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Year 3 and 4 Spellings
Summer Term 1
These are the focus words during our spelling lessons this term. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to learn them.
-sure The ending sounding like sh is always spelt -sure | Adding -ly y to i If the root word ends in -y with a consonant letter before it, the y is changed to i | ou, ous |
ensure insure unsure assure measure reassure pleasure displeasure closure enclosure | happily angrily lazily easily busily greedily messily sneakily tidily clumsily | trouble country found court couch mouse famous envious cautious conscious |
ch making the k and sh sounds | sc Latin origin – the Romans probably pronounced the c and the k as two sounds rather than one (s/k) |
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chrome chemical choir anchor monarch ruche niche charade machete pistachio | science scene scented muscle scissors ascend descend discipline fascinate crescent |
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Spring Term 2
These are the focus words during our spelling lessons this term. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to learn them.
y for ‘i' | Prefix ir- To mean ‘not’ Before root word starting with r, in- becomes ir- | Prefix re- To mean ‘again’ or ‘back’ |
mystic mystery mysterious Egypt pyramid dynasty hyphen antonym synonym syllable | irregular irrelevant irresponsible irrational irretrievable irritable irruption irreversible irresistible irrefutable | refresh return reappear redecorate reread replay remember remove revenge recent |
-sion -sion is used if the root word ends in d or se . | -cian -cian is used if the root word ends in c or cs | eigh |
division invasion confusion decision collision television expansion extension tension revision | musician electrician magician politician mathematician beautician dietician optician physician
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Spring Term 1
These are the focus words during our spelling lessons this term. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to learn them.
‘-ture’ The ending sounding like 'tch' is often spelt ture, but check that the word is not a root word ending in (t)ch with an er ending eg teacher | words ending 'ly' | ‘ous’ Added to verbs to form nouns |
creature picture nature texture capture culture feature fracture future mixture | truly wholly lovely duly bully heavenly really reply holy monopoly | famous various jealous obvious curious furious serious anxious hideous devious |
‘ch’ ('sh') . | 'qu/que' |
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chic chef machine machinery brochure chute parachute chalet chiffon fucshia | unique queue quest sequel queen squash squeak squeal aqua square |
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Autumn Term 2
These are the focus words during our spelling lessons this term. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to learn them.
Prefix ‘in’ To mean ‘not’ or ‘no’ | Prefix ‘il’ To mean not. Before a root word starting with L, in becomes il | ‘ation’ Added to verbs to form nouns |
inactive incorrect inelegant indecent insecure inflexible invisible indefinite incredible injustice | illegal illegible illusion illustrate illiterate illness illogical illuminate illation illusive | information adoration sensation preparation admiration nation conversation deflation duration donation |
‘-tion’ The most common spelling. It is used if the root word ends in t or te. | 'ei' |
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action duration donation education operation location creation station position question | vein beige veil reign reindeer reins forfeit foreign receipt weird |
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Autumn Term 1
These are the focus words during our spelling lessons this term. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to learn them.
Adding -ly | Words with ou | Words with ‘ch’ pronounced as ‘k’ |
sadly usually finally quickly quietly calmly clearly deadly exactly lovely | young touch double count about mouth aloud cloud group shout | Christ Christian Christmas chaos echo ache earache headache chord school |
Words with ‘gue’
| y for ‘i’ |
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league tongue plague vague rogue colleague dialogue catalogue vogue fatigue | myth gym hymn lyric gypsy identify apply supply occupy multiply |
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