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.
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1. |
do not |
don’t |
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2. |
can not |
can’t |
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3. |
is not |
isn’t |
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4. |
does not |
doesn’t |
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5. |
will not |
won’t |
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6. |
there is |
there’s |
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7. |
it is |
it’s |
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8. |
I will |
I’ll |
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9. |
I have |
I’ve |
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10. |
I will |
I’ll |
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.
| LO: homophones |
| there they’re their |
| which witch |
| some sum |
| brake break |
| threw through |
14 December 2012
This week’s spellings are words starting with ‘wh’.
Your child will be tested on Friday 21 December 2012.
| when |
| why |
| what |
| wheel |
| whip |
| which |
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
07 December 2012
Spellings this week are all ly words – ‘ly’ is a consonant suffix which usually makes the words adverbs. Consonant suffixes can be added without changing the base word, except for words ending in y which changes to i.
Spellings will be tested on Friday 15 December.
- secretive > secretively
- joking > jokingly
- unfortunate > unfortunately
- strange > strangely
- normal > normally
- real > really
- total > totally
- happy > happily
- speedy > speedily
07 December 2012
This week’s spellings have the suffix ‘ful’. Your child will be tested on Friday 14 December 2012.
- careful
- harmful
- helpful
- painful
- playful
- powerful
- useful
- boastful
- grateful
- thankful
07 December 2012
This week’s spellings are words which use igh.
Talk with your child about the sound it makes (usually a long vowel sound which is the same or similar to the letter name of the vowel ‘i’), and see if they can think of more words like this at home.
Can your child put these words into sentences?
These words will be tested on Friday 14 December.
| high |
| night |
| light |
| right |
| might |
| sight |
| bright |
| fight |
07 December 2012
This is the final week of doubling up for short vowel sounds and is a review of the last few weeks of spellings. The words have either an ing, le, ed or er ending.
| 1. | rammed |
| 2. | shuffling |
| 3. | winner |
| 4. | stepping |
| 5. | wobble |
| 6. | dressed |
| 7. | slapped |
| 8. | spilling |
| 9. | scribble |
| 10. | travelled |