Download Year 4 spellings Spring 1

Year 4 Spellings
Autumn 2 BLUE
Highlight any you are still finding tricky - keep this copy at home for regular practise.
This half-term we are looking at learning 8 words.
Practise your spellings regularly but remember it is the rule that is the most important area to learn.
Write them in a sentence so that you can show that you understand how to spell the words, what they mean and the rule that they show.
Can you find any words that follow the same rule? Write them down and bring them in to share.
Get your parents to test you and remember to play some of the games you have used in class and online .Teach your family how to play.
The second set of words is a different rule which will be useful to your wider learning.
You may also want to look at the words that you need to learn in Years 3 and 4 is in your planner on page 114.
Year 4
Autumn 2
Rule:The most common way
Rule: Nouns ending in
Rule: Nouns ending
Rule: Nouns ending in
Rule: Nouns ending in
to make a noun plural is to add
‘s’ add ‘es’ in the plural.
in ‘x’ add ‘es’ in the
‘z’ add ‘es’ in the plural.
‘ch’ add ‘es’ in the plural.
w/c: 30/11/15
w/c: 07/12/15
‘s’.
w/c: 09/11/15
(to be tested 16/11)
w/c: 16/11/15
to be tested 23/11)
plural.
w/c: 23/11/15
(to be tested 30/11)
(to be tested 07/12)
(to be tested 14/12)
girl
bus
box
buzz
stitch
girls
buses
boxes
buzzes
stitches
boy
gas
fox
fizz
witch
boys
gases
foxes
fizzes
witches
Rule: Reviewing –nk words
Rule: Vowel digraphs &
Rule: Vowel digraphs
Rule: Vowel digraphs
Rule: Vowel digraphs &
trigraphs: ai, oi
& trigraphs: e–e
& trigraphs: u–e
trigraphs: oa / oe
stink
rain
here
rule
road
stinky
train
theme
rude
toad
think
join
these
tube
goes
blink
joint
delete
tune
toes
Games to play:
Hangman
Kim’s game ( write out each of the words and then take one away – you then have to spell the missing word) odd
one out , write 3 versions of the word you are spelling and try to identify the correctly spelled version.#
Scrabble is a great game for practicing spellings and encouraging more ambitious vocabulary
How many words can you make – eg from condensation (sat, sad, not etc)
Countdown type games with a random choice of letters, make the longest word you can
http://www.spellingcity.com/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/mag/spelling.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/spelling/play.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en01soun-game-syllables-factory
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html#7
Reading regularly and playing word finding games with dictionaries will also extend your knowledge of words
and letter patterns . The more you practice the better you will become 
Other ideas for spellings practice, many other games and a comprehensive list of all Year 4 spellings can be found
on the OMS website in the ‘Parents’ section, under the ‘learning resources and support’ page.