Spelling Practise: ‘or’ sound spelled ‘aw’, ‘oor’, ‘ore’ and ‘augh’ (the red words). Spelling Test – Monday 13th March 2017
1. Look at the word and say it 3 times. Use ‘Fred fingers’ before you write the word to help you spell it.
2. Cover the word and write it down. Then check the word: have you spelt it correctly? If yes . If no .
3. Now do this two more times.
4. Look again at the words at least twice more during the week. Regular spelling practise is vital in order to help your child.
Look
Say
Cover
Write
Check
Write
Check
indoor
adore
crawl
awful
paw *
poor *
sore *
saw *
Red words
caught
taught
daughter
naughty
* Homophones.
Fred fingers: the children squeeze a finger as they say each sound.
Write
Check
In their weekly spelling test, children will be writing these words in sentences. Therefore,
whilst practising for the spelling test, it would be good practise for your child to write some
sentences of their own at home containing these words. You can write the sentences here:
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