Spellings
Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.
Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word).
Some letters which are no longer sounded used to be sounded hundreds of years ago: e.g. in knight, there was a /k/ sound before the /n/.
a:
artistically
logically
musically
romantically,
specifically
identically
organically
vertically
tactically
basically
Literacy: Your child will have one of these two literacy activities in their homework book.
There are many different ways to extend a sentence. One of these ways is to add a conjunction.
Can you use these conjunctions in a sentence? One conjunction per sentence
although, before, while, when and if.
Remember some conjunctions can join two main clauses/sentences together to form a compound sentence, no comma is needed (For And Nor But Or Yet So) but any other conjunction makes it a complex sentence.
Example: John was very tired, although he had stayed in bed all day.
Spellings
Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.
im: Before a root word starting with m or p, in– becomes im-.
imprecise
immature
immortal
immovable
impatient
imperfect
impolite
important
impossible
impractical
Literacy: Your child will have one of these two literacy activities in their homework book.
Sometimes we need commas in a sentence, not because it has a pause but because it helps the sentence to make sense. This is known as clarifying meaning or preventing ambiguity.
For example: Most of the time travellers worry about their luggage.
If we add commas the sentences’ meaning completely changes.
Most of the time, travellers worry about their luggage.
Or
She finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog,
She finds inspiration in cooking, her family and her dog.
Can you write three sentences using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity.
Maths:
This week in maths we have learnt about co-ordinates. Your child will have a co-ordinates activity sheet in their homework books.
