Dear Parents,

I wanted to breathe a little reassurance into the home learning side of things, over the next few weeks.  Not to overload you, this week, I’ll start with the spelling sheets.  Now you’ve all had a go at it, this should help to make more sense.

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Here’s a little help for the week ahead.

Year 4s – this week you’ll be asked to do this. 

 

A digraph (di = 2, graph = write) is a 2-letter sound, such as th or ph or le, so this week, invisible ends with a digraph, but inability does not (t and y are individual sounds).

 

Year 3s – this week you’ll be asked to do this. 

Syllables are beats in a word.  Syll-a-bles = 3 beats.

The first word has 2 beats, 3 letters in each beat = cou / ple would work, or cou / sin.  The next one is just one beat and 5 letters = young.

Finally, this terminology list should help with future weeks – Good luck!