Lesson video

Hi, this is Ms. Morgan again, here for your spelling lesson.

Today, we're going to investigate homophones, which is different from our last lesson, which was on homonyms. You better get cracking.

On our agenda today, we're going to first look at our key vocabulary, then we're going to explore about homophones.

and then we're going to set you 10 spelling words.

As usual, you're going to need these three important things: Something to write with, something to write on, and finally, you've got your brain.

Switch it on, ready for learning.

Pause the video and get yourself ready now.

Let's go.

Homophones.

Homophones.

These are words that have different spellings and multiple meanings, but they sound the same.

I'm going to say it again.

These are words that have different spellings and multiple meanings, but they sound the same.

Homonyms, this is what we did the previous lesson.

These are words that have the same spelling, but multiple meanings.

They sometimes have a different pronunciation as well.

As before, it's really interesting to look at the word origin.

If we split homophone up into homo and phone, we remember from last time, homo means one and same, like homogenous.

And phone means voice, and that's from the Greek word for voice.

So here we're saying the same voice.

That sounds a bit strange, the same voice.

When you look back at the meaning of homophone, it's where the words sound the same.

So same voice does make sense here.

what do you notice about these words? Bear, bare.

They sound the same.

They're not spelt the same.

Do they have the same meaning? Remember, homophones have different spellings, different meanings, but they are sounding the same.

Here we say bear, a Teddy bear, and here is the word bare, which can mean bare feet.

So you don't have anything on your feet.

Let's take a look at another example.

Blew, blue.

They sound the same.

They're spelt differently, and I know they've got different meanings.

Blew, as in I blew bubbles, and blue, as in the colour blue.

These are also homophones.

They sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.

What about these two? Right, write.

That's right, they sound the same, but they have different spellings and different meanings.

Do you know the meanings of these two words? Pause the video, try and put them in a sentence.

How did you get on? Right can mean correct, yes, I got that right, or I'm going to turn right here.

And the word write, below, it's about writing.

I'm going to write a story.

I'm going to write a letter.

So right and write are also homophones.

This is the important thing.

Similarly to homonyms, there are no patterns and rules for homophones.

The way the word is spelt and its place within a sentence will tell you its meaning.

Here's three more homophones.

To, too, and two.

You might have encountered these before, but these can be quite tricky to remember which one to use.

What do they each mean? Pause the video and have a go at putting them in a sentence or explaining what they mean.

How did you get on? To, T-O, is a preposition.

It can explain about the direction in which something is moving.

For example, I'm going to the shops.

I'm off to see the wizard.

T-0-0 is an adverb that means more than is needed of a certain thing.

I ate too much chocolate and it made me feel unwell.

I had too many bananas for lunch.

And finally T-W-O, two, is to do with number of things.

So in counting.

There's two ice creams there.

To, too, two.

It can be hard to remember which ones to use.

To is when you're going to somewhere.

Imagine walking.

Too is when there's too many.

There's too many umbrellas in the sky.

And then T-W-O is two things, two avocados.

Can you match these homophones to the correct sentences? Which homophone would you use? Which to? I'll read them out first, and I want you to pause the video and point to which one's going to go in each sentence.

He is only, hmm, years old? Number two, I went, hmm, the hairdresser's.

Number three, the car was going, hmm? Pause the video.

Choose which two goes where.

He is only two years old.

T-W-O, that's two things.

Number two, I went to the hairdresser's.

Remember, it's explaining the direction you're going, where you're off to.

Number three, the car was going too fast.

Too much of something.

So the speed was too much.

Here are three more homophones.

They're also a little bit tricky.

There, their, and they're.

I don't know about you, but it took me a long time to remember which one to use.

So I'm going to teach you a few strategies today to help you.

T-H-E-R-E, there is an adverb which indicates a place.

For example, I live here, not there.

Can you see me over there? T-H-E-I-R indicates possession.

The children left their games.

I have got their shoes with me.

