Homework and Spellings Spring Term

This page is designed to help keep you updated on your child's homework and spellings for the week for the Spring Term. Children in Sycamore copy down their new spellings on a Monday, and are then tested on them the following Monday.
 
Your child should be practising their spellings at least three times over the course of the week, but in addition to homework and spellings, we also ask that you regularly read with your child and help them to learn their multiplication tables up to 12 (and the associated division facts). The children are enjoying using Timestable Rockstar within school to practise these. Please also encourage them to independently find a word in the dictionary if they don't know its meaning.
 
There are also games, activities and worksheets for all subjects available to help your child on our virtual learning platform, School 360 (https://school360.co.uk/login1/index.php). Some of the best can be found by clicking on Resources and then either j2e (which is very popular), Frog Play or IR (Interactive Resources).
 
Homework 3/03 - 10/03
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- Homophones and near homophones

scent

sent

vain

vein

rode

road

steel

steal

waist

waste

Group 2

Rule- Word  with a soft /c/ sound but spelt with a 'ce'

centre

century

certain

recent

experience

sentence

notice

celebrate

ceremony

certificate

Group 3
 
Rule- Words with an \or\ sound spelt with 'au'

pause

cause

sauce

fraud

launch

author

August

applaud

astronaut

restaurant

 

English
 
In our Grammar lessons, we have been using modal verbs and seeing how they change the possibility . To consolidate their understanding the children have been given a sheet where they chose the most appropriate modal verb for the sentence, 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have been investigating the area model for multiplication. The children have been given extra practise using this method. 
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 24/02 - 03/03
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- Homophones and near homophones
 

grate

great

grown

groan

plain

plane

peace

piece

rain

reign

Group 2

 
Rule- Word spelt with the /s/ sound but spelt with a 'sc'

science

crescent

discipline

fascinate

scent

scissors

ascent

descent

scientist

scenery

Group 3
 
Rule- Words with an \or\ sound spelt with 'or'

forty

scorch

absorb

decorate

afford

enormous

category

tornado

according

opportunity

 

English
 
In our Grammar lessons, we have been using modal verbs . To consolidate their understanding the children have been given a sheet where they chose the most appropriate modal verb for the sentence, 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have been practising formal multiplication. The children have been given extra practise  using this method. 
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 24/02 - 03/03
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- The /k/ sound spelt as 'ch' and the /sh/ sound spelt as 'ch'
 

scheme

chorus

echo

character

ache

chaos

stomach

chemistry

orchestra

technology

Group 2

 
Rule- Possessive plural apostrophes

girls’

boys’

babies’

parents’

teachers’

women’s

men’s

children’s

people’s

mice’s

Group 3
 
Rule- Homophones and near homophones

alter

altar

ascent

assent

bridal

bridle

cereal

serial

compliment

complement

 

English
 
In our Grammar lessons, we have been practising using colons in a list . To consolidate their understanding the children have been given extra practise writing these in sentences. 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have moves onto investigating efficient methods of multiplication. The children have been given extra practise identifying and using these method we have looked at in class. 
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 10/02 - 24/02
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- Using the prefix dis-
 

dislike

disobey

discolour

discover

disappear

dishonest

disallow

disbelieve

disapprove

discontinue

Group 2

 
Rule- Adding the prefix sub- and super- 

submerge

subheading

submarine

subordinate

subway

superman

supervise

supersede

superpower

superhuman

Group 3
 
Rule- Homophones and near homophones

principal

principle

profit

prophet

descent

dissent

desert

dessert

draft

draught

 

English
 
In our Grammar lessons, we have been practising using commas in a list . To consolidate their understanding the children have been given extra practise writing these in sentences. 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have been learning how to calculating the area of rectilinear shapes. The children have been given extra practise to consolidate their learning.
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 03/02 - 10/02
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- Using the prefix mis-
 

misspell

mislead

mistreat

misbehave

mistrust

misprint

misuse

misplace

misheard

misread

Group 2

 
Rule- Adding the suffix -ation

creation

radiation

indication

ventilation

relegation

dedication

demonstration

abbreviation

translation

vibration

Group 3
 
Rule- Homophones and near homophones

creation

radiation

indication

ventilation

relegation

dedication

demonstration

abbreviation

translation

vibration

 

