This week’s spelling is linked to our maths.  We are learning how to spell some tricky measure vocabulary using a range of strategies.

First we built our words using cards with chunks of the words on them.

For example:

milli – li – tre

centi – me – tre

w – eight

Then we thought of some mnemonics to help us spell some of the tricky chunks.

For example:

eight = everyone is going home today

eight = everyone in gryffindor hates turtles

tre = tree minus an e

We even made a mnemonic to help with a whole word:

length = Len, go to home

We have been using information from the book to help us describe a character.

We thought about APPEARANCE (what they look like) and PERSONALITY (the type of person they are).

We used adjectives, wow words and similes to describe their appearance.

We used evidence from the book to justify the personality traits we chose.

We used bright colours and patterns to make this year’s calendars.