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- Hi, it's Ms. Morgan again, ready for your spelling lesson.

Today, we're going to be practising using homophones.

Remember, homophones are words that have the same sound.

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

For example, right and write.

Yes, you're right.

That's correct.

Or I'm going to turn right.

Or I'm going to write you a letter.

So that way we've got three different meanings for the word right.

Let's get started.

Our agenda for today, we're going to revise homophones, we'll recap the spelling words, I'll teach you a new strategy, and then we'll have our spelling test.

In this lesson, you're going to need something to write on, so some paper or an exercise book, a pencil, something to write with, and, of course, you've got your brain ready, switched on for learning.

Pause the video, go and get these things now.

What is a homophone? Can you put your finger on your nose if you can remember? Maybe you can remember some examples for me.

Brilliant! Remember, homophones sound the same, but they have different spellings and different meanings.

That's really important.

Here's a homophone, meet/meat.

Meet.

Can you wave at me if you know what one of the meanings is for this? Well done.

That's right, meat can be an example of some steak or a pork chop.

Meat is a food that we eat.

Or the other meet, with a double E, could be I'm going to meet someone, or nice to meet you.

Key vocabulary for today.

Some of you probably already guessed it but it is homophones.

My turn, homophones.

Well done.

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

Well done.

Now, this is different to homonym.

A homonym is words that have the same spelling but multiple meanings.

We are looking at homophone today.

It can be really easy to get confused with the two.

In fact, I sometimes do.

I have to be actually really careful.

Remember, we looked at the word homophone, and we discovered that the homo part meant one and same from the Greek word homos, and that the phone bit actually meant voice from that Greek word.

And so when you think about it, you could say it as same voice.

And for me, I think that means, oh, the same sound, they sound the same.

It's really interesting to look at the origins of words.

Let's revise.

Can you spot the homophones in these sentences? Give me a big fat grin when you spot them.

I will be in school at 8:45 am.

The forager bee collects the pollen from plants.

Which one is it? Be/bee, well done.

To recap, let's use our sentence stem to explain.

We've got four missing words and you've got to try and fill the gaps for me.

I'll read the full words first and then the sentence.

Homophones, same sound, different spelling, different meaning.

Hmm are words that have the hmm but have a hmm and a hmm.

Can you try and fill in the gaps for me? Pause the video and I want you to say it out loud in a full sentence using the sentence stem.

Pause the video, have a go now.

How did you get on? It can get a bit wordy, can't it? Remember, homophones are words that have the same sound, like bear and bare, my example you can see down here, but a different spelling and a different meaning.

Well done.

Now, one of my favourite ones.

Which one is the odd one out here? Which word is not a homophone? Remember, homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

Can you think of other words that sound the same as break, play, two but have different spellings and different meanings? Pause the video, have a go now.

How did you get on? It's quite a tricky one here.

All right, let's take brake first of all.

Well, I know that this spelling, brake, has to do with the brake on a bike, so I'm gonna pull my brake in order to stop.

Now, you also know that there's another spelling of brake, which means break time, so it's not gonna be brake.

Two, well, that was one of our spelling words.

I know that there's T-O and there's T-O-O, so that's definitely a homophone.

Sounds the same but different spellings, different meanings.

Play, I'm going to go and play outside, so that's a verb.

I'm going to go and watch a play.

Ah, I've spotted it.

Play is the odd one out 'cause it's actually a homonym.

It has two or more meanings but with the same spelling.

Oh, tricky one there, Ms. Morgan.

Let's see if you can remember the definition of a homophone.

I know you're saying, "Ms. Morgan, we keep going on with this," but it's really tricky.

It's really easy to get confused.

Option one, two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings, different spellings.

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

Pause the video, read them again, and then point to the screen.

That's right, option one.

Well done.

Because they sound the same, but different meanings and different spellings.

Did you recognise option two? Bonus question, what is it? It's actually a suffix.

Well done.

That's what we've been practising.

Let's see if we can practise and apply some of our spelling words.

Here are the six spellings.

There were some tricky ones there, particularly when you have to try and remember right context to use them.

