28 April 2017
We are looking at the suffixes -er and -est again this week. The first four require you to drop the e from the root word before adding the suffix. The last four require you to double up the last letter before adding the suffixes.
| nice nicer nicest |
| large larger largest |
| wise wiser wisest |
| strange stranger strangest |
| thin thinner thinnest |
| big bigger biggest |
| sad sadder saddest |
| hot hotter hottest |
24 March 2017
This week’s spellings to learn for a test on Friday 31 March.
24 March 2017
This week’s spellings have been taken from a recent test done in class.
They are:
- height
- decreasing
- popular
- tomatoes
- destination
- vision
- material
- musician
- nature
- information
Below are some ideas to help you. Choose two activities and complete them in your homework books.
- Use a computer to write each word in a different font.
- Put your words into alphabetical order.
- Write a story about an ogre using all of your words at least once.
- Draw a picture for each word. Turn one of them into an artwork.
24 March 2017
The words this week all contain the short vowel o sound (hot) which is spelled with an a. This is the most common spelling after w or qu.
| wanted |
| watched |
| wandering |
| washing |
| swamp |
| quality |
| squashed |
| quarrel |
24 March 2017
| i before e except after c – when the sound is ‘ee’.
Last week, children investigated the rule. As a class, we refined the rule to be the above. This week, in preparation for a test on Friday 31 March, children should learn how to spell the following words. |
| either |
| receive |
| their – there |
| deceive |
| conscience |
| ceiling |
| efficient |
| sufficient |
| believe |
24 March 2017
This week’s spelling activity focuses on common word endings, particularly when it’s tricky to decide which ending a word should have. Take note of the tricks and tips it gives you as these are really useful.
Do I use …tion, …cian or …sion?
Is it …tial or …cial?
Also think about when you use …ence or …ance as this is something we’ve struggled with and we’ll share some tips next week.
There’ll be a test of 20 spellings on Friday 31 March; all of the spellings will have these tricky endings to choose from.
17 March 2017
The spellings this week are homophones and near homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings and often spellings.
| sea |
| see |
| one |
| won |
| quite |
| quiet |
| here |
| hear |
| blue |
| blew |
17 March 2017
Homophones
This week, the children have been given a spelling activity on a worksheet. This will help them learn their spellings from the list given last week. The spellings will be tested next week on Friday 24 March.
17 March 2017
Spellings for this week are words, chosen at random, from the Year 3/4 statutory list.
It is important to check that your child knows the meaning of each word and can use it correctly within a sentence.
To help:
- say the word
- say it in a sentence
- say the word again
- write the word
- write the word in a sentence
- check it’s spelt correctly
- repeat – lots!
The spellings are:
- various
- question
- guard
- calendar
- famous
- peculiar
- medicine
17 March 2017
“i before e except after c!”
Many of us have heard this rule but just how true is it? Children should investigate this ‘rule’ and find out how true it is. Are there many exceptions? Can you find examples where the rule does help? Children should evidence their investigation on the spelling page of their homework book.