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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, I love spelling and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

For you today you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as that thing to write with and write on, and someone or something to talk to would be great as well.

Well let's get on with today's spelling lesson then.

In today's lesson, we are identifying and spelling homophones.

The outcome will be, I can identify and spell homophones.

Here are the key words that we've been looking at.

My turn, your turn, homophone, homonym.

Brilliant, so homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellings or meanings.

Homonyms are words that have the same spelling as another word but different meanings.

They can also be pronounced in the same way sometimes too, but not all the time.

So let's have a look at our outline for today.

We're gonna be identifying spelling homophones.

We're gonna begin by looking at some homophones, and then we're gonna have a go at practising and applying some spellings in our second learning cycle.

So let's have a look at homophones.

Homophones and homonyms are slightly different, and you may have been looking or you may know about homonyms already.

Homonym, let's have a breakdown of this word then to understand what it means.

Homo, so homos means the same in Greek, one and the same.

Nym is word or name, so it means same word or same name.

Words that are homonyms have the same spelling but different meanings, depending on the context in which they're used.

Homonyms have the same spelling, for instance here the words light and light, but the words can have different meanings.

I might use this word light to describe the weight of something.

I might also use the word light to describe the light that comes from the sun.

The bright light of the sun was dazzling, there's the word light used in that context.

The present felt as light as a feather, so that's then using that word light to describe the weight of something.

In the other sentence, light is that noun, it's that thing that's coming from the sun.

Homonyms can also have different word classes, dependent on the context they're used in.

Interestingly as well, you'll notice that they are spelt the same, which links that word homonym, which means the same word or name, or the same spelling.

Homophones sound the same but have different meanings, and they also have different spellings.

So let's think about what this word means then.

The homo part, or the homos part, exactly the same as in homonym, means one and the same, and we get this from Greek, the word homos.

The phone though is different to the nym part, which was word or name.

Phone means sound, and we get this from phone or phon or phonos, which we get again from ancient Greek.

Just like in the word phoney , which means the sound.

So homophone then means words that sound the same or same sound.

Is that smoke I can see in the distance? The boats were taken out of the water because the sea was rough.

So here we can hear the same sound in the words see and sea, but you'll notice they're spelt differently and they have different meanings.

One has to do with what you can see with your eyes, the other is the salty ocean sea.

Although these words sound the same when spoken, they have different spellings and different meanings, and we call these my turn, your turn, homophones.

So true or false here, homophones are words that have the same spelling but different meanings.

And then justify your answer.

Homonyms have the same spelling but the words have different meanings.

B, homophones sound the same but they have different spellings and different meanings.

So again, true or false, homophones are words that have the same spelling but different meanings.

True or false? Pause the video now.

Great, absolutely, homophones are words, are not words that have the spelling but different meanings, it's false, they have different spellings but sound the same and have different meanings.

So homophones sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.

If homophones had the same spelling, they would then be homonyms. So let's have a read of some words.

One, my turn your turn, your, aloud, right, sun, new, hole.

These words are all homophones, but I've only given you here, one of their spellings and one of their meanings.

They sound the same as other words, but they have different spellings and different meanings.

Here are the other spellings of these homophones.

So we can see, one could be the number one, O-N-E, or it could be won, W-O-N, like a winner, I won.

We can have your and you're, Y-O-U-R is as in something that is yours, or Y-O-U apostrophe R-E is the contractive form of you and are, you are.

Aloud, A-L-O-U-D, is like you said something aloud, I spoke aloud, or allowed, A-L-L-O-W-E-D is being given permission to do something, you are allowed to do that.

We have right, R-I-G-H-T, and we have write with our sighted W, which is to write something on a piece of paper.

We have sun, S-U-N, which is that star at the centre of our solar system, the sun.

And then we have son, S-O-N, like a father and a son.

We have new, N-E-W, which is something brand new.

And then we have knew with our silent K, K-N-E-W, knew which is I knew, we get, we derive that word from no one knowledge, with that silent K.

We have hole, H-O-L-E, like I dig a hole in the ground, or we have whole with again our silent W there, so it's a whole, whole, with that W is like part part whole, or I ate the whole of something.

