18 April 2019
The spellings this week are all homophones.
What is a homophone?
Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but are spelt differently with different meanings.
blue/blew
hole/whole
break/brake
sent/scent
hour/our
for/four
knight/night
The children have been given a text full of homophone errors. Their job is to correct this and rewrite it.
Challenge
Find more homophones and write your own short story.
Create a short story with homophone errors for a friend to try.
Please ensure there is evidence of learning the spellings in homework books.
15 June 2018
We will be having weekly spelling tests now until the end of term. The children have been given a copy of the statutory word list for Years 3 and 4.
The class are very familiar with all of these words. However, we don’t just want the children to learn these for a test. We want to make sure that they implement this learning into their writing.
We will test the children on a selection of these words so they need to work on the spellings that they are unsure of.
27 April 2018
The children have been asked to put the spellings that they were given last week into sentences. Another alternative is to link this in with our 2D shape learning. It would be great if the children could get creative with the words.
One possibility is to create shapes and write the word inside.
This spelling revision could link in with the homework set this week.
Make your own word shape puzzle.
Can you link your spellings into your shapes?
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.
07 July 2017
Next Friday, 14 June, we will have our final spelling test of the year. Words will be chosen at random from the statutory word list for Year 4.
Each child has been given another copy of this word list to use for practice. All the words have been covered throughout the year. Test your child by picking words at random, asking them to spell them and highlight any they are struggling with for more practice.
The children will be tested on 25 of these words.
Good learning!
30 June 2017
| double up for a short vowel sound | ||||
| We’re revising one of our three main spelling rules with week: doubling up a consonant to make a short vowel sound. These words are all from the Y3/4 word bank. | ||||
| appear | difficult | occasion | possession | pressure |
| different | grammar | opposite | possible | suppose |
09 June 2017
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.
Lots of children in class are still getting confused with these in their writing. Learn to spell the words below, write down the meaning of each word and then put each word into a sentence.
- there their they’re
- male mail
- bored board
- through threw
- knew new
- waist waste
- weather whether
- serial cereal
- aloud allowed
- piece peace
- check cheque
- cent sent scent
19 May 2017
Due to there being quite a few tests in class this week, we have decided to keep the same spellings as last week. Children need to learn these ready for a test on Friday 25 May.
In the front of homework books, there is a spelling guidance sheet. This gives examples of different strategies to aid learning spellings. Children have been told to use ideas from this to help.
Dictation is another great way to help with spelling and punctuation.
11 May 2017
This week, the spellings all have a prefix.
prefix – trans…, sub… and super…
Question your child on their knowledge of prefixes. They will be tested on these words on Friday 19 May.
- transmit
- transport
- transplant
- submarine
- subheading
- subdivide
- superman
- supermarket
- superstar
- superior
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.