Welcome to the Spelling Program for Year 4
Complete all tasks in your spelling homework book.
How Words Sound
How Words Look
How Words Change Form
Where Words Come From
Monday, 17 March 2014
How Words Sound
How Words Sound
1. Sound out each of your words. Record yourself saying them in Photo Booth.
2. Use all of your words. Use the rhyming dictionary to find 2 similar sounding words for each of the words. Make sure you know the meaning of the rhyming words that you are using.
Sunday, 16 March 2014
How Words Look
How Words Look Activities
1. For each word count how many vowels and consonants it has and how many letters in total it has; Make a list showing your words.
For example:
shadow: 2 vowels and 4 consonants. 6 letters in total
cartoon: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. 7 letters in total
2. Draw the shape around each of these words.
3. Underline the tricky parts of each of the words.
4. Ask someone to test your spelling with a look, cover, say, check test.
How Words Change Form
How Words Change Form Activities
1. Find small words within any/all of your words. Make a list of these with the main word and the small words next to it. Be sure to go through all your words.
2. Change your list words to Plurals (more than one). Make sure they are words that can be changed into plurals. Make a list of the main word and the plural next to it. Remember the main words must be a noun.
(Plural rules: Words ending with y – change the y into i and add es
Words that end in sh, ch, x, ss, s, z – just add es
Change words ending in f to v and add es)
Where Words Come From
Where Words Come From Activities
Latin, Greek, Germanic
1. Use the Etymological Dictionary for each word to find out:
a. Where 5 of your word comes from (Greek, Latin, German. Choose 5 words that are interesting to you.
b. What do each of these 5 words means.
2. If any of your words have root words (geo, tele, photo)
make a Root Word Web. You can check if any of your words have root words from the website link.
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