Year 4

Literacy: Spelling Words
Here you will find the spellings that we will be each Friday this term. Please use the say, look, cover, write, check method as used in Year 3 for learning spellings. The expectation is that children should not just learn words for the weekly spelling test, but should be using these words in their writing in school. Please help your child learn the words which correspond to their group. We suggest your child practises their spellings for ten minutes every day.

Spitfires spelling group
Week 1 – 16.9.11
Spelling pattern – Words with -ph
arachnophobia
cacophony
claustrophobia
hydrophobia
paragraph
pharaoh
phenomenon
phobia
physical
symphony

Week 2 – 23.9.11
Spelling pattern – Words with –ci (‘sh’ sound)
ancient
artificial
commercial
conscious
delicious
efficient
especially
financial
musician
official

Week 3 – 30.9.11
Spelling pattern – Words with cc, xc and cqu (‘ks’ sound)
accelerate
accent
accident
success
exceed
excel
exceptional
excite
acquaintance
acquire

Week 4 – 7.10.11
Spelling Pattern – Words with –ious
anxious
conscious
delicious
furious
glorious
gracious
infections
luscious
luxurious
mysterious

Week 5 – 14.10.11
Spelling pattern – Words with –ti
spaghetti
description
antique
stationary
confidential
essential
influential
partial
patient
torrential

Week 6 – 21.1.11
Spelling Pattern – Unstressed Vowels
assistance
business
camera
chocolate
consonant
definite
diamond
different
interesting
jewellery

Week 7 – 4.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Unstressed Vowels
journalist
listening
mathematics
miniature
mystery
parliament
prisoner
separate
signature
temperature

Week 8 – 11.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Words with –dis
disadvantage
disallow
disappear
disappoint
disapprove
disbelief
disbelieve
discolour
discomfort
disconnect

Week 9 – 18.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Words with -dis
disease
disembark
disembowel
disfigure
dishearten
dishonest
disinfect
disinterested
disjointed
disobedient

Week 10 – 25.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Words beginning -im
immature
immobile
immoral
immortal
immovable
impatient
imperfect
impolite
important
impossible

Week 11 – 2.12.11
Spelling Pattern – Words beginning –in
inaccessible
inaccurate
inactive
inadequate
inarticulate
inattentive
inaudible
incapable
incomplete
inconsiderate

Week 12 – 9.12.11
Spelling Pattern – Words beginning –in
inconvenient
incorrect
incredible
indecent
indefinite
independent
indigestion
inedible
inefficient
inexcusable

Hurricanes spelling group
Week 1 – 16.9.11
Spelling pattern – Words with -tch
Catch
hatch
latch
match
patch
thatch
watch
sketch
fetch
stretch

Week 2 – 23.9.11
Spelling pattern – Words with –wh
whale
what
wheat
where
whether
which
while
whole
anywhere
somewhere

Week 3 – 30.9.11
Spelling pattern – Words with -wa
wallet
wand
wander
want
wash
wasp
watch
swallow
swamp
swan

Week 4 – 7.10.11
Spelling Pattern – Silent k words
knee
kneel
knew
knight
knit
knives
knock
knot
know
knuckle

Week 5 – 14.10.11
Spelling pattern – Silent b and silent t words
bomb
lamb
numb
thumb
debt
doubt
rhubarb
thistle
whistle
castle

Week 6 – 21.1.11
Spelling Pattern – Silent w words
wrapper
wreck
wrestle
wriggle
wrinkle
wrist
wrong
answer
sword
whole

Week 7 – 4.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Silent g, l and k words
gnarled
gnaw
gnomes
sign
calf
half
calm
salmon
folk
yolk

Week 8 – 11.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Words with -qu
quality
quantity
quarter
queen
quench
question
quiz
quote
squabble
square

Week 9 – 18.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Words beginning with c (s sound)
cinema
circle
circuit
circular
citizen
cease
cell
cellar
cement
centipede

Week 10 – 25.11.11
Spelling Pattern – Words ending –ce (s sound)
face
palace
place
race
space
surface
trace
dice
ice
nice

Week 11 – 2.12.11
Spelling Pattern – Words with soft g (j sound)
giant
ginger
general
genius
gentle
damage
angel
emergency
engineer
energy

Week 12 – 9.12.11
Spelling Pattern – Words beginning –oi and -oy
Choice
voice
avoid
spoilt
joint
disappoint
employ
enjoy
annoy
convoy