Starter quiz
- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: Please put your __________ away.
- cloze
- cloths
- clothes ✓
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- Which two words contain the 'o' sound, like in 'not'?
- hot ✓
- what ✓
- spoon
- poke
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- Match the verbs to their past tense.
- walk⇔walked ✓
- want⇔wanted ✓
- wash⇔washed ✓
- Choose the representation of the 'l' sound that matches the words.
- animal⇔al ✓
- little⇔le ✓
- pencil⇔il ✓
- drill⇔ll ✓
- let⇔l ✓
- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: I built a __________ airplane.
- fossel
- fossil ✓
- fossl
- fosil
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- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: I __________ a new toy please.
- wont
- want ✓
- whant
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Exit quiz
- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: My __________ can be annoying.
- bruva
- bruther
- brother ✓
- brover
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- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: My __________ looks after me.
- muther
- mothir
- muthu
- mother ✓
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- 'a' is the most common spelling of the 'o' sound after which initial sounds?
- w ✓
- t
- th
- qu ✓
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- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: There were too many people on the train and I felt...
- scwoshed
- squashed ✓
- squast
- squoshed
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- Choose the correct spelling to complete this sentence: He could tell the time with his...
- woch
- wotch
- watch ✓
- wach
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- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: I wont to go home.
- 'want' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'a' is the most common spelling for the 'o' phoneme after 'w' and 'qu'.
- How to spell the common exception words: other, mother, brother, another and nothing.
Common misconception
Children can confuse 'th' with 'f' and 'v' in some words because they pronounce it that way.
Focus on pronunciation of the sounds before spelling, and show the tongue moving forward for words with 'th' in them.
Keywords
Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning
Grapheme - the letter or group of letters that represent a sound
Homonym - a word that has the same spelling but a different meaning to another word
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