Hello everyone,

It is lovely to hear from you and know that you are being wonderfully resilient and persevering to learn and use our weekly spellings. We are so proud of you and are pleased that you are enjoying our tricky challenges of the week. Your good effort and concentration are commendable and we would like to say “Very well done to you all.”

This week our new spellings challenge us to think very carefully when using the suffix –ous to help us to solve a selection of activities.

*Remember:

During your time in Year 4 (whilst reading) you will have noticed this word ending and spotted that it helps to create powerful adjectives that make your reading interesting and fun. Whilst drafting their stories our favourite authors have also had to learn and remember a few spelling rules too.

**Our first web link introduces us to some of these rules when using the suffix –ous and gives us a warm up too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqqsw6f/articles/zqcpv9q

**Our second website has helpful spelling games that will help us to practise using the suffix –ous.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/16/11-The-suffix-ous-1-of-2

UUssiinngg tthhee ssuuffffiixx -- oouuss

**Look carefully at the 3 spelling challenges for you. Remember to focus on learning your word list, then in a week’s time (Friday 22nd May) see if someone in your family can spare a few minutes to help give you a spelling quiz.

New spellings will be put on our Year 4 page for you on Friday 22nd May.

Good Luck

WORD LIST - (Miss Statham’s Group)

enormous

famous

joyous

poisonous

WORD LIST - (Mrs Breckon’s Group)

adventurous

furious

hazardous

hideous

mountainous

WORD LIST- (Miss Ingham/Mr Nagar’s Groups)

advantageous

courageous

dangerous

devious

hazardous

luscious

mischievous

outrageous

**To help remember how to use this word ending confidently here are some of the spelling rules to refer to as you solve our challenges:

E.g. carnivore ....... carnivorous

victory ........ victorious joy .............. joyous mountain ........... mountainous

**There are dictionaries on Google that will help you check the meaning of unfamiliar words you find yourself using this week, but please ask your Mum or Dad before you use them.

Close your eyes. Imagine you are in the rainforest. What can you see, hear and feel? Write a short diary extract about what you see and do. Try to include as many of the suffix –ous words as you can. Don’t forget you can use words from any of our spellings lists too. (You may need to look up the meaning of some of the words that are in our grid below).

mysterious

luscious

ferocious

cautious

glorious

dangerous

tremendous

nervous

various

amphibious

carnivorous

humongous

Challenge yourself...

**Your time in Brazil is nearly over and reluctantly you need to think about returning home. One of your friends has heard of your travels and in a short e-mail you tell them a little about your adventures and why you chose to go to Brazil. The word bank will help you to complete each sentence. (You will find that: courageous, serious, and tremendous can be used quite flexibly).

curious glorious outrageous enormous venomous vigorous courageous fabulous dangerous serious tremendous gorgeous

1) I had always wanted to visit the rainforest because I was ............. about

the amazing animals that lived there. 2) I boarded the plane four weeks ago and set off on my ................

adventure. 3) When I landed in Brazil the weather was ..................... 4) On the first day of my visit I was so excited to begin exploring that I

walked in a ................. manner through the lush tropical vegetation. 5) Suddenly, I froze in terror as an .................., snake slithered past me! 6) I was so shocked I let out an ...... cry for help! 7) It was then that I realised how ......... my adventure could be.

**Well done you are doing superbly. Now read through your diary and see how many –ous words you have used. You could carefully underline them. If you can, take some time to draw the dangerous situation your tour guide rescued you from.

We know you all enjoy reading. For your next challenge your reading book or another fiction book you are enjoying reading will help you.

**Look for words with the suffix- ous.

List them alphabetically and you have begun to create your own personalised dictionary.

a n b o c p d q e r f s g t h u i v j w k x l y m z

Look carefully. How many words can you make using the letters in?

DANGEROUSLY

5-minute refresh ...

**Look carefully at our final challenges. Can you match up the root word in Column A with the matching suffix ending in –ous in Column B?

You will notice that the root words in Column A need the suffix -ous adding to them, can you now fill in Column B?

** Well done! You are doing superbly.

Look carefully at the words you are learning

Some are tricky, to help you remember them it is often useful to know what they mean.

***Carefully copy them down and use a dictionary to help you find out their meanings. (If you have not got a dictionary ask your Mum or Dad if you can use the Google dictionary) then write down their meanings.

Word Meaning