23 March 2018
This week’s spelling list is formed with the words that were most commonly misspelled on our recent spelling test. There isn’t a pattern with these words but could you think of any fun ways to remember how to spell them? If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out!
- Can you show your words in a creative way?
- Can you write them in your own sentences?
| improve | couple | invisible | allowed | rough |
| cough | special | imagine | final | sleepily |
23 March 2018
The spellings this week are all contracted words. They all have the apostrophe in the same place: instead of the o in not.
| do not don’t |
| can not can’t |
| will not won’t |
| did not didn’t |
| have not haven’t |
| has not hasn’t |
| does not doesn’t |
| must not mustn’t |
| should not shouldn’t |
| could not couldn’t |
| would not wouldn’t |
Friday 23 March 2018
| Homophones and near homophones
This week’s spellings are the same as last week. Because of other things happening in school, we haven’t practised these words as much as I would’ve liked. Because homophones are so important in our writing, I’d like children to be very confident with these words. Children should continue to learn these words in preparation for a test on Thursday 29 March. |
| break – brake |
| their – there – they’re |
| of – off |
| accept – except |
| meddle – medal |
| whose – who’s |
| where – wear – we’re |
| meat – meet |
| compliment – complement |
| practise – practice |
16 March 2018
The spellings this week are all contracted words. The first four contracted words have the apostrophe after the I.
The rest all use an apostrophe to replace the o in not.
| I am I’m |
| I will I’ll |
| I would I’d |
| I have I’ve |
| do not don’t |
| can not can’t |
| will not won’t |
| did not didn’t |
16 March 2018
This week, we’ve continued learning about words that end in a ‘shun’ sound. The children have been given some sentences and they need to write them out into their homeworks books. They need to add the appropriate ‘tion‘ word and underline it.
Presentation is important in all books and we expect to see a high standard of well presented work in homework books, too!
For some children, this needs to improve!
Times tables
By the end of Year 4, the children need to know all times tables. This includes the 11 and 12 tables also. Along with the multiplications, the children also need to know the division facts for each calculation.
4 x 6 = 24 24 divided by 4 = 6
6 x 4 = 24 24 divided by 6 = 4
Next week, the class will be tested on the 6 and 7 times tables.
16 March 2018
| Homophones and near homophones
This week’s spellings are all homophones (words that sound the same but are spelt differently) and near-homophones (words that sound similar but are spelt differently and have different meanings). Some of them we have covered, some are new learning. Children should learn these words in preparation for a test on Friday 23 March. |
| break – brake |
| their – there – they’re |
| of – off |
| accept – except |
| meddle – medal |
| whose – who’s |
| where – wear – we’re |
| meat – meet |
| compliment – complement |
| practise – practice |
16 March 2018
This week, your child’s spellings are high frequency words. High frequency words are common words – words that appear very often in written texts.
| called |
| people |
| looked |
| asked |
| could |
| their |
| have |
| house |
16 March 2018
This week’s spellings either have the prefix sub- or tele-. Your first task is to find out what both prefixes mean. This week’s activity is to find out the correct word that matches the definition. Once you’ve finished, write each word in your own sentence.
- Can you write them all in some silly sentences or a silly story?
- Can you draw the word to represent its definition?
09 March 2018
This week, the root words all have the suffixes: er or ing.
All the root words end in e. When adding the suffixes, you have to first drop the e from the root word.
Children could be tested on any of the words – including the root words.
| bike biker biking |
| bake baker baking |
| drive driver driving |
| rude ruder rudest |
| wise wiser wisest |
| cute cuter cutest |
| nice nicer nicest |
09 March 2018
Next week, we’re learning about words which contain the ‘u_e‘ digraph, which makes a long ‘ooo’ sound.
| cube |
| volume |
| rude |
| huge |
| amuse |
| cute |
| rule |
| tune |