Friday 14th October 2022
This week, are spellings are homophones – words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. Your child needs to know which word is the correct version when given a sentence with a homophone in!
Why not check out this short animation alongside your child when practising spellings each day.
there/their/they’re
to/two/too
eight/ate
bored/board
stairs/stares
waist/waste
write/right
knight/night
your/you’re
break/brake
spellings 7th October 2022
Next week, we will practice dropping the y and adding i when we change the root word and add a suffix.
cry/ cried/ crying
carry/ carried/carrying
copy/copied/copying
worry/ worried/worrying
happen/happened/ happening
07.10.22 Spellings
Next week, we will be learning about suffixes – adding –ing and –ed to change the tense of words. Learn these words at home – maybe write some silly sentences or speed write them as many times as you can.
according
achieved
criticising
determined
embarrassing
developing
guaranteed
queued
Please practise these words ready for a spelling test on Friday 14th October.
07 October 2022
Below are the new spellings for the next two weeks. On the first week, use the look, say, cover, write, check method. On the second week, write the words in the air.
- has
- he
- here
- his
- house
Spellings
Our new spellings for the next two weeks will be:
of, once, one, our, pull, push, put, said, saw, says.
Why not try our super spelling strategy?
Friday 07 October 2022
There have been two sets of spellings handed out this week. Your child will have been given the correct spellings for them to learn.
This week, our spellings focus on dropping the y for i when adding ed and keeping the y for ing. Make sure you spot the different suffix, too!
worry – worried
carry – carried
happy – happiness
ugly – ugliness
creepy – creepiest
funny – funniest
sorry – sorriest
reply – replying
copy – copying
marry – marrying
OR
This week, our spellings focus on words we sometimes spell incorrectly in our writing:
with
what
said
which
where
why
could
should
would
who
30th September 2022 spellings
Next week, we will be focusing on double consonant words:
– appear
– different
– shop/ed/ing
– trapped
– happening
– opposite
– arrive
Friday 30th September 2022
This week, our spellings focus on double consonants:
appear
different
difficult
possible
trapped
happening
opposite
arrive
hopping
clapped
30.09.22 Spellings
We are learning to use an apostrophe in contracted words. The apostrophe marks the spot where the letter or letters have been removed. Use the following words to create your own sentences. Practise them ready for a test next Friday.
haven’t
couldn’t
don’t
they’ve
we’re
won’t
aren’t
you’re
Year 4: Friday 23rd September 2022
This week, our spellings focus on the ee sound. There’s lots of ways to spell the ee sound so it’ll be good practice to check we know the right ee sound to use!
breathe
complete
appear
extreme
increase
money
chimney
people
busy
quickly