I definitely know that I found this hard when I was young.

To, too, two.

Oh, always used to trip me up.

Anyone got any good tricks? Let me share mine.

Remember, I imagine T-O, you're off to go and see somebody.

T-O, I'm off to go and see somebody.

I'm going to the park.

T-O, I'm off to go and see somebody.

T-O-O, too many, too many umbrellas.

Too much, I can't eat it anymore.

There are too many umbrellas.

And number two, we need two avocados.

We're now going to see if you can apply this knowledge.

Do you know which to/two/too to use in which context? I'll read the sentences out loud and see if you can work out which one.

Which goes where? The teacher read the book hmm the class.

You are hmm tall to go on this ride.

I need hmm people to help me with a job.

Pause the video, see if you can choose which one to go in the right place.

How did you get on? The teacher read the book to the class, T-O.

You are too tall to go on this ride.

I know that's the double O, 'cause we got too many Os.

And I need two people, T-W-O, to help me with a job, so it's a number two.

Don't worry if you got mixed up, practise makes perfect.

There, they're, their.

Now this is quite a tricky concept.

Remember, it's really important to remember the context that you are using.

That will help you to remember which spelling.

So here's a picture of a dog sitting outside a shop with three sentences to explain using the three thairs.

There are chairs outside the shop.

Remember, that sort of there is an adverb that indicates place, so there, so I put a map to remind me.

There, I know it's going to be there.

Their dog was waiting for them.

And that their is possession, owns it, so owning the dog.

Okay, I've got the picture of the money to help you.

Owning the dog, it's their dog, possession.

Finally, they're inside buying some gifts, and that's the contracted version.

And you've just got to remember that you put it apart to make they are.

See if the sentence makes sense when you put it back together and you know if it's correct, Let's see if you can apply these.

Here are three sentences and you need to choose the right there/they're/their.

Remember those tricks I just taught you.

There, there are chairs, that place where the things are.

Their dog, possession, it's theirs.

And the contracted version of they are, they're.

Going to the shop was their idea.

Why are you over there? They're going to move house soon.

Pause the video, try and choose which there/their/they're goes in the right sentence to make it correct.

Remember our tricks.

Off you go.

How did you get on? Going to the shop was their idea.

It's their idea.

Their idea, they own it, it's their possession, T-H-E-I-R.

Why are you over there? Hmm.

It's T-H-E-R-E and that's a place.

They're going to move house soon.

Remember, you try it apart.

They are going to move house soon, they're going to move house soon.

Well done.

Be and bee.

Remember the first be, B-E, is a verb used to describe something or someone.

I'm going to be a star.

I'm going to be a scientist.

They're going to be happy with me.

And the second sort of bee, B-E-E, is the buzzing bee.

And I like to remember the buzzing bee has a double E.

You say it with me.

The buzzing bee has a double E.

Well done.

The bee stung me.

Ouch! Let's see if you can choose which be/bee.

She wants to be an astronaut.

The bee returned to the hive.

Pause the video.

Have a go, which one goes where.

Remember, the buzzing bee has a double E.

How did you get on? She wants to be, that's right, B-E, an astronaut.

And the buzzing bee returned to the hive.

The buzzing bee has a double E.

Well done.

Right, write.

The first spelling of right, R-I-G-H-T, actually has two meanings we're going to discuss.

The first one has to do with direction.

You turn night at the crossing.

The second meaning is, that's the right one, talking about something correct, choosing the right answer.

And the second spelling of right we're going to look at is W-R-I-T-E, I'm going to write this down.

Here are two sentences.

Let's see if you can apply your knowledge.

It took me a long time to write that story.

That's the right direction to go in.

Can you choose which spelling of right/write goes into the correct sentence? Think about the meanings we just talked about here.

Off you go.

Pause the video.

How did you get on? Did you spot the clue? In the first sentence, it took me a long time to write that story.

The clue "their story" is telling us that we're actually writing something, so I know that it's the W-R-I-T-E spelling.

And the other clue in the next sentence talks about direction, that's the right direction, R-I-G-H-T.

