Term 1 Spelling List

5 PRIMARY 4 SPELLING & DICTATION TERM 1 WEEK 1 TO WEEK 10 Name:

Class: P4 _ Week 1 Unit 1: Whatif...? 1. original ideas 2. imagination 3. version 4. horrified 5. surprisedending 6. sadandpathetic 7. bride and bridegroom 8. stewardesses

Parent's signafure:

9.

splintered

10. scoffed 11. the tiny, sparkling glass slipper 12. quantity determiners 13. catastrophe 14. obliged 15. rattle from the breeze

Week 2 Unit l: What if...? Dictation Jim knew he had waited too long to head for home. He loved to linger in the woods for hours at a time. But now it was getting so dark, he could barely seethe path urder his feet. He quickened his pace, hoping to shortenthe time it would take to reach the edge of the small town he lived in. The streetswould be lit; Smithtown had installed lights on every comerHe also knew that many people left their porch lights on all night. Suddenly, Jim heard a strangesound. Could this be the terrible creaturethat somebelieved lived in thesewoods? ' Hopefully, that creature only existed in the town's residents'imaginations.

Week 3 Unit l: Whatif...? l.

nephewandniece

9.

2-

kiplets

10. solid, liquid and gaseousstates

3.

identical

11. compressed

4-

photograph of an old Spanishcastle

12. definite shapeand volume

5.

luggage

13. mixture of gases

6.

officially scheduled

14. matter occupies space

7.

ignored

15. properties

8.

poisonousspider

sizesand textures

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w ee k4 unit 1: what if"'? .

Dictation One day a terrible dragon came to the kingdom. Breathing ftre on anyone who crossed

its path, it tampled houses and burned fields. Many knights battled the dragon but their swords.could not cut its thick scales.Each night it flew home to its cave in the mountains surroundedby a deepravine. The dragon was enchantedand protectedby a magic spell. Many knights went to battle and many knights were hurt as the dragon moved closer and closer to the castle.The King declaredwhosoeverkilled the dragon would be grantedhalf his kingdom. Now knights s*me from across the sea They were the fiercest, the bravest and the biggest lnights anyone had ever seen.A thousand of them gathered to attzckthe dragon. Week 5 Unit 2: You do want to keep fit don't you? 1. 2.

healthyand fit participate

5. 6.

fitnesscampaign benefits a smeillstalkof celery sprinklea little salt

7.

peartywhite teeth

8.

nutcrackerjaw

3. 4.

9.

drought

10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

harvested nufritiousfood camivals vaudevilleshows

immediately 15. grumbled

Week 6: Dictation Unit 2: You do want to keep'fit don't you? Refer to Primary 4 Health Education Book page I, Week 7 Unit 2: You do want to keep fit don't you? 1.

somersaults

g.

2.

world renown

10. furrmidif

3. 4.

dangleandswing ferocious

5.

dips andsoars

6. 7.

reluctantly temperature change freezjngpoint of water

11. condensation 12. tiny dropletsof water 13. invisible 14. arczof exposedsurface

8.

rateof evaporation

15. watervapour

Week I Unit 2: You do want to keep fit don't you? Dictation : Unseen Passage Week 9 Week 10

Continual AssessmentI (No Spelling/ Dictation) Enrichment Activities

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