Starter quiz
- Identify the spellings that contain the 'or' sound.
- warm ✓
- laugh
- naughty ✓
- tower
- thought ✓
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- Match the 'or' sound spellings to the correct words.
- door⇔oor ✓
- morning⇔or ✓
- jigsaw⇔aw ✓
- pause⇔au ✓
- thought⇔ough ✓
- Which sentences are in the past tense?
- I buy a pint of milk.
- I bought a pint of milk. ✓
- I think it is my friend's birthday today.
- I thought it was my friend's birthday today. ✓
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- Match the words to the number of phonemes they contain.
- walking⇔5 ✓
- more⇔2 ✓
- bought⇔3 ✓
- Which of the following words are homophones?
- play
- pause ✓
- plane
- paws ✓
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'I like to jror in my sketchbook.'
- dror
- drawer
- draw ✓
- droor
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Exit quiz
- Identify the words containing the 'ough' letter string.
- tough ✓
- outdoor
- scuffle
- nought ✓
- story
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- Match the words to the sound that the ‘ough’ letter string is making.
- brought⇔or ✓
- through⇔oo ✓
- dough⇔oa ✓
- Match the words to the sound that the ‘au’ letter string is making.
- haunt⇔or ✓
- vault⇔o ✓
- aunt⇔ar or a ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'You need to crawl throw the tunnel.'
- throo
- threw
- thruogh
- through ✓
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'There were rumours that the house was hawnted.'
- hornted
- haunted ✓
- houghnted
- horented
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- Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'I hope you are wearing enuff layers.'
- 'enough' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The 'ough' spelling can make a variety of sounds.
- The 'au' spelling can make a variety of sounds.
- When you hear one of these sounds, the word might contain the 'ough' or 'au' spelling.
- The pronunciation of the 'au' letter string may vary depending on accent.
- How to spell the curriculum words: amateur and sacrifice.
Common misconception
Pupils might think that all words with the letter strings 'ough' and 'au' are pronounced the same way.
Show pupils that these letter strings can sound different depending on the word they are in. Explore different words and talk about which sounds are the most and least common.
Keywords
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word
Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound that can change a word's meaning
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
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