Year 4 Spellings
Autumn 1
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.
We have coloured coded the words but unless we tell you otherwise we would like you to try and learn all of them please.
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 magic ‘e’. Handy
hint: Magic Mrs ‘e’ makes the vowel
say its name, but she keeps quiet
and does not make a sound.
w/c: 12/10/15
(to be tested 19/10)
Olney
no
to
apple
cub
only
know
too
table
cube
because
new
two
candle
cap
people
knew
of
kettle
cape
Monday
some
off
jungle
rat
Friday
sum
ate
bubble
rate
Sunday
hole
eight
castle
gap
Tuesday
whole
right
treacle
gape
Wednesday
made
write
whistle
retire
Thursday
maid
flour
drizzle
require
flower
scribble
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.