Some ideas to learn your
spellings
Look,say,cover,write and check.
Look up the meaning and write the
definition.
Use the word in a sentence
Ask a parent to make anagrams
for the spellings.
Practise the spellings with missing
letters e.g. Inform____
Use a computer APP.
Create a silly mnemonic e.g. Big
Elephants Can Always Understand
Small Elephants (because).
Don’t forget to have fun!!
Children will be tested on
Fridays.
Year 4
Spelling Booklet
Spring Term
Name: ___________
Week 1
Focus: Compound words
Score
airport
out of 8
baseball
______
cupcake
doorway
After the test:
farmyard
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
fireman
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
goldfish
background
butterfly
eardrum
Week 12
Focus: Homonyms
box
boxes
church
churches
fox
foxes
sandwich
sandwiches
glass
glasses
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 11
Focus: ch words
ache
school
echo
chemist
stomach
scheme
chorus
monarch
orchid
choas
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 2
Focus: Compound words
fingerprint
earthquake
flashlight
basketball
football
snowman
watermelon
sailboat
ladybird
handbag
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 3
Week 10
Focus: Homonyms
there
their
they’re
by
bye
buy
through
threw
knew
new
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Focus: Homonyms
mail
male
main
mane
meet
meat
peace
piece
plain
plane
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 9
Week 4
Focus: Homonyms
Focus: Homonyms
brake
break
fair
fare
grate
great
here
hear
heel
heal
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
where
wear
flower
flour
are
our
no
know
two
too
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 5
Focus: Plurals
knife
knives
elf
elves
shelf
shelves
calf
calves
leaf
leaves
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 8
Focus: -ure ending words
treasure
measure
picture
pleasure
nature
creature
feature
mixture
capture
adventure
Score
out of
10
______
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Week 7
Week 6
Focus: Plurals
baby
babies
country
countries
body
bodies
memory
memories
sky
skies
Focus: Plurals
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Score
out of
10
______
loaf
loaves
half
halves
thief
thieves
wolf
wolves
life
lives
After the test:
Put a dot in the
boxes where the
words were spelt
incorrectly. [.]
Score
out of
10