01 February 2020
This week’s spellings are words that contain split digraphs.
| came |
| shame |
| time |
| ride |
| tube |
| rule |
| pose |
| role |
31 January 2020
We are looking at the suffixes -er and -est again this week. They require you to drop the e from the root word before adding the suffix. The children could be tested on any of the words with a suffix.
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- nice nicer nicest
- large larger largest
- wise wiser wisest
- strange stranger strangest
- close closer closest
- brave braver bravest
- cute cuter cutest
We will continue with the 10 times table and the children will be tested on this next Friday. This week, the children have been taught the technique of skip counting on their fingers to help with their times tables.
It is important to note, when rehearsing tables, to vary the mathematical language used. In class, we will be familiarising the children with the words multiply, lots of, groups of and times.
31 January 2020
This week’s spelling focuses on contractions. Practise these spellings – think about how creative you can be. There will be a test on Friday 7 February.
| I will/I’ll
I am/I’m do not/don’t I would/I’d had not/hadn’t you are/you’re you will/you/ll |
he will/he’ll
she will/she’ll is not/isn’t cannot/can’t have not/haven’t they are/they’re |
you have/you’ve
has not/hasn’t will not/won’t I had/I’d are not/aren’t could not/couldn’t |
24 January 2020
This week’s spellings are words that contain the ‘oy’ and ‘ir’ digraph.
| boy |
| toy |
| enjoy |
| destroy |
| bird |
| shirt |
| twirl |
| girl |
24 January 2020
We would like the children to begin to learn another key spelling rule: drop the e for ing. All of the words in the list are verbs. Before the suffix ing is added to the verb, the e needs to be removed.
- to have having
- to hike hiking
- to write writing
- to use using
- to make making
- to like liking
- to give giving
- to excite exciting
The children are also beginning to learn their times tables. We are starting with the 10 times table and the children will be tested on this next Friday.
It is important to note, when rehearsing tables, to vary the mathematical language used. In class, we will be familiarising the children with the words multiply, lots of, groups of and times.
24 January 2020
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prefixes co- and re- |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that all start with the prefix co and re. You’ve been given only the root words but your task is to find the words starting with the correct prefix in the word search in your book. If you don’t know what any mean, find out. | ||||
| consider | enter | emerge | exist | ignite |
| invent | operate | ordinate | own | tell |
17 January 2020
This week’s spellings are words that contain the ‘ay’, ‘ou’ ‘ea’ and ‘ie’ digraph.
| play |
| day |
| shout |
| round |
| pie |
| cried |
| tea |
| meal |
17 January 2020
This week the words are all adjectives and require you to double up for a short vowel sound when adding the suffixes er and est. The children will be tested on any of the words where a suffix has been added.
- fat fatter fattest
- thin thinner thinnest
- big bigger biggest
- sad sadder saddest
- hot hotter hottest
- bad badder baddest
The children will be tested on Friday 24th January 2020
Investigating circuits
Year 4 are learning all about electricity in their science lessons this half term. We started off our topic finding out about the difference between mains and battery operated appliances and how we can use them safely around the home and school.
Now, we’re investigating circuits. We found out how to make a circuit to light a bulb and are now using this knowledge to test our own scientific questions.
In this lesson, we had to use some key scientific vocabulary. Test us at home to see how much we’ve remembered: circuit, cell, bulb, components
12 January 2020
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homophones |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that can sound the same, but have a different spelling and meaning. Your task is to complete a silly sentence for each one of the words. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, use a dictionary or alternative source to find out. As always, please come and see me before the deadline for help! | ||||
| principle | dessert | profit | stationery | compliment |
| principal | desert | prophet | stationary | complement |