Starter quiz
- Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- brown⇔4 ✓
- rabbit⇔5 ✓
- arrow⇔3 ✓
- How many syllables are in the word carrots?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 5
- 6
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- Choose one more spelling that can also represent the sound 'r', like in rage.
- t
- w
- rr ✓
- kn
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- Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: I thought the garden __________ was cute.
- gnome ✓
- knome
- nome
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- Match the word to its definition.
- silent letter⇔letters in a word that are not pronounced ✓
- homophone⇔words that sound the same with different spelling ✓
- digraph⇔a type of grapheme where two letters represent one phoneme ✓
- Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: They said __________ to the offer.
- know
- no ✓
- kno
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Exit quiz
- Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: Did you __________ me a question?
- ask ✓
- arsk
- aks
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- Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: He __________ it's time to go.
- sayz
- sez
- says ✓
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- Which words contain the 'wr' spelling of the 'r' sound.
- wrestle ✓
- right
- wrinkle ✓
- rose
- berry
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- Choose the representation of the 'r' sound that matches the words.
- carry⇔rr ✓
- rabbit⇔r ✓
- wreck⇔wr ✓
- Choose the correct word and spelling for the following sentence: I sprained my __________ playing football.
- wrist ✓
- rist
- wrissed
- rissed
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- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: I had to right a sentence during my English lesson.
- 'write' ✓
Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'wr' can be a representation of the 'r' phoneme.
- The representation 'wr' is usually found at the start of a word.
- Words connected in word families often have similar spellings, such as write, wrote and written.
- How to spell the common exception words: ask and says.
Common misconception
Some children might overemphasise the w in words containing 'wr' e.g. w-right for the word write.
Treat 'wr' as a digraph of the 'r' sound to avoid this confusion and orally segment and blend some words with the 'wr' spelling in.
Keywords
Word families - a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning
Present tense - present tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state happening in the current moment or a general truth, such as "run,"
Past tense - past tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state that has already happened or was completed in the past, such as "jumped"
Pronunciation - the way a word or language is spoken, including the sounds, stress and intonation patterns
Silent letter - silent letters are letters in a word that are not pronounced when speaking, like the "k" in "knee" or the "w" in "wrist."