04 February 2022
This week, we’d like you to practise spelling words with the prefixes (tele) and (auto).
automatic
autobiography
autograph
automotive
television
telegraph
teleport
telescope
28 January 2022
This week’s spellings are focussed on the prefixes ‘dis’ and ‘un’. A prefix is a group of letters added to the start of a word and can change its meaning. For example, the prefix ‘un’ can change the word reliable to unreliable.
Practise spelling the following words ready for a test on Friday 4th February.
uncertain, disadvantage, dispossess, unavoidable, disobey, unaware, unnatural, undecided
21 January 2022
This week, we’d like you to practise spelling these contractions.
A contraction is two words that have been contracted into one word. A contraction is a less formal way of writing. For example, you are would become you’re.
The words for you to practise are:
shouldn’t (should not), couldn’t (could not), won’t (will not), they’ll (they will), you’ll (you will), I’d (I had), you’re (you are), they’re (they are)
These words will be tested on Friday 28th January. Good luck!
14 January 2022
This week’s spellings are the alternative graphemes for the ‘oa’ and ‘ue’ phonemes:
smoke, throw, floating, through, peculiar, refuse, loosest, barbecue
Practise spelling these words in short, purposeful chunks ready for a test on Friday 21st January.
Good luck!
07 January 2022
This week’s spellings are based on the alternative graphemes ‘ay’, ‘ee’ and ‘i’.
Practise spelling these words at home for a test on 14th January.
neighbour, reign, believe, increase, guide, bicycle, tried, exercise
03 December 2021
Practice adding -ed, -er, -est and -ing to these words:
busy cry
reply funny
naughty carry
marry copy
ugly worry
sorry happy
creepy
26 November 2021
This week, we’d like you to practice changing these words to plural:
address(es)
century(ies)
group(s)
church(es)
lorry(ies)
jelly(ies)
wolf(ves)
roof(ves)
19 November 2021
For this week’s spelling, we’d like you to practise adding the suffixes -er and -est to these words:
nice
late
rude
brave
happy
funny
tall
hot
05 November 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about the spelling rule:
double up for a short vowel sound
An example of this is in the word difficult. The ‘i’ is a short sound if you read it aloud, therefore the following consonant ‘f’ needs to be doubled up. Another example is trapped.
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
different, difficult, possible, trapped, happening, opposite, arrive
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 12 November to see how we’ve got on.
For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, click here.
15 October 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about some common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.
there, they’re, their, which, witch, to, two, too
We’ll test ourselves on Thursday 21 October to see how we’ve got on.
For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.