Starter quiz
- Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- play⇔3 ✓
- snail⇔4 ✓
- pancake⇔6 ✓
- Choose two words that contain the root word play.
- playing ✓
- stay
- played ✓
- plane
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- How many syllables in the word pancakes?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 8
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. Would you like to play this __________ with me?
- game ✓
- gaim
- gaym
- gam
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- Choose two words that rhyme with the word tail.
- trails
- trail ✓
- snail ✓
- ball
- fill
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- Choose the three most common spellings of the ay sound.
- a-e ✓
- ay ✓
- oa
- ai ✓
- ea
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Exit quiz
- Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. He wore a __________ necklace.
- gld
- gawld
- gold ✓
- gowld
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- Match the homophones.
- tale⇔tail ✓
- plain⇔plane ✓
- mail⇔male ✓
- Match the spellings to where they are most commonly found in the word.
- 'ay'⇔at the end ✓
- 'a-e'⇔'last but one' ✓
- 'ai'⇔in the middle ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. What are you saiying ?
- 'saying' ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. The snayk slithered through the grass.
- 'snake' ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. She won the rayce at sports day.
- 'race' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘ay’ is a representation of the ay phoneme that often comes at the end of a word.
- ‘ai’ is a representation of the ay phoneme that often is found in the middle of a word.
- ‘a-e’ is a representation of the ay phoneme that is often found ‘last but one’.
- How to spell the common exception words: old, cold and gold.
- How to write a complete sentence containing words and spellings previously and recently learnt.
Common misconception
Homophones - using the wrong spelling of a word containing the 'ay' sound e.g. plain vs plane.
Use of images alongside sentences and contexts containing the correct spelling is helpful.
Keywords
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Common - common spellings are spellings which appear frequently
Homophone - homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings, like 'tail' and 'tale'
Exception - a spelling that does not follow a rule
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