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Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar(SPAG)
This term we will be learning about a wide variety of spelling and grammar rules, including:
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Vowels and Consonants
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Nouns
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Suffixes- for example: forgetting, forgotten, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred. (Pattern doubling the last consonant. Looking at the unusual pattern of y in the middle of words e.g. myth, pyramid, gym, Egypt...
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Prefixes - added to the root word.
This term we are reading a story called The Wind in the Willows.
We will be using this book as a stimulus for poetry and creative writing: focusing on imagery and using our senses to “paint a picture using words!”
To support our writing, we will be identifying “golden phrases” (phrases which dazzle and delight) and “wow” words, when reading. Remember, reading feeds our writing- it gives us fuel for our imagination.
Comprehension: when reading it’s all about understanding what we have read.
We will be focusing on Literal and Inferential (deductive) reasoning.
Literal: the answer can be found- (pointed to) in the text.
Inferential (deductive): we need to be detectives and use the clues in the text to answer questions, giving all the evidence for our response.
Please continue to listen to your child read daily.
Share stories - bedtime stories are always fun!
Verbal stories and family histories help extend vocabulary as well as involving members of the wider family such as grandparents, aunts and uncles.
If you are reading a newspaper or online article involve your child. Children do not seem to be aware that adults are reading all the time too!
The link below takes you to a game hosted by another primary school. This game uses the look, say, cover, write and check method to enhance spelling.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
1. Write the word you want to learn – let’s learn Wednesday. A difficult word because of the silent d. Make sure you copy it down correctly. Remember the capital letter for days.
2. Look at the word – really see the word, look at the shape, visualize it.
3. Say the word /wensday/– saying/pronouncing a word and spelling the word is sometimes very different – usually because of silent letters.
4. Cover it – no peeking, visualize the word – can you remember how it looks.
5. Write it.
6. Check it – letter-by-letter.
7. Correct it – try and work out why you made the mistake - use any memory tricks to help remember the difficult bits.
Try and see only the correct spelling so it stays into our visual memory.
Oops! I forgot the silent ‘d’ – a classic mistake. It’s a good idea to break Wednesday into syllables which are small chunks of the word – with the vowel in it. Wed/nes/day. Or use whatever memory tricks that help you with spelling a word.
Wed/nes/day.
Cover it again and write and check and correct it.
Repeat over the following days and weeks.
Write sentences including the targeted word to embed the spelling.
Keep spelling, Boggle and Scrabble champions of the future!
Y3/4 Statutory spellings as listed in the curriculum.
accident(ally)
actual(ly)
address
answer
appear
arrive
believe
bicycle
breath
breathe
build
busy/business
calendar
caught
centre
century
certain
circle
complete
consider
continue
decide
describe
different
difficult
disappear
early
earth
eight/eighth
enough
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
forward(s)
fruit
grammar
group
guard
guide
heard
heart
height
history
imagine
increase
important
interest
island
knowledge
learn
length
library
material
medicine
mention
minute
natural
naughty
notice
occasion(ally)
often
opposite
ordinary
particular
peculiar
perhaps
popular
position
possess(ion)
possible
potatoes
pressure
probably
promise
purpose
quarter
question
recent
regular
reign
remember
sentence
separate
special
straight
strange
strength
suppose
surprise
therefore
though/although
thought
through
various
weight
woman/women