a thesaurus to find synonyms.

The Latin prefix syn- means 'the same'.

1. Improve the underlined words by choosing a synonym.

a) I had a bad cold.

b) My mum made a nice cake.

c) The bulldozer was big.

d) The water was cold today.

e) The dog was angry.

A noun names a person, place, thing, or ideas e.g. classroom, paper, cat, girl, honesty, swimming.

2. Create a wordfind in your book then ask a friend or family member to circle the nouns. Use the nouns listed below in your wordfind.

tree, basket, house, Sunday, chicken, lolly, pig, March, lamp

A full stop is used to mark the end of a sentence.

3. Write these sentences into your book focusing on your handwriting. Add a full stop to the end of these sentences.

a) The horse was in the stable

b) I like eating raspberry ice-cream

c) The snow was falling quickly

d) Batman flew off the tower

A full stop is used to mark the end of a sentence.

4. This passage is missing four full stops. Add them in the correct places.

Yesterday I had a lot of fun at the circus The clowns were so funny They made everyone laugh with their silly actions My Dad had a giggle fit

A simple sentence (clause) contains one idea, starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, has space between each word, and makes sense.

5. Write down the letter/s of the simple sentence.

a) Jimmywenttotheshops.

b) Jimmy went to the shops

c) Jimmy went to the shops.

d) Jimmy went to the.

e) Jimmy. went. to. the. shops.

6. Writing prompt

The day the flies attacked!

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