Weekly Spellings – hard c sound
Below are the spellings for this week’s Spelling Test in Class 2. To prepare for Year 3, we will be focusing more closely on spellings over the coming weeks. As there will be more spellings to learn each week in the Extension Challenge we will complete less SPaG work.
The theme for this week’s spellings is – hard c sound.
Hard c sound – k spelling
- bank
- plank
- tank
- blank
- week
Hard c sound – ck spelling
- block
- black
- brick
- thick
- quick
Extension Challenge
- coat
- quickly
- blanket
- donkey
- jacket
- chicken
- uncle
- baker
- cracker
- pumpkin
Additional writing challenge
Write the spellings in joined-up handwriting.
Arithmetic – thirds of numbers
Below is an outline of how to develop skills in calculating thirds of numbers.
- Count in 3s writing down each number – 0, 3, 6, etc until you get to 36.
- Write multiplication facts for the 3 x table – 1 x 3 = 3, 2 x 3 = 6, etc until you get to 12 x 3 = 36
- Write related division facts – 3 ÷ 3 = 1, 6 ÷ 3 = 2, etc until you get to 36 ÷ 3 = 12
- Choose any number from the list you wrote for Task 1 then calculate 1/3 of that number, e.g. 1/3 of 18 = 6, etc.
Extension
- Calculate 2/3 of numbers by calculating 1/3 of a number and then multiplying the answer by 2, e.g. 1/3 of 18 = 6 and 6 x 2 = 12 so 2/3 of 18 = 12
The tests will be on Friday 27th May.