Spelling words for home learning – week beginning 24/02/2025
Please can you help your child to read these words correctly as well as spell these words correctly. They all have tricky sounds that often catch them out.
fried: the ‘ie’ gives an /igh/ sound
chemist: the ‘ch’ gives an /k/ sound
field: the ‘ie’ gives an /ee/ sound
sure: the ‘s’ gives an /sh/ sound and the ‘ure’ gives an /or/ sound
should: remember Oh, U, Lovely, Duck!
says: sounds like /sez/
Challenge words
magician: ‘g’ sounds like /j/; ‘ci’ sounds like /sh/; ‘cian’ sounds like /shun/
segment the word to: ma – gi -cian
fever: ‘e’ sounds like /ee/ and there is the /er/ digraph at the end.
Segment the word to: fe-ver
Best wishes
The Year 2 Team