Autumn 2 Spellings
St. Patrick’s Catholic Primary School
Half Term Plan for Spelling Y5
Autumn Term 2
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Week |
Spelling Rule |
Key Words |
Common exception words |
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1 |
Rules for plurals |
buses balloons parties flies |
worries cups boxes schools |
tries lunches babies potatoes |
community competition conscience |
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2 |
Rules for plurals (with exceptions) |
churches foxes loaves people |
volcanoes matches knives children |
sheep fish person women |
conscious controversy convenience |
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3 |
Apostrophe for contraction and possession |
where’s she’ll we’d hasn’t |
didn’t they’d I’ve wasn’t |
you’ve can’t who’s we’ve |
correspond criticise curiosity |
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4 |
Strategies for learning words |
he’s let’s it’s (its) they’ve |
we’re that’s mightn’t won’t |
doesn’t isn’t shouldn’t shan’t |
definite desperate determined |
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5 |
Use of hyphen |
co-ordinate co-operate co-own re-elect |
co-exist co-pilot re-enter re-cover |
self-evident pre-owned pre-date pre-recorded |
develop environment environmental |
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6 |
Derivations and spelling patterns
Using a dictionary |
defensive refine microscope critic (ise) |
telescopic quadruple asteroid sincere (ly) |
sign signature signatory
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equipped equipment lightning marvellous |
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7 |
Derivations and spelling patterns
Using a dictionary |
designate signal signalling mischief mischievous |
resign design designer |
consign consignment assign |
especially exaggerate excellent immediate (ly) |