Year 4 Spelling

Friday 5th May 2023

Posted on Friday 05 May 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s spellings link to our topic about Carnivals…

Friday 28 April 2023

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Mrs Valentine

Next week, we’ll be writing a narrative that will include some sentences using inverted commas – spoken bits.

Practise the following spelling words ready for this piece of writing where we’ll be using synonyms for ‘said’:

The trick to learn spellings, is to practise them little but often… Maybe spelling them aloud whilst you’re on a journey, writing them down then chopping the letters up and arranging to spell the word again…there’s loads of ways! Be sure to catch us if you need to spice up spelling practice at home – we’ve loads of ideas!

Friday 21 April 2023

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week, our spellings are homophones – words that are spelled differently and have different meanings. Your child will need to know the correct word to use when a sentence is dictated…

knew/new

there/their/they’re

were/where/we’re

witch/which

your/you’re

 

Friday 17th March 2023

Posted on Sunday 19 March 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week, the spellings focus on suffixes – the bit added onto the end of words that changes their meaning. Your child needs to know how to spell all variations ready for our weekly quiz on Friday:

Friday 10 March 2023

Posted on Saturday 11 March 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s spellings focus on suffixes again – adding ly.

accidental – accidentally

complete -completely

famous – famously

natural – naturally

occasional – occasionally

ordinary – ordinarily

happy – happily

basic – basically

sad – sadly

slow – slowly

 

03 March 2023

Posted on Friday 03 March 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s spellings focus on suffixes – the bit at the end of words that can change the meaning of the root word:

Friday 24 February 2023

Posted on Tuesday 28 February 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s spellings link to our computing topic and science learning:

elastic

materials

plastic

properties

disposable

computer

program

sequence

Friday 27 January 2023

Posted on Friday 27 January 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s the spellings focus on suffixes – the bit on the end of words that change the meaning of the root word:

accidentally 
famously
regularly
variously 
completely
possibly
recently 
strangely
friend
people

OR

busily

lovely

quickly

slow

friend

people

The correct spellings to practise are detailed on your child’s homework sheet.

 

Friday 20th January 2023

Posted on Friday 20 January 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s spellings focus on prefixes – the bit at the start of a word…

OR this spelling list…

The spellings your child needs to learn ready for our weekly spelling test is clearly shown on their homework sheet given each Friday.

Every week, we complete a weekly spelling test. This is used to monitor your child’s progress, their ability to practise words at home and as a helpful hint to inform our conversations at parents’ evenings and later in the year, school reports.

As always, be sure to chat to us if your child is finding this learning tricky!

 

Friday 13th January 2023

Posted on Monday 16 January 2023 by Mrs Valentine

This week’s spellings to practise:

  • why
  • light
  • night
  • try
  • fright

OR

  • bicycle
  • decide
  • describe
  • exercise
  • guide
  • height
  • surprise
  • increase

The right spellings for your child to practice are detailed on their homework sheet.