Teaching pack: Spellings for year 4

If you’re teaching year 4, Spellings for year 4 does your spelling planning for you.

The pack is divided into six terms of six weeks. Each week focuses on a different spelling rule and features two differentiated spelling lists, a worksheet and a challenge. The packs also include ideas for spelling games and useful templates.

The pack has been designed to ensure all the planning and thinking is done for you - you can simply photocopy and go!

What’s included?

• Divided into six terms of six weeks, each focusing on a different rule
• Weekly differentiated spelling lists and worksheets
• Spelling templates and suggestions for games

What’s inside?

Introduction (page 4)

Term 1, week 1 — plurals with words that end in -y (revision) (pages 5-7)
T1, wk 2 — adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words of more than one syllable (pages 8-12)
T1, wk 3 — words beginning with mis- (pages 13-15)
T1, wk 4 — adding -ly to words ending in -le (pages 16-18)
T1, wk 5 — homophones (pages 19-22)
T1, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 1 (Pages 23-25)

T2, wk 1 — words containing g or -ge that sound like j (revision) (pages 26-28)
T2, wk 2 — words ending in -eous (pages 29-33)
T2, wk 3 — words ending in -sion (pages 34-36)
T2, wk 4 — words beginning with sub-(pages 37-41)
T2, wk 5 — homophones (pages 42-45)
T2, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 2 (pages 46-48)

T3, wk 1 — words beginning with wr- (revision) (pages 49-53)
T3, wk 2 — words beginning with anti-(pages 54-57)
T3, wk 3 — words ending in -ssion (pages 58-61)
T3, wk 4 — words ending in -ous (pages 62-65)
T3, wk 5 — homophones (pages 66-69)
T3, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 3 (pages 70-74)

T4, wk 1 — adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words ending in consonant +y (pages 75-78)
T4, wk 2 — words ending in -ious (pages 79-81)
T4, wk 3 — words beginning with inter- (pages 82-85)
T4, wk 4 — words ending in -gue or -que (pages 86-88)
T4, wk 5 — words families (pages 89-92)
T4, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 4 (pages 93-96)

T5, wk 1 — adding suffixes to words ending in -e (revision) (pages 97-100)
T5, wk 2 — words beginning with super- (pages 101-104)
T5, wk 3 — words containing ch that sound like sh (pages 105-107)
T5, wk 4 — words ending in -ly (pages 108-112)
T5, wk 5 — homophones (pages 113-115)
T5, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 5 (pages 116-119)

T6, wk 1 — contractions (revision) (pages 120-123)
T6, wk 2 — words ending in -cian/-sion (pages 124-126)
T6, wk 3 — words beginning with auto- and aero- (pages 127-131)
T6, wk 4 — mix and match reminders (pages 132-135)
T6, wk 5 — word families (pages 136-139)
T6, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 6 (pages 140-144)

Spelling games (pages 145-147)

Look/Say/Cover/Write/Check template (page 148)

Word of the week template (page 149)

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