Starter quiz
- Which of these words contain the 's' sound?
- sock ✓
- catch
- wish
- hiss ✓
- chin
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- Which of these words contain the 'k' sound?
- class ✓
- face
- special
- kit ✓
- black ✓
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- Choose the representation of the 's' sound that matches the words.
- ceiling⇔c ✓
- kiss⇔ss ✓
- sad⇔s ✓
- Choose the representation of the 'k' sound that matches the words.
- echo⇔ch ✓
- climb⇔c ✓
- brick⇔ck ✓
- kit⇔k ✓
- Select any vowel letters.
- a ✓
- n
- k
- e ✓
- u ✓
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- Select any consonant letters.
- l ✓
- j ✓
- i
- u
- k ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which words contain a hard c?
- face
- climb ✓
- chat
- actor ✓
- city
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- Match the word to the sound the letter c is making.
- calendar⇔'k' sound - a hard c ✓
- city⇔'s' sound - soft c ✓
- cello⇔'ch' sound ✓
- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- dificult
- difikult
- difficult ✓
- diffikult
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Which veikal is the fastest?
- 'vehicle' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Please put your coat in the cubberd.
- 'cupboard' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. I like to have a kalendr hanging on the wall.
- 'calendar' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Soft c and hard c refer to two different sounds that the letter c can represent, depending on what follows it.
- If the vowel letters ‘a’, ‘o’ or ‘u’ or a consonant letter follows the letter c it is pronounced as a hard c.
- How to spell the curriculum words: calendar, occur and occupy.
Common misconception
It can be hard to identify the sounds a word makes when looking at the spelling.
Encourage children to listen to the word without looking at the spelling. Stretch the word and identify each sound in turn.
Keywords
Soft c - sounds like 's' in words like 'city', 'cereal' or 'mercy'
Hard c - sounds like 'k' in words like 'cat', 'cup', 'coat or 'climb'
Vowel letters - the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’ (and sometimes ‘y’) that represent vowel sounds
Consonant letters - all the letters in the alphabet that represent consonant sounds
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