And T-H-E-Y, apostrophe, R-E is the contracted form of they are.

So instead of saying, they are early, you contract they are to they're, and you say they're early.

The tricks to help me, I like thinking about go from here to there.

And if I say that, it helps me to remember the spelling, because I know that here is H-E-R-E, and there has the same spelling T-H-E-R-E.

You say it with me, go from here to there.

And the other one I like to do is they're stuck together, but they are apart.

So they are apart here but they're stuck together.

They and are are stuck together.

Okay.

Can you choose with homophone go to which sentences? Which there do we use? I'll read the sentences out loud first.

We stayed, hmm, for 10 days.

Hmm, having a great time? Have you been to, hmm, house yet? Pause the video.

See if you can fit in which there.

Take your time.

This is tricky.

How did you get them? We stayed there for 10 days, T-H-E-R-E, from here to there.

There was the place they were staying at.

Hmm having a great time? They're having a great time.

They are, they're.

They're having a great time.

Have you been to their house yet? And that one is the possession.

It's their house, they own it, or they live there.

What have we learned? Here's the sentence stem to explain our learning from today.

There are four words missing from my sentences.

I'll read it out.

See if you can work out where the missing words go in order to make the sentences complete.

Hmm, are words that have the same, hmm, but a different, hmm, and a different, hmm.

The meaning of a homophone changes depending on the context.

The missing words are sound, meaning, homophones, spellings.

I'll read the sentence out again.

I'll read the sentences out again.

Hmm, are words that have the same, hmm, but a different, hmm, and a different, hmm.

The meaning of a homophone changes depending on the context.

Can you pause, decide where the missing words go, and I want you to say the sentence out loud.

It's really important to say the full sentence, because it will help your understanding.

Pause the video, do this now.

Homophones are words that have the same sound, but a different meaning and a different spelling.

The meaning of a homophone changes depending on the context.

Remember, you can have more than one meaning.

You can have multiple.

I'm now going to set your 10 spelling words, Make sure you've got a clean piece of paper with numbers 1 to 10 down in a list.

Pause the video, get your numbers written down now.

Let's go.

Your first spelling it to, the word to.

I'm going to write this word down.

I'm going to the beach.

Pause the video if you need to.

Remember, it's one O.

Number two, it's the word too.

This time, it's about too much, too many people.

And our sentence is are you coming too? Number three, the number two, T-W-O.

Be careful of the W and the O here.

It's a tricky spelling.

Number four, there.

Be careful with the ending here, E-R-E.

Remember my little tip from here to there.

And if you know how to spell here, then you know how to spell there.

Number five, their.

Has to do with possession, T-H-E-I-R, their shoes, their home, their bottle.

Number six, they're.

Remember, this is a contraction of they are.

Contraction, we're putting them together to make a shortened version of the word.

The sentence could be they're outside.

They're waiting for you.

And the clue here when you're doing it is you can always undo the contraction and test they are to see if it makes sense.

Number seven is be.

And that's a verb that means to exist, occur, or take place.

The meeting will be in 10 minutes.

I will be there.

I'm going to be a star.

Number eight, the buzzy bee , B-E-E.

Number nine, right.

I'm correct.

Or not left, you're going right.

And number 10, write again, but this time writing a story.

Be careful here with the W at the beginning.

Those are your 10 spellings.

Make sure you've got them written down carefully.

You can practise them using some of the strategies you've done before, Now a quick revision.

Which one of these is the definition of a homophone.

I'll read out both options, I want you to pause the video and decide.

Two or more words that sound the same, but have a different meaning and spelling.

Option 2, a group of letters at the end of the word that changes its meaning.

Which option is it? Pause it.

That's right, option 1.

Well done! And for a bonus question or bonus mark, what do we call option two? A suffix.

Well done.

Well done, everybody.

That was a really busy lesson.

Make sure you practise little and often using some of those favourite strategies of mine: colour blocking, naughty letters, pyramid spelling.

I'll see you next time.