valley                   ravine

waterfalls             snowdrift

icicle                    frost

chimes                reed

accident             accidentally

tinkle           thought

surprise       woman

criss-cross    thaw

tracks           shoot

fetch            lake

notice                               peculiar

possible                           remember

strange                            mutter

crisp                                gaze

distant                             pale

answer                                 different

arrive                                    favourite

believe                                  February

build                                     grammar

continue                              imagine

This is assess and review week so spellings will be taught from all taught this term.

Year 3

Homophones and near homophones

berry      bury

brake      break

meet       meat

ball        bawl

fair       fare

Year 4

Words with ‘shun’ endings spelt with ‘sion’ if root word ends in ‘se’, ‘de’ or ‘d’

division

invasion

confusion

decision

collision

television

revision

erosion

inclusion

explosion

If your child is having difficulty with the year 4 spellings please use the year 3 and let me know.

Year 3

Homophones and near homophones

here      hear

heel      heal

main     mane

mail      male

knot      not

year 4

Homophones and near homophones

medal     meddle

missed    mist

scene     seen

board     bored

which      witch

Year 3

Words with ‘a’ sound spelt ‘ear’

earth

early

learn

heard

earn

pearl

search

unearth

earl

rehearse

Year 4

Adding the prefix ‘il-‘ before a root word starting with ‘l’ and the prefix ‘ir-‘ before a root word starting with ‘r’

illegal

illegible

illogical

illiterate

illicit

irregular

irrelevant

irresponsible

irrational

irresistible

Year 3

Words with the long ‘e’ spelt with ai

straight

campaign

contain

brain

faint

waist

claim

praise

complaint

afraid

Year 4

Adding the prefix ‘im-‘ before a root word starting with ‘m’ or ‘p’

immature

immeasurable

impossible

immortal

imperfect

impatient

immovable

impolite

important

improper

Year 3

Words with the long ‘e’ sound spelt with ‘ey’

hey

they

obey

grey

prey

whey

survey

convey

disobey

purvey

Year 4

Adding the prefix in- (meaning ‘not’ or ‘into’)

inactive

incorrect

inaccurate

insecure

indefinite

incomplete

infinite

inedible

inability

indecisive