So we have to be really careful with our homophones, they sound the same remember, but have different spellings and different meanings.

And some of these spellings as well are quite tricky aren't they? We've got some silent letters, we've got some of them that aren't following our regular patterns in phonics.

The way a word is spelt and it's place within a sentence will tell us its meaning.

Can you spot the homophones in these sentences? Have a read of this sentence, see if you can spot the homophones in these sentences.

Read them all now, off you go.

Remember, we are looking or listening out for with homophones, remember, phone, meaning sound, words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.

So let's have a read of these three sentences and think where are the homophones? We are going to my Nan's house this weekend.

The bath water is still too hot.

There are two options for lunch today.

Our homophone here then is the word to.

There's three different spellings of it here and three different meanings.

We are going to my Nan's house this weekend, T-O.

The bath water is still too hot, so it's T-O-O there, meaning that it's too much of that warm thing, so it's not safe.

And there are two options for lunch today, T-W-O, meaning that number two.

So we have T-O, T-O-O, T-W-O.

Homophones don't always have to come in pairs, we have three homophones here.

We have to know the meanings of the homophones to spell them correctly, and that's really important.

The word to, T-O, indicates direction, intention, or relationship.

I would like to play outside.

The word too, T-O-O, is an adverb indicating excessive amount, or it can also mean also and as well.

Can I play too? So that's indicating that you want to do that as well.

And finally, the number two, or the word two, is the spelling of that number two.

We have two tickets for the concert.

So it's really important that we know the meanings of each of these homophones so that we can use them in the correct context and spell them correctly.

So let the correct spelling in each sentence here.

Let's go to the park, he bought two pizzas and an apple, she tasted the porridge and it was too hot.

Pause the video now and select the correct spelling of to, the homophone for to, for each sentence.

Off you go.

Great, let's go to the park, remember that's that T-O, showing sort of your intention or the direction in which you're going to be doing something.

He bought two pizzas, the number two there, the other to's wouldn't work.

And she tasted the porridge and it was too warm, which is that adverb remember, or too hot sorry, which is that adverb showing too much of something, like an excessive amount of that heat there.

Brilliant.

Unlike many other rules that we will investigated, let's think about prefixes, suffixes, there are no patterns of homophones, we really just need to learn the different spellings for the ways that these words sound.

We can come up with our own ideas to help us remember the spellings.

Where is the nearest bus stop? I can't decide what to wear to the party.

So wear here is our homophone.

Wear spelt W-H-E-R-E is that directional language isn't it? Where, that question word, where.

And wear as in W-E-A-R, wear is what you might wear, I am wearing at the moment, a jumper.

Where refers to a place.

So think of the H in the word as a reminder of a house, which is a place.

So that's a really nice strategy there.

So it's about coming up with some different strategies to help us remember these homophones, because we can't just practise and we apply any rules.

So I'm gonna remember that that H I can use to refer to a house, where refers to a place.

So you think of the H as a word for house, which is a place.

Look at these homophones.

Can you come up with your own way to help you remember how to spell them correctly? This morning, I could hear the birds singing.

Come over here and sit next to me.

Pause the video, can you think of a creative way to remember how to spell each of these homophones? Off you go.

Brilliant, so hear for me is something that involves you listening and using your ears, and the actual spelling of the word here has the word ear in it, so if you remember this it might help you to get that spelling right.

If it's that verb of hearing, using your hearing, remember it has that E-A-R spelling.

So, how about a look here for me, select the correct spelling in each sentence.

I don't know where my shoes are.

You must wear a coat outside today.

Can you hear the sound of the waves? Here is the book you were looking for.

Pause the video and select the correct homophone spelling to each sentence, off you go.

Brilliant, I don't know where my shoes are, that's that asking the where, a place, isn't it? So it's that W-H-E-R-E there.

I wouldn't say I don't know wear my shoes are, W-E-A-R, okay 'cause that's what you're going to wear, it doesn't make sense there, I don't know wear my shoes are.

You obviously wear your shoes, so I'd put that in there to be a little bit extra confusing for you.

You must wear a coat outside today.

Hmm, this is our correct spelling, it's something you're going to put on, it's something you're going to wear, W-E-A-R.

