Weekly Spelling List Information
Each spelling list has two parts: part one is based on a rule/pattern/exception, and the second part on high frequency words. The first ten words follow a rule/pattern/exception. The rule will be included at the beginning of each list. The next five words are high frequency words that students use in everyday life.
Students are not expected to memorize the rule, they are only responsible for the spelling of the fifteen words.
Grade 4 Spelling List #1
Double Vowel Syllables:- ai and -ay
- The first vowel has the long sound and the second vowel is silent (in most cases).
- The ai vowel combination is used in the beginning or in the middle of a word or syllable and says /a/.
- The ay vowel combination usually occurs at the end of a word or syllable and says /a/.
Rule/Pattern/Exception
- slay 2. stray 3. holiday 4. Monday 5. stain 6. faith 7. sprain 8. plain 9. aim 10. afraid
High Frequency Words
- afternoon 12. colour 13. become 14. questions 15. thought