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    Spellings in Year 5

    Every Monday, children in Year 5 will be given 10 spellings to learn/practice over the week. These lists will be made up of 7 spellings from our weekly spelling rule (which we will be learning and practicing in school) and 3 words from either the Year 3/4 or Year 5/6 common exception words list.
    Last week, we tested every child on their Year 3/4 spelling words as a baseline assessment for Year 5. Before moving onto the Year 5/6 spelling lists, it is important that children can spell most of the Year 3/4 words accurately. We consider ‘most’ to be 85/109.
    Although we will work on these spellings together in school, we ask that every child, as part of their homework, practices these words at home. Spellings will be tested every Monday and scores will be recorded in homework diaries.

    Spring 2 spellings 

    Week 3 – Stage 5 List 22 – ’ough’ & common exception words

    1

    though

    2

    although

    3

    dough

    4

    doughnut

    5

    rough

    6

    enough

    7

    tough

    Week 2 – Stage 5 List 21 – ‘ough’ where the sound is /aw/ & common exception words

    1

    bought

    2

    fought

    3

    thought

    4

    ought

    5

    naught

    6

    brought

    7

    thoughtfulness

    Week 1 – Stage 5 List 20 – Words with the ‘ee’ sound spelt ei & common exception words

    1

    deceive

    2

    receive

    3

    receipt

    4

    protein

    5

    caffeine

    6

    either

    7

    neither

    Spring 1 spellings 

    Week 1 – Stage 5 List 14 – adverbs of time & common exception words

    1

    afterwards

    2

    immediately

    3

    earlier

    4

    eventually

    5

    previously

    6

    finally

    7

    yesterday

    Week 2 – Stage 5 List 15 – Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer & common exception words

    1

    referring

    2

    reference

    3

    referee

    4

    preferred

    5

    preference

    6

    difference

    7

    inference

    Week 3 – Stage 5 List 16 – Words with ‘silent’ letters at the start & common exception words

    1

    wreckage

    2

    writer

    3

    wreath

    4

    knowledge

    5

    knuckle

    6

    knife

    7

    knight

    Week 4 – Stage 5 List 17 – Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the

    pronunciation of the word) & common exception words

    1

    doubt

    2

    lamb

    3

    island

    4

    thistle

    5

    solemn

    6

    build

    7

    receipt

    Week 5 – Stage 5 List 19 – words spelt ‘ie’ AFTER ‘c’ & common exception words

    1

    ancient

    2

    science

    3

    species

    4

    efficient

    5

    glacier

    6

    sufficient

    7

    insufficient

    Autumn 2 - Week 2 & 3 -ent and -ence ending

    innocence

    intelligence

    confidence

    competence

    transparent

    violent

    decent

    Autumn 1 - Week 5 -tial ending

    potential 

    essential 

    substantial 

    influential 

    residential 

    confidential 

    torrential 

    Autumn 1 - Week 4 -cial ending

    official
    special
    artificial
    crucial
    judicial
    beneficial
    facial

    Autumn 1 - Week 3 -cious ending

    delicious 

    atrocious 

    conscious 

    ferocious 

    gracious 

    luscious 

    malicious 

    Autumn 1 - Week 2 -ious ending

    ambitious 

    infectious

    fictitious 

    nutritious

    repetitious 

    amphibious 

    curious

    Common exception word lists

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