Starter quiz
- Select the words that are all part of the same 'word family'.
- win ✓
- victory
- winning ✓
- winner ✓
- which
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- Which of these words are nouns?
- two
- friend ✓
- played
- cake ✓
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- Select the pair of homophones.
- night ✓
- sight
- knight ✓
- flight
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- Select the pair of homophones.
- hair
- hear ✓
- here ✓
- high
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- Match each term to its correct definition.
- grapheme⇔a letter or group of letters that represent a sound ✓
- phoneme⇔the smallest unit of sound that can change a word's meaning ✓
- homophone⇔words that sound the same but have different meanings ✓
- Select the correct spelling for the following sentence. I need to take a __________ from work to relax.
- brake
- break ✓
- brayk
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Exit quiz
- Match the homophones.
- won⇔one ✓
- their⇔there ✓
- to⇔two ✓
- our⇔hour ✓
- Select the correct spelling for the following sentence. I would like to buy __________ ticket.
- won
- one ✓
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- Select the correct spelling for the following sentence. The children put on __________ coats.
- their ✓
- they're
- there
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- Select the correct spelling for the following sentence. I walked __________ the shops
- two
- too
- to ✓
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- Select the correct spelling for the following sentence. You are an __________ late.
- are
- hour ✓
- our
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- What is a homophone?
- the smallest unit of sound
- words that look the same
- the written representation of a sound
- words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings are called homophones.
- 'There', 'their' and 'they're' are homophones.
- 'To', 'too' and 'two' are homophones.
- 'Won' and 'one' are homophones.
- 'Our', 'hour' and 'are' are homophones.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to distinguish between decodable and common exception words.
Be explicit about the difficulties in spelling these words and give time to practise spelling these common exception words. Supplement the slides with any visuals linked to your school's SSP to support building on any learning from Rec and Y1.
Keywords
Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
Near-homophone - a word that sounds very similar to another word with a slightly different spelling and meaning
Contraction - two words pushed together
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