Year 4 Spelling

01 March 2013

This week we’re revisiting some common homophones. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but is spelt differently.

The individual words aren’t too tricky but the real challenge is being able to use them at the correct time. Year 4 therefore need to practise using the right homophone in sentences, which is how they will be tested.

08 February 2013

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about plurals.

This week, I want you to revisit all the spellings we have learnt about plurals. The test next week will be on:

• plurals where you just add s
• plurals where you add es
• plurals that end with ies
• plurals that end with ves

There will be no more than eight spellings from the four lists. However, I will not reveal which ones they are until the test.

01 February 2013

This week’s spellings are plurals where the route word ends with an f. However, when the word is pluralized, the f is dropped and replaced with ves.

For example, leaf becomes leaves.

25 January 2013

This week’s spellings are plurals again. However, this week our spellings require you to drop a y from the route word and replace it with ies.

This is very similar to one of our main spelling rules. Do you know which one it is?

18 January 2012

This week’s spellings are plurals again. However, this week our spellings require you to add an es to the route word to make it a plural.

What do you notice about the ends of the route words?

11 January 2013

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to learn more about plurals.  This week, all our spellings simply require s at the end of the route word to make it a plural.

Can you spot what other rule is being used in some of the spellings as well?

It’s Christmas…

…so enjoy the break.

We don’t give homework or spellings and tables to learn during holidays.  Instead, we hope you all enjoy the break and spend some fabulously festive family time, whether it’s playing board games, enjoying a book or two or simply relaxing in front of the telly for a treat.

14 December 2012

Our spellings this week are all homophones. That’s when two or more words sound the same but are spelt differently. All children have the same ones this week.

The individual words aren’t too tricky but the real challenge is being able to use them at the correct time. Year 4 therefore need to practise using the right homophone in sentences, which is how they will be tested.

07 December 2012

The focus for our spellings this week, are all words that have the long vowel sound ‘ai‘ in with the suffix ed. These words all have the same sound in middle.

30 November 2012

The common suffix this week is ‘ic’. Look at the words closely. Only some of these words follow the rule of drop the y for an i. These are the words that have a y in the base word.

For example, the base word for horrific is horrify. Here the y is dropped for an i. Can you spot which other spellings follow this rule?

The rest of these spellings just have ic added with no changes to the base word. For example, acid with the ic added, becomes acidic.