The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Adding verb prefixes to de- and re- e.g. deflate, deform, recycle, rewrite

Year 6: Words that can be nouns and verbs e.g. challenge, protest, broadcast, function

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words, e.g. definite, literate, desperate, familiar

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. programme, telegram, hologram, diagram

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ify e.g. simplify, crucify, solidify, signify

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. signature, assign, design, designate, significant

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ise e.g. criticise, advertise, capitalise, finalise

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. accommodate, accompany, access, accuse, accost, acrue

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: More homophones and near homophones e.g. alter/alter, bridal/bridle, serial/cereal

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. suggest/digest/congestion/gesture/gestation

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Homophones and near homophones e.g. stationary/stationery, wary/weary,who’s/whose

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. temper/temperate/temperature/temperament

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Creating nouns with -ship suffix, e.g. membership, ownership, partnership

Year 6: More words with a long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions) e.g. receipt, shriek, ceiling, protein