30 November 2018
This week’s spellings have no particular pattern. The children have the Year 3/4 spelling list and should practise tackling spellings using the strategies below when they’ve had no opportunity to learn them beforehand.
- break the word up into syllables
- think about what the root word is before tackling
- consider whether any prefixes or suffixes have been adding
- consider whether any spelling rules need to be applied
- consider what spelling patterns might be involved (tious, cious)
When none of these strategies work for a word, a way of remembering it needs to be created.
There will be a text on Friday 7 December. The children will be tested on ten words which will all come from this list.
This week’s times tables focus is the 8s. Many children find this table difficult so practising both the multiplication and divisions facts is important. There will be a test on this on Friday 7 December.
23 November 2018
| ‘co-’ and ‘re-’ | |||||
| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that start with either ‘co-’ or ‘re-’. Your task is to decide which prefix to use for each root word to make a new word that makes sense. Don’t forget your hyphen. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out! Is there a pattern? Can you show them in a creative way? Can you write them in your own sentences? | |||||
| co- | re- | ||||
| emerge | emphasise | enter | evaluate | examine | |
| operate | ordinate | own | pilot | star | |
23 November 2018
Next week, we’re looking at words which have an -il or -al ending. These are much less common than the -le ending.
| metal |
| pedal |
| capital |
| hospital |
| animal |
| pencil |
| nostril |
| fossil |
23 November 2018
This week’s spelling features words with the ‘–mis’ or the ‘–re’ prefix.
We created the list based on words the children came up in class.
Your homework is to write a short story using all of the words on our list. Make sure that you check that you understand the meanings of the words!
These will be tested on Friday 07 December.
misplace / misunderstand / mishear / react / misread / replay / reuse/ review/
We are learning our 8 times tables.
23 November 2018
This week, our spellings focus on words which contain the ‘ue’ digraph. The ‘ue’ digraph make the ‘you’ sound.
| argue |
| statue |
| rescue |
| due |
| cue |
Homework review
Thank you to the parents who joined us for the homework review this afternoon. Below are some of our favourite homeworks from the week.
We liked Bridget’s playscript which we acted out in very little time – super directing skills, Bridget!
We were also amazed by how many top tips Gabriel had to help us if we’re being bullied.
We loved Karan’s bullying acrostic poem.
Iris’s No Bully Boy superhero showed us how to stop bullies and how anyone can be a superhero by telling a trusted adult if you see someone being bullied.
Inam’s bullying sculpture gave us lots of tips if we’re being bullied.
23 November 2018
This week’s spellings all end in ‘tial and ‘cial.
Do you notice that there is usually a vowel before the ‘cial and a consonant (mostly ‘n’) before the ‘tial? There are a couple of words that don’t follow this rule – these are the ones that we’ll need to practise most. Children are expected to practise these spellings in their books (there’re lots of strategies at the back of homework books). We’ll informally test each other during our homework review next week.
16 November 2018
This week’s spelling list continues to focus on words ending in –tious and –cious.
We’ve investigated why these words end in this way and now need to practise spelling them and using them correctly in sentences. Using the suggestions at the back of your book, see how many different ways you can practise spelling these words and choose three you’re less confident with to use in a sentence.
- vicious
- precious
- conscious
- delicious
- malicious
- suspicious
- ambitious
- cautious
- fictitious
- infectious
- nutritious
16 November 2018
This week, our spellings focus on words that contain the ‘ir’ digraph.
| stir |
| shirt |
| bird |
| first |
| girl |
| skirt |
16 November 2018
This week’s spelling homework is the prefix ‘-dis‘ which has a negative or reversing effect. This will be tested on Friday 23 November.
Below is a list of words with the ‘-dis‘ prefix to learn. It may be useful to look at the root word to understand how the prefix changes its meaning.
Practise your spellings using the suggestions stuck into the back of your homework book. Can you practise in a creative way?
- disobey
- disagree
- distrust
- disappear
- disqualify
- disconnect
- dislike
- discomfort
- disown
- dishonest
We are learning our 8 times tables.