06 March 2020
‘shun’ endings: tion, sion, ssion
Learn for a spelling test next week.
- ambition
- reflection
- infection
- collision
- explosion
- comprehension
- invasion
- profession
- confession
- discussion
Tricky words: sure, people, where
Friday 06 March
This week we have been focusing on the suffixes –ful and –less
Take the root word and rewrite it by adding one of the suffixes –ful and –less to make a adjective.
| Root word | + ful | + less |
| fruit | ||
| heart | ||
| thought | ||
| care | ||
| use | ||
| hope | ||
| thank | ||
| harm | ||
| doubt | ||
| help |
Can you find any more words with –ful and –less as suffixes?
Friday 28 February
This week we have been focusing on apostrophes of ownership. Eg: The children’s shoes were wet.
We have also practised some of the Y3/4 spelling list.
For homework this week, you need to learn these spellings from the Y3/4 spelling list.
Use the Look, cover, say, write, check method to learn these words.
07 February 2020
This week we have been looking at prefixes auto- and tele-. These prefixes change the meaning of the root word.
auto – means self
tele – means distant
To learn these spellings, which method are you going to use?
- Pyramid write
- Rainbow write
- Look, cover, say, write, check.
Can you find any more words with auto or tele as a prefix?
Spelling list
| automatic | autopilot | autocorrect | autograph | autocue |
| telegram | telephone | television | telescope | teleport |
31 January 2020
| Add the correct prefix to the following root words. Choose three words and write them in a sentence. | |
| dis | polite
regular legal offensive mature necessary agree appear convenient
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| un | |
| im | |
| in | |
| il | |
| ir | |
24 January 2020
This week we have been learning to use apostrophes for contractions. Don’t forget to put the apostrophe in the correct place! You wouldn’t want to get it wrong. Let’s be smart about it!
I’ll don’t you’re couldn’t
haven’t wouldn’t shouldn’t hasn’t
they’re aren’t let’s
hadn’t she’s he’s
Can you use each of these words in a sentence? Can you think of any more examples?
24 January 2020
| Prefix co- and re- + tricky words
Learn for a spelling test next week. |
|
| co-operate | re-emerge |
| co-own | re-invent |
| co-ordinate | re-tell |
| co-exist | beautiful |
| which | really |
17 January 2020
Suffixes: ant/ance, ent/ence
Complete the words with the correct suffix.
- violence
- toler__
- confid__
- conveni__
- attend__
- assit__
- hesit__
- innoc__
- resid__
- depend__
Write a sentence using as many words from above as you can.
17 January 2020
This week in spellings we have been recapping the alternative phonemes for oa and oo. (We studied these last term.) This week, practise each word by using pyramid write.
Think about each spelling as you write it.
oa sound oo sound Tricky words
although drew could
notice choose should
throw peculiar people
potatoes approve even
10 January 2020
This week in spellings, we have been recapping the long vowel sound for ai, ee and i. (We studied these sounds last term.)
For this week’s homework, practise each word by using rainbow write.
Write out the word correctly. Write over it in a different colour. Then repeat with two other colours. Think about the spelling as you write it.
ai sound ee sound ie sound
favourite believe exercise
straight breathe bicycle
weight complete decide