Year 3 & 4 Spelling

July 13 2018

To learn the following spellings for a text next Thursday 19 July.

tough

lonely

explosion

independent

incredibly

display

popular

wrist

station

capture

July 6 2018

Spelling homework

This list of words has been chosen from errors in a recent test.

tough

lonely

explosion

independent

incredibly

display

popular

wrist

station

capture

For each word:

• look at any spelling rules, patterns or phonic sounds
• count the syllables in each word
• write the word in a sentence
• use shape words

Friday 29 July 2018

This week’s spellings are a selection of words with different suffixes (endings). They will be tested on Friday 7th July.

popular                       interesting                 excited                       horribly

calendar                     creating                       interested                 simply

22 June 2018

Spelling task 

This week’s spelling task is in preparation for a spelling test next week. The words that will be tested are taken from the Year 3 and 4 common exception word list and spelling rules that have been learned this year.

Complete the grid by coming up with as many words as you can with the word endings given. An example has been given in each column.

15 June 2018

This week’s spellings are all taken from our Ancient Egypt topic. Learn the words for a spelling test next Friday, 22 June. Use the words in a sentence so that they are well-remembered.

• Egypt
• Egyptian
• pharaoh
• hieroglyphics
• tomb
• pyramid
• mummies
• ancient
• sarcophagus
• papyrus

08 June 2018

Spelling activity

This week, Year 3 and 4 have been working hard at understanding apostrophes for singular and plural possession. This week’s spelling activity is to look at the text and correct the mistakes.  There are a number of apostrophes that have been used incorrectly. To help, read the text and underline any person or thing that owns something first. Then, decide whether it is singular or plural possession and where the apostrophe should go.

• apostrophes for singular possession (when one thing owns something, such as Mrs Lake‘s jumper or  Ben’s coat)
• apostrophes for plural possession (when more than one thing owns something, such as children‘s classroom or dogs‘ tails)

18 May 2018

Spelling homework

This week’s spelling homework is to learn words with the ‘k’ sound but spelt using a ‘ch’. We saw a fantastic range of words in homework review on Thursday, from alchemist to cholera– well done! As always, learning these words in a context of a sentence will help children to remember them.

• chaos
• character
• chemical
• ache
• technology
• anchor
• echo
• stomach
• monarch

11 May 2018

Investigate words with the ‘k’ sound but spelt ‘ch’. Create a list of words that have these sounds and spelling pattern.

Here are some examples:

• ache
• chaos
• echo
• stomach
• technology

04 May 2018

The spelling homework this week is to learn the ‘ou‘ words for a spelling test next Friday – 11 May.

We saw many colourful and creative ways to practise these words in our homework review today.

• through
• thought
• though
• although
• enough
• rough
• tough
• cough
• favourite
• famous

27 April 2018

Spelling Activity:

The following words, taken from our Year 3/4 list, use ‘ou’ in the middle, but make different sounds when read.

The task this week is to find a way of remembering how to spell these words. The children can do this in a variety of ways: use doodle pictures (e.g. show thought as a thought bubble and through as a tunnel), rainbow words (write over the same words many times in different colours), pyramid words (start with a single letter at the top of the pyramid and add a letter on each layer) or any other way that helps remember how to spell them.

• through, thought, though, although
• enough, rough, tough,
• cough
• favourite, famous