24 September 2021
This week, we have been focussing on the ‘oa’ phoneme and we’ve looked at all the alternative graphemes for this sound.
The words you need to practise this week are:
notice, suppose, though, although, heroes, those, glowing, phone
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 1st October.
10 September 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how the ‘ai’ sound can be spelled in lots of different ways. For example, in the word day, the letters ‘ay’ make the ‘ai’ sound but in the word wait it’s the letters ‘ai’.
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
eight famous favourite straight strange weight great everyday
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 17 September 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.
16 July 2021
This week, we’ll continue to recap some common homophones. Homophone are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.
of off its it’s
great grate break brake
To keep it fun, practise these spellings in different ways, check out the ‘super spelling strategies’ on this week’s spelling post (go to the Scholes website, learn more, spelling, Year 3 & 4). Children should practise in preparation for a test on Friday 23 July 2021.
Fancy a challenge? Use these words in sentences. Or, create silly sentences using as many of them as you can – can you use them all?
09 July 2021
02 July 2021
The spellings this week are all words from the Year 3,4 National Curriculum spelling list. Click here for a link to the National Curriculum Spelling Appendix (the Y3,4 list of words is on page 16).
accidentally believe calendar decide disappear experiment imagine favourite
25 June 2021
This week, we are learning to spell words beginning with the super and sub prefix.
Here are the words we would like you to learn at home. Could you write each word into a sentence?
- subheading
- submarine
- subordinate
- subtitles
- subscribe
- submerge
- supervise
- supermarket
- superpower
- superhuman
- superstar
18 June 2021
I’m very sorry for the delay in posting. Here are the words and rule for this week’s spellings.
We are learning to spell words beginning with the anti and inter prefix.
Here are the words we would like you to learn at home. Could you write each word into a sentence?
antiseptic
anticlockwise
antisocial
antibiotic
antibacterial
antifreeze
international
interrupt
interact
interfere
11 June 2021
Spelling
This week, we’re learning about words spelt with c but have the s sound, e.g. exercise.
In the following list, identify the ‘s’ spelt with c sound and use the word in a sentence.
cities
excellent
exciting
silence
sentence
accident
decide
audience
notice
21 May 2021
Spellings
This week and next, we’re learning about prefixes. They are letters that attach to the beginning of the word without changing the spelling of the root word.
In this week’s spelling practise, we have been learning im- and in-.
Here are the words:
inactive
inaccurate
incorrect
invisible
impolite
imperfect
impossible
impatient
14 May 2021
This week in spellings we have been learning how to add suffixes (letters added to the end of the word) and how the spelling of the word changes.
We’ve looked at different rules:
- double the last letter (shop becomes shopping)
- drop the e and add ing (decide becomes deciding)
- drop the y for and i
We also talked about some exceptions to this rule. Watch out for the ones that don’t quite fit the rule!
Task: Add the suffix to the root word and write the correct spelling. Think about which rule applies and watch out for the exceptions.
Choose a word from each line to write in a sentence.
Challenge: can you write a paragraph using all the words?
add -er add -ing add -ed
give ________ __________ ____________
cry ________ __________ ____________
grab ________ __________ ____________
decide ________ __________ ____________
sprint ________ __________ ____________
copy ________ __________ ____________