Starter quiz
- Which words contain a hard c?
- pace
- clamber ✓
- chips
- camel ✓
- cell
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- Match the word to the sound the letter c is making.
- actor⇔'k' sound - a hard c ✓
- chat⇔'ch' sound ✓
- cell⇔'s' sound - soft c ✓
- Select the correct spelling of the word in the sentence. Leeds is a sitee.
- sity
- city ✓
- citey
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- Identify the words that contain the /k/ sound.
- back ✓
- cereal
- quiche ✓
- chorus ✓
- witch
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I need a new callender for the new year.
- 'calendar' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I can't diside what shoes to wear today.
- 'decide' ✓
Exit quiz
- What does the origin of a word tell us?
- what the word means
- where the word originally came from ✓
- which word class the word belongs to
- the number of syllables in the word
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- Words containing the 'ch' spelling of the /k/ sound come from...
- Arabic
- French
- Greek ✓
- English
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- Identify the Greek derived spellings.
- machine
- character ✓
- church
- chemist ✓
- chalet
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: The visitors went bach to the lodge.
- bak
- back ✓
- bac
- bakc
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: The voice was an ekow in the distance.
- eco
- ecow
- ecko
- echo ✓
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- Correct the spellings in bold in this sentence. I am sertain that my stumarch hurts.
- sertain, stumach
- certain, stomach ✓
- curtain, stoomack
- serten, stomack
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In words of Greek origin, the letter string 'ch' makes the /k/ sound.
- How to spell the curriculum words: stomach, important and certain.
Common misconception
Pupils will be familiar with the 'ck' digraph so may spell words containing 'ch' making the /k/ sound incorrectly.
Talk about the origin of words and draw links between spellings containing the 'ch' spelling sounding like the /k/ sound.
Keywords
Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time
Spelling - the act of forming words by arranging letters in the correct order
Greek origin - refers to words that come from the Greek language
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