Well done.

Now we're going to learn a new strategy to practise our spellings.

This strategy is called naughty letters.

We've done it before, but we're going to do it slightly differently today.

What do you find tricky with this spelling, T-H-E-R-E? I can tell you, I'm never sure which context to use it in, so here's my handy hint.

I like to draw an arrow to show that this has to do with place.

This is an adverb to describe place for there.

So I draw an arrow and that helps me remember.

I also sometimes like to remember that saying go from here to there, here to there, and I know the spelling of here.

And if I know the spelling of here, then I'm going to know that tricky bit of the there.

From here to there.

So my trick here is you can draw an arrow, or you can practise writing here to there.

How about with this one, the other their? And that's to do with the possession, the owning.

So here, I like to draw a person in the I, and that reminds me that it's always somebody's possession, they're owning something there.

What about this one? Too? Hmm, straightaway I think too much.

And you know what? There's too many Os there.

So I've drawn today two little people in my Os, so it's too many Os.

I also like to remember someone saying, please let me come too, so me as well.

Why is this a useful strategy? Well, it allows you to interact with the word.

We just saw that, didn't we? We get to draw smiley faces in our Os.

It highlights those tricky naughty letters.

Should we look again? Those tricky naughty letters here in that their.

So it's highlighting that naughty I.

And finally, it consolidates meaning, so it makes sure you understand you know what those words mean, which is really hard with those naughty homophones.

Now you're going to have a go.

I want you to pick four words to practise, and I'd like you to use the naughty letter strategy.

You can use some of my ideas or you can come up with some of your own.

Pause the video now, and I want you to practise with four words around our spelling list.

Off you go.

Right, it's time for your spelling test.

Remember, you can always come back to this spelling test if you want to do some more practise.

That's absolutely fine.

Take a clean piece of paper, and I want you to write the numbers 1 through to 10 down.

Do this now.

Pause the video.

Right, are you ready for your spelling? Got your pencil? Got something to write on? Got your list written neatly? I'll say the spellings twice, and then I'll say them in a sentence so you can understand the meaning.

I've mixed up the spelling order from last lesson, so make sure you're paying attention.

Are you ready? Remember, you have to wait for me to say the sentence in order for you to know which context and which meaning, therefore, which homophone to use.

Spelling number one, they're having a great time.

They're having a great time.

Number two, write.

Write.

Write down your favourite spelling strategy.

Number three, to.

To.

I'm going to write this word down.

Number four, be.

Be.

I want to be an engineer when I grow up.

Number five, there.

There.

There are lots of homophones.

Number six, too.

Too.

Are you coming too? Are you coming too? Number seven, he ruined their clothes.

He ruined their clothes.

Number eight, bee.

Bee.

The bee is collecting pollen.

Number nine, right.

Right.

Do we turn left or right? Do we turn left or right? Number 10, two.

Two.

There are only two of us.

You finished your spellings, check through them now.

Pause the video if you need to.

Right, let's check your spellings.

Spelling, number one, they're.

They're having a great time, T-H-E-Y-apostrophe-R-E.

Remember, this is a contracted version of they are Well done.

Remember, you tick if correct and you change if not.

Number two, write.

Write, W-R-I-T-E.

Did you get that silent W? Number three, to, T-O spells to.

Number four, be, B-E, be.

Number five, there, T-H-E-R-E.

From here to there.

Number six, T-O-O.

Are you coming too? Number seven, their, T-H-E-I-R.

He ruined their clothes.

Owned their clothes, possession.

Number eight, bee.

The bee is collecting pollen.

Remember, the buzzing bee has a double E.

Number nine, right.

Do we turn left or right? R-I-G-H-T.

Number 10, two, T-W-O.

There are two of us, the number two.

Well done, you finished your spellings.

Remember, if you made any mistakes, just correct them and keep on practising.

Easy lesson, lots of revision.

We recapped our spelling words.

We learned a new strategy of practising with some lots of new ideas.

And then finally, you had your spelling test.

Congratulations.

I'll see you next lesson.

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