English
 
In our Grammar lessons, we have been practising using inverted commas and spotting when they have been used correctly. To consolidate their understanding the children have been given extra practise. 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have been learning how to calculating the perimeter of compound rectilinear shapes. The children have been given extra practise to consolidate their learning.
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 27/1 - 03/02
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- Adding suffixes -ed, -er and -ing
 

forgetting

forgotten

beginning

beginner

preferring

preferred

occurring

occurred

forbidden

committed

Group 2
 
Rule- Adding the suffix -tion

information

adoration

sensation

preparation

education

location

exaggeration

concentration

imagination

organisation

Group 3
 
Rule- Adding the suffix -ship

membership

ownership

partnership

dictatorship

championship

craftsmanship

fellowship

apprenticeship

citizenship

sponsorship

 

English
 
In our English lessons, we have been learning how modal verbs affect a sentence. The children have been given extra practise identifying and using modal verbs. 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have been learning how to calculate and measure the perimeter of rectilinear shapes. The children have been given extra practise using a ruler to measure and calculate perimeter. 
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 20/1 - 27/01
 
Spellings 
 
Group 1
Rule- Adding suffixes -ed, -er and -ing
 
gardener

gardening

limited

limiting

offered

offering

benefited

benefiting

focused

focusing

Group 2
 
Rule- Homophones or Near homophones

cereal

serial

check

cheque

stares

stairs

through

threw

draft

draught

Group 3
 
Rule- Adding the suffix -ness

happiness

hardness

madness

nastiness

silliness

tidiness

childishness

willingness

carelessness

foolishness

 
English
 
In our English lessons, we have been learning how to use brackets for parenthesis. The children have been given extra practise using this punctuation within sentences to consolidate their learning. 
 
Maths
 
In our Maths lessons, we have been learning how to recognise prime numbers. To consolidate their understanding the children have been given extra practise where they have to follow the prime numbers to complete the maze. 
 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your Times Tables on TT Rockstar.
 
Thanks
Miss B
Homework 13/1-20/1
 
Spellings
Group 1

myth

gym

Egypt

pyramid

mystery

hymn

system

symbol

lyric

typical

Group 2
 

accept

except

affect

effect

aloud

allowed

weather

whether

whose

who’s

Group 3
 

community

curiosity

ability

captivity

activity

sensitivity

possibility

flexibility

visibility

eternity

English
In our grammar lessons we have been exploring the impact of adjectives in expanded noun phrases to consolidate their understanding the children have been set a task on Frog.
 
Maths
We have been busy exploring factors and multiples in our math lessons to consolidate their understanding the children have been set a quiz on Frog Play.
 
Thanks Miss B
Homework 6/1- 13/1
 
Spellings
 
Spelling Rule

Use ck at the end of one syllabled words and in the middle of words.  Use ic at the end of 2 or more syllabled words.

Group 1

sick 

stick

sock

black

quick

trick

magic

music

public

sonic

people

Group 2

wicked

ticket

rocket  

chicken  

wreck  

topic  

traffic   

panic  

plastic  

domestic

people

Group 3

domestic

heroic

majestic

athletic 

dynamic

enthusiastic 

realistic 

horrific 

supersonic 

classic

people

English
 
This weeks English homework is a reading comprehension to learn more about the traditions and the reasons behind them about New Year's Eve. 
 
Maths
 
In our maths lesson we have been working on multiplying 3 numbers. To consolidate their understanding the children have been given a reasoning task to complete. 
 
Don't forget to keep practising your times tables on Times Table Rockstar.
Thanks Miss B