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Darwin Class Spellings

Mrs. E.
111 days ago
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Spelling Tests at Home.

I will not be posting the weekly spelling list over the next few weeks. Instead, this is an excellent opportunity for you to concentrate on learning all of the statutory spelling words.

The Government two huge ‘statutory spelling’ lists. These are the words that pupils should be able to spell accurately at the end of Years 3 & 4 and at the end of Years 5 & 6.

If you would like to do a weekly spelling list, this would be a good place to begin – learning ten a week.

Years 3 & 4 statutory spelling list

Years 5 & 6 Statutory Word List

 

Mrs. E.
180 days ago
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Spelling Test: Monday 20th January

This week, we are taking a closer look at the Ancient Greeks’ influence on our language. We have spent some time learning what Greek prefixes and suffixes mean. This has helped us, not only to break down words to make them easier to spell, but also to work out what words mean.

Did you know?

Some of the prefixes we use in the English language today come from ancient Greek root words. For example, ‘bio’ meant ‘life’ in ancient Greek; ‘tele’ meant ‘far’; ‘anti’ meant against; ‘micro’ meant ‘small’ and ‘auto’ meant ‘self’. Knowing this can help you to work out what unfamiliar words mean.

Likewise, some suffixes are Greek too! ‘Graph’ meant ‘to write’, ‘phone’ meant ‘sound’ and ‘scope/scopic’ came from the Greek word ‘skopein’ which meant to ‘look at’.

Knowing the etymology of words can be very useful!

This week’s spelling lists: More Greek words

 

Mrs. E.
206 days ago
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Christmas Holiday – Spelling Hiatus

There are no spellings to learn over Christmas. If you are keen to continue working on your spelling skills, you could spend some time learning a selection of words off the statutory lists:

Can you spell all of the words off this list?   Years 3 & 4 statutory spelling list

Can you spell some, or most, of the words off this list?                                      Years 5 & 6 Statutory Word List

 

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