29 November 2019
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
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
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
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 |
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Use look, cover, write check to help learn these words. There will be a short test on Thursday 14th November.
Friday 18 October 2019
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
Spelling
Practise the following words:
| bicycle
decide describe exercise guide height surprise |
cried
slide polite applied replied why |
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You can do this by:
- trace, copy, replicate
- doodle words
- look, cover, write, check Challenge: Use these words in a sentence.
Friday 20 September 2019
Spelling Challenge:
We have been looking at the long ‘e’ sound in spelling lessons this week.
Make a nonsense story from the words below. Take care to spell the words correctly.
| Spelling list
believe breathe complete appear extreme increase |
relief money chimney people busy quickly |
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Friday 5 July 2019
Spelling
This week, we have started our Reuse, Recycle, Reduce topic.
We have found a link between these words and would like children to explore the prefix ‘re-‘
Learn the following words for a test on Friday 12th July 2019.
- reuse, reuses, reusing, reusable, reused
- recycle, recycles, recycling, recyclable, recycled
- reduce, reduces, reducing, reduced
Other topic words to learn:
- waste, wastes, wasteful, wasting
- environment, environmental,
- package, packaging,
- plastic
- Top Tips to learn spellings
- Make a list of the words you have trouble spelling. …
- Check word origins in the dictionary. …
- Chunk it into parts …
- Sound it out. …
- Draw a picture …
Friday 28 June 2019
Spelling
This week’s spelling homework is a word search activity. The words are some common misspelt words taken from the Year 3 / 4 spelling list.
Tips: check the spelling of the word carefully before your child searches for it. Then, check every letter is included.
Challenge: Use the blank template to make one of your own either from the Year 3 / 4 Spelling list, or from topic words in class.
For example: refugee, migrant, choice, border, movement, environment, welcome, language, safety.
Friday 21 June 2019
Spelling
This week’s spelling home is to learn the following words for a test on Friday 28th June 2019.
This list of words uses a range of prefixes and suffixes:
mistaken, careless, really, cheerful, carefully, tasteless, disagree, disbelief, happiness, usually, unaware, underachieve, television, automatic, submarine.