Starter quiz
- Which of the following words are homophones?
- plane ✓
- stay
- plain ✓
- play
- steal
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- Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- for⇔2 ✓
- launch⇔4 ✓
- floor⇔3 ✓
- Which of these spellings can also represent the sound 'or', like in short?
- oor ✓
- aw ✓
- oe
- oi
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- Which of these are proper nouns?
- July ✓
- table
- August ✓
- sport
- ball
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence: I want to ___________ the ball.
- cash
- cach
- catch ✓
- katch
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence: I will put this cap on my ___________.
- hed
- head ✓
- heed
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Exit quiz
- Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: There are lots of __________ in the park.
- peple
- people ✓
- poeple
- peepul
- peopl
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- Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: The letter was sent to __________ Moss.
- Mr ✓
- Mir
- mrr
- mistuh
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- Choose the 'or' spellings that match the words.
- or⇔port ✓
- oor⇔floor ✓
- au⇔August ✓
- aw⇔lawn ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: Her best spoort is football.
- spawt
- spaut
- sport ✓
- spot
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- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: Please close the daw.
- dau
- daw
- dor
- door ✓
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- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: There was a neat, green lorn in front of the house.
- lawn ✓
- loorn
- laun
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘aw’ is a representation of the 'or' phoneme that often comes at the end of a word and sometimes in the middle.
- ‘oor’ is a representation of the 'or' phoneme that sometimes comes at the end of a word.
- 'Paw' and 'poor' are homophones.
- How to spell the common exception words: people, Mr and Mrs.
Common misconception
Pupils can think the 'rules' for the spelling will always help to choose the right spelling.
Explain that rules can help us a certain amount. We also need to use our judgement of 'what looks right'.
Keywords
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Trigraph - three letters that represent one sound
Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
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