Spelling

11 January 2013

This week, we’re learning to spell words with the ‘ful’ suffix.
Children have been given the following words to investigate and find those that would have the ‘ful’ suffix and learn their spellings. Remember- not all of the words on the list work with the ‘ful’ suffix.

• proud
• like
• sick
• quiet
• mind
• glad
• hope
• kind
• arm
• room
• thought
• cold
• nice
• child
• friend
• doubt
• sure
• tune
• home
• care
• fruit
• life
• lone
• cheer
• mist
• time
• hurt
• rich
• pain
• shame
• thirst
• king
• near
• free
• use

Spellings will be tested on Friday 18 January.

11 January 2013

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to learn more about plurals.  This week, all our spellings simply require s at the end of the route word to make it a plural.

Can you spot what other rule is being used in some of the spellings as well?

11 January 2013

All the spellings this week contain a long i sound which is spelt igh. Children could also think of other words which contain igh or make other words from one of the spellings. For example: fright, frightening, frightened, frightful.

Children will be tested on all eight words on Friday 18 January.

11 January 2013

Please learn these words for a test on Friday 18 January.

Words containing the ‘ea‘ letter pattern, which create a ‘long e’ sound.

For those of you that want a challenge…

You could write the words in a sentence, such as:

• I swim at the sandy beach.
• I saw a seal by the beach and then went to have an ice-cream.

11 January 2013

Lions, Tigers and Zebras are the names of our three spelling groups. The name of your child’s group will be written on their spelling book. Spellings, as usual, will be tested on Friday (18 January).

Lions: the ‘tion’ ending

• action
• option
• addition
• infection
• situation
• creation
• donation
• education
• election
• emotion

Tigers and Zebras: ‘sh’ and ‘ch’

• shirt
• church
• sharp
• shark
• catch
• chart
• smash
• wash
• short
• shift

It’s Christmas…

…so enjoy the break.

We don’t give homework or spellings and tables to learn during holidays.  Instead, we hope you all enjoy the break and spend some fabulously festive family time, whether it’s playing board games, enjoying a book or two or simply relaxing in front of the telly for a treat.

14 December 2012

This week’s spellings are contractions: words which use apostrophes to shorten or contract two words into one word. I’ve noticed that children are struggling to read these words and/or write them correctly.

Just noticed that I’ve listed I’ll twice. Sorry!

14 December 2012

Our spellings this week are all homophones. That’s when two or more words sound the same but are spelt differently. All children have the same ones this week.

The individual words aren’t too tricky but the real challenge is being able to use them at the correct time. Year 4 therefore need to practise using the right homophone in sentences, which is how they will be tested.

14 December 2012

This week’s spellings are words starting with ‘wh’.

Your child will be tested on Friday 21 December 2012.

14 December 2012

This week’s spellings are tricky words. Your child will be tested on Friday 21 December 2012.

After the holidays, the children will be split into different spelling groups. You will know which group your child is in as it will be written on the inside of their spelling book.

• their (used for a name/person)
• there (used for places and has the word ‘here’ in it)
• people
• asked
• could
• saw
• thought
• friend
• once
• were