Yr4 spelling draft
Summer 1
Week 1
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 12th April is words where a suffix is added to words ending in 'y'.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: merriment, happiness, plentiful, penniless, happily, prettiest,
nastiness, beautiful, pitiful, silliness
Week 2
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 19th April is words that are plurals with possessive apostrophes. Children have previously learnt about possessive apostrophe + s to show that one thing belongs to another. For example: the dog has a ball becomes the dog's ball. The apostrophe always goes after the noun (the thing).
This week's spellings (in orange) look at where there is a plural noun (more than one of something). Most plural nouns ends in s: two girls, three boys, four babies, five ladies, seven cat
To show something belongs to these, the apostrophe is added after the s.
girls’, boys’, babies’, ladies’, cats’
However, some plurals are irregular:
one child becomes two children
one mouse become two mice
one man becomes two men
one woman becomes two women
one goose becomes two geese
Since these plural nouns do not end in s already, add 's to show possession:
children’s, men’s, mice’s, women’s, geese's.
A good check: cover up everything after the apostrophe (') and you should see the right noun.
Week 3
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 26th April is challenge words
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: guide, possess, forwards, accident, eighth,
occasion, Wednesday, actually, busy, forward
Week 4
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 3rd May is words where ‘au’ makes an /or/ sound.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: automatic, August, launch, haul, astronaut, cause, author, applaud, autumn, audience
Week 5
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 10th May is words where ‘ch’ makes a /sh/ sound.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: chef, chalet, machine, brochure, parachute, chute, chaperone, chandelier, crochet, quiche
Week 6
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 17th May is words with ‘c’ before ‘i’ and ‘e’.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: circle, century, centaur, circus, princess, voice, medicine, celebrate, celery, pencil
Week 7
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 24th May is Revision of words from the year (#33)
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: expression, musician, reluctantly, group,
scene, circle, solve, supermarket, bicycle, except
Summer 2
Week 1
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 7th June is words containing ‘sol’ and ‘real’.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: solve, insoluble, real, reality, dissolve, solution, realistic, unreal, realisation, soluble
Week 2
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 14th June is words containing ‘phon’ and ‘sign’.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: signal, telephone, assign, microphone, homophone, sign, phonics, signature, megaphone, design
Week 3
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 21st June is words with the prefixes ‘super-’, ‘anti-’ and ‘auto-’.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: supermarket, superhero, superstar, superhuman, antiseptic, anticlockwise, antisocial, autobiography, autograph, automatic
Week 4
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 28th June is words with the prefix ‘bi-’ meaning ‘two’.
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: bicycle, biplane, biped, bicentennial, biannual, bilingual, biscuit, biceps, binoculars, bisect
Week 5
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 5th July is Revision of words from the year (#34)
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: incorrect, illegible, subject, international, believe,
preparation, coronation, wildly, bravely, thoughtfully
Week 6
Our new spelling rule, set on Friday 12th July is Revision of words from the year (#35)
The words children can practise on Spelling Shed for a test on Thursday are: brochure, famous, tension, penniless, hideous,
different, astronaut, completion, admission, mathematician
Statutory Spelling Words: Please also continue to encourage your children to practise and revisit words we have learnt from the Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling List - these are called challenge words. These are set on assignments for the weeks we first learn them but can also be accessed at any time on Spelling Shed (Labelled as 'challenge words').
So far we have learnt:
(List 8) strength, grammar, calendar, women, appear, straight, interest, opposite, increase, believe
(List 12) February, naughty, experiment, remember, famous, continue, favourite, complete, material, knowledge.
extreme, although, breath, caught, different, exercise, medicine, thought, business, possession