Download Year 4 spellings Spring 1

Year 4 Spellings
Autumn 1 ORANGE
Highlight any you are still finding tricky - keep this copy at home for regular practise.
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 words in ORANGE are a different rule which we want you to make sure you are confident in using.
Remember the list of words that you need to learn in Years 3 and 4 is in your planner on page 114.
Year 4
Autumn 1
Year 3 Revision –
frequently used
words/Days of the
week
w/c: 14/9/15
(to be tested 21/9)
Rule: Homophones &
near homophones – words
that sound the same but
are spelt differently
with different meanings.
w/c: 21/9/15
(to be tested 28/9)
Rule: Homophones & near
homophones – words that
sound the same but are
spelt differently with
different meanings.
w/c: 28/9/15
(to be tested 5/10)
Rule Consonant ‘le’ syllables
found at the end of words
include:
‘ble’, ‘cle’, ‘fle’, ‘gle’, ‘kle’, ‘ple’.
‘stle’, ‘tle’, ‘zle’.
w/c: 5/10/15
(to be tested 12/10)
Rule Using the silent ‘e’. Handy
hint: silent ‘e’ makes the vowel say
its name, but keeps quiet and does
not make a sound.
w/c: 12/10/15
(to be tested 19/10)
people
knew
of
kettle
cape
Tuesday
new
off
jungle
rat
Saturday
some
ate
bubble
rate
Wednesday
sum
eight
castle
gape
–tch words
-er/-est suffixes ph/wh words
oe words/ie words
au words
kitchen
quicker
elephant
goes
August
catching
quickest
dolphin
toe
astronaut
catches
grandest
alphabet
cried
author
switch
fastest
which
tried
dinosaur
switched
fresher
where
field
because
thatch
freshest
while
chief
launch
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.