21 January 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about contractions. Contractions are when two words are combined a letter(s) is omitted – and replaced with an apostrophe. We use contractions in our writing and our speech to be less formal. Your child should practise spelling these contractions…
- do not/ don’t 6. he will/ he’ll
- will not/ won’t 7. she will /she’ll
- could not /couldn’t 8. they will /they’ll
- should not /shouldn’t 9. has not/ hasn’t
- I am/ I’m 10. is not/ isn’t
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 28 January 2022 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.
14 January 2022
This week, we’ve been again practising alternative graphemes – different ways to write a sound. We’ve explored lots of different ways to write the ee, ie sound in the English language. To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
You may notice that these words are repeated from last week. This is because the children require further learning on these.
Can your child write a sentence for each word?
increase bicycle decide describe exercise guide height surprise
For children who would like a further challenge, please create a word family for three of these words by adding suffixes. For example, increase – increasing, increased
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 21 January 2022 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.
07 January 2022
This week, we’ve been again practising alternative graphemes – different ways to write a sound. We’ve explored lots of different ways to write the ai, ee, ie sound in the English language. To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
increase bicycle decide describe exercise guide height surprise
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 14 January 2022 to see how we’ve got on.
10 December 2021
Next week, we’ll continue to focus on common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.
hear, here, which, witch, to, two, too,
I can hear a tune. Come and sit here.
Which shoes shall I wear? I saw a witch with a broomstick.
I am going to the shop to buy two lollies. Do you want to come too?
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 17 December 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.
03 December 2021
Next week, we’ll be recapping common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.
where, wear, were, there, they’re, their
Where are you going? Wear your warm coat. We were cold yesterday.
They’re going to visit their granny. She lives over there.
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 10 December 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.
26 November 2021
Next week, we’ll be learning about making words plural.
Plural is where there is more than one of something.
To help consolidate this learning, please practise spelling these words at home. We’ll test ourselves on Friday 03 December to see how we’ve got on.
Y3 Y4
boy – boys group – groups
group – groups wolf – wolves
box – boxes address – addresses
bus – buses bicycle – bicycles
church – churches church – churches
fox – foxes potato – potatoes
jelly – jellies jelly – jellies
lorry – lorries lorry – lorries
For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, click here.
19 November 2021
Next week, we’ll be learning about comparative suffixes. We will be practising adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ to root words. Practise spelling the root word, then the root word + the suffixes.
| root word | -er | -est |
| tall | taller | tallest |
| small | smaller | smallest |
| root word ending in e | drop e add -er | drop e add -est |
| nice | nicer | nicest |
| late | later | latest |
| brave | braver | bravest |
| root word ending in y | swap y for i add -er | swap y for i add -est |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| happy | happier | happiest |
It is really important that your child practises in the way that best suits them. 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.
12 November 2021
Next week, we’ll be learning about the spelling rules for suffixes:
Adding the suffixes –ed and -ing
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. A mixture of both endings will be tested on Friday 19th November.
It is really important that your child practises in the way that best suits them. 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.
Y3 Y4
help – helped -helping answer – answered -answering
laugh – laughed – laughing laugh – laughed – laughing
hiss – hissed – hissing surprise – surprised – surprising
beg – begged – begging learn – learned – learning
rob – robbed – robbing notice – noticed – noticing
hate – hated – hating help – helped – helping
live – lived – living cry – cried – crying
smile – smiled -smiling smile – smiled -smiling
05 November 2021
Next week, we’ll be learning about the spelling rule:
double up for a short vowel sound
An example of this is in the word difficult. The ‘i’ is a short sound if you read it aloud, therefore the following consonant ‘f’ needs to be doubled up. Another example is trapped.
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.
Yellow group
appear, different, difficult, possible, trapped, happening, opposite, arrive
Blue group
shop- shopped – shopping
hop – hopped- hopping
plod – plodded – plodding
trap – trapped -trapping
arrive, different
We’ll test ourselves on Friday 12 November to see how we’ve got on.
15 October 2021
Next week, we’ll been learning about some common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!
To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.
there, they’re, their, which, witch, to, two, too
We’ll test ourselves on Thursday 21 October 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.