Year 3 & 4 Spelling

18 September 2020

Posted on Friday 18 September 2020 by Mr Catherall

This week, we’d like your child to practise the following spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 25 September 2020.

class grass many money
parents busy pretty behind

For some ideas on how to practise spellings in different ways, check out these ‘super spelling strategies’.

Fancy a challenge? Use these words in sentences. Or, create silly sentences using as many of them as you can – can you use them all?

Friday 11 September 2020

Posted on Saturday 12 September 2020 by Mr Catherall

This week, we’d like your child to practise the following spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 18 September 2020.

because beautiful kind mind
great break child children

Fancy a challenge? Use these words in sentences. Or, create silly sentences using as many of them as you can – can you use them all?

13 December 2019

Posted on Friday 13 December 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Friday 13 December 2019

Spelling Challenge:

Please learn the following words from the list below using the suffixes -ly, -er, -est.

Can you find any other words that could fit our spelling patterns?

 

luckily

luckier

luckiest

lonely

lonelier

loneliest

easier

easiest

easily

merrier

merriest

merrily

6 December 2019

Posted on Friday 06 December 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at plurals and how spellings change when we change them from singular (1) to plural (more than 1).

county

country

city

loaf

knife

thief

counties

countries

cities

loaves

knives

thieves

29 November 2019

Posted on Friday 29 November 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at words that end in -er and -est.

Use these words to create some super silly sentences. They could be a description of a character – be creative!

redder

funnier

braver

faster

happier

crazier

ugliest

nastiest

strangest

weirdest

largest

craziest

Friday 22 November 2019

Posted on Saturday 23 November 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at adding ed or ing to these root words.

Think about how the spelling changes when you add –er or –est to these words.

e.g. big, bigger, biggest

funny, funnier, funniest

Spelling list

quick

strange

sad

brave

red

 

happy

gloomy

nasty

ugly

funny

Friday 15 November 2019

Posted on Friday 15 November 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling Challenge

We have been looking at adding -ed or -ing to these root words.

Think about how the spelling changes when you add –ed or –ing to these words.

beg

laugh

answer

learn

think

shrug

notice

use

help

surprise

notice

grab

struggle

Friday 08 November 2019

Posted on Saturday 09 November 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling Challenge:

We have been looking at words that double up for a short vowel sound.

Spelling list

accident

accidentally

appear

arrive

address

mission

difficult

different

progress

possible

impossible

Use look, cover, write check to help learn these words. There will be a short test on Thursday 14th November.

Friday 18 October 2019

Posted on Friday 18 October 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling Challenge:

This week we have been looking at homophones (words that sound the same but having a different meaning) – there, they’re and their; hear and here; which and witch.

Think of a rule, use it in a sentence, or use doodle words, to help you remember the meaning of each word and its correct spelling.

 

 

Friday 27 September 2019

Posted on Friday 27 September 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Spelling

Practise the following words:

 bicycle

decide

describe exercise

guide

height

surprise

cried

slide

polite

applied

replied

why

You can do this by:

  • trace, copy, replicate
  • doodle words
  • look, cover, write, check                 Challenge: Use these words in a sentence.