Year 4 Spelling

22 June 2012

Posted on Thursday 21 June 2012 by

This week’s spellings all end with the suffix fully.

Last week we looked at the suffix ‘ful’. We can make these words into adverbs by adding ly. Notice how there is now a double l on the end, e.g. wonder + ful + ly = wonderfully

 

LO: Adverbs that end in fully
wonderfully
hopefully
mercifully
helpfully
carefully
hurtfully
thankfully
cheerfully

 

 

15 June 2012

Posted on Friday 15 June 2012 by

This week’s spellings all end with the suffix ful.

Notice how when ‘full’ is added on to the end, it loses one of its ls. For example, wonder and full becomes wonderful.

LO: Words that end with ‘ful’.
wonderful
joyful
beautiful
thoughtful
careful
powerful
awful
painful
helpful
cheerful

 

 

25 May 2012

Posted on Friday 25 May 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week’s spellings are a mixture of our three main spelling rules. For the tenth spelling, children should think of their own word which fits any of the three rules.

Double up for a short vowel sound
1. snapping
2. madder
3. terrible
Drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’
4. making
5. surprising
6. frustrating
Drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’
7. nastily
8. craftily
9. moodily
10. ????????

18 May 2012

Posted on Friday 18 May 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week’s spellings are all tricky words which have been misspelled in our writing recently.

1. opened
2. through
3. friends
4. around
5. between
6. different
7. brought
8. favourite
9. whole
10. together

11 May 2011

Posted on Friday 11 May 2012 by

This week, our spellings are all superlatives that follow the familiar spelling rule: ‘drop the y for an i’.  For example, funny becomes funniest.

deadliest
wealthiest
funniest
nastiest
craziest
friendliest
angriest
healthiest

04 May 2012

Posted on Friday 04 May 2012 by

This week our spellings are all adverbs that follow the familiar spelling rule: double up for short vowel sounds.

terribly
bitterly
correctly
painfully
suddenly
impossibly
aggressively
successfully

27 April 2012

Posted on Thursday 26 April 2012 by

This week in our spellings we are learning how to drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’.

By adding ‘ing’ to the end of the verb, we have to drop the ‘e’ from the route word. For example, implore with an ing added becomes imploring.

route word ing added
implore imploring
ignore ignoring
frustrate frustrating
write writing
promote promoting
loathe loathing
aggravate aggravating
discourage discouraging

20 April 2012

Posted on Friday 20 April 2012 by

This week’s spellings are emotive WOW words that could feature in a persuasive text. Your child will be tested on Friday 25 April.

LO: emotive vocabulary
verbs
implore
despise
insist
plead
adjectives
disgusted
astonished
delighted
stunned
inhumane
heartless

 

30 March 2012

Posted on Wednesday 28 March 2012 by Mr Roundtree

It’s the Easter holidays and, in line with our Homework Policy, teachers do not set spellings or homework tasks. Instead, enjoy the sunny weather by getting active: a trip to the park, a game of football, a cycle ride or a long walk!

During the holidays, two of our teachers will visit Italy, one will be in Russia and one will be in…Barry Island!

23 March 2012

Posted on Friday 23 March 2012 by

This week’s spellings are ‘problem connectives’ that can be used as openers for a sentence related to the previous sentence or paragraph. For example: “Jessica really enjoys going swimming. However, she prefers playing football.”

As you can see, the reason we call these ‘problem connectives’ is because they lead to a statement that disagrees or offers an alternative to the previous sentence.  I’ve included a comma after each because that’s how they’d often be used.

LO: problem connectives
Yet,
However,
On the other hand,
In spite of this,
Nevertheless,
Nonetheless,
Although,
Despite this,

These connectives will really help with the children’s writing next week. They are developing their persuasive skills and are beginning to use the other side of an argument to justify their points. For example, “Some people believe that the school day should be longer. Nevertheless, a large majority of parents disagree.”