I can hear the sound of the waves, remember how we remember that one? It has ear in it, H-E-A-R.

And here is the book you were looking for, again, H-E-R-E.

Wear and here are fairly similar there, and I remember them as wear has hear in it as well when it's saying where something is, that position, that place.

Identify the homophones in these sentences for me.

Listen carefully for the words that sound the same.

Remember, homophone, same sound.

He waved bye to his friends in the playground.

Put the paint pot by the sink.

What sweets will you buy at the cinema? Pause the video, which words are homophones in these sentences? Off you go.

Great, well here we have, he waved bye.

Here we have put the paint pot by the sink.

And here we have, I am going to buy something.

So, can you come up with a way to remember when to use each spelling? We have B-Y-E for saying bye, we have by, placed something by something, and buy when you go to the shop and purchase something.

Can you think of any actions whilst chanting the spellings that would be helpful? By perhaps, or buy when getting something from the shop.

Pause the video, have a think now, come up with an action, see if there's a way that you can remember how to spell these different homophones, off you go.

Brilliant, for me, I'm going to use that wave and I say B-Y-E, bye, like you're saying goodbye.

Bye, B-Y-E, bye.

By with the paint B-Y, I might just play something, put by.

And buy from the shop, I might grab something into me, B-U-Y, buy.

I wonder what you came up with.

Show them to me now.

Fantastic.

So, B-Y-E spells bye whilst waving is a really good one to use.

Can you identify the homophones in these sentences? Listen carefully for the words that sound the same.

I thought I knew the answer to the question.

Dad bought me a new pair of shoes.

Pause the video, have a read of those sentences again, listen out for the homophones.

Off you go.

Great job team.

So I thought I knew the answer to the question, knew here, as in know.

And dad bought me a new pair of shoes, N-E-W.

So knew and new here are homophones, they sound the same but have different spellings and very different meanings.

New meaning brand new, N-E-W.

Knew, K-N-E-W with our silent K, or knowing something in your mind.

If you can remember these spellings, it can help you to remember the other homophones such as know and no.

Now, know, K-N-O-W is again to do with knowing something.

Knew is then our past tense of that, 'cause I wouldn't say I knowed, I knew, so there's a similarity in our spelling there.

And then our no, as in "No you can't do that," is N-O, N-O spells no.

So I'd like you to listen to me very carefully okay, and choose the correct homophones to fill the gaps.

I'm gonna read these sentences to you, and I'd like you to just listen to me okay, say the sentences, and then choose the correct spelling to complete each sentence.

So our first one is do you live here? Do you live here? Number two is I want to buy a present for my friend, I want to buy a present for my friend.

Number three is the sauce is too hot, the sauce is too hot.

And the final one is where is your coat? Where is your coat? So, do you live here? I want to buy a present for my friend.

The sauce is too hot.

And where is your coat? Pause the video, have a go at setting the correct spelling for those homophones, and write them down now.

One, two, three, four, off you go.

Brilliant job team.

So let's have a look and see how you've done then.

The correct spelling for here here was do you live here? H-E-R-E.

It's not hear with your ear, it's do you live here? I want to buy a present for my friend is that B-U-Y spells buy, it's not B-Y-E or B-Y.

B-Y would be bye, and B-Y would be over there by something, is B-U-Y, to buy.

The sauce is too hot, that's T-O-O isn't it? It's not gonna be the number two, and it's not gonna be T-O.

It's too hot, that adverb.

And where is your coat? Okay it's to do with the placement of something, where something is.

We have that H in there, and it also contains that word here, though there's locational positional languages, where is your coat? W-H-E-R-E.

How did you do? Hopefully you've managed to get those right.

Make any corrections if you didn't, now.

Onto then our final learning cycle, which is the practise and apply some spellings.

Let's read the following word.

My turn, your turn.

Quarter, quarter, I ate a quarter of the pizza.

It was quarter past three, quarter.

What do you notice about this spelling? Was it a bit strange about its spelling compared to how it sounds? Pause the video and have a think now.

So, for me it's this A-R here, it's making that aw sound isn't it? We might expect A-R to make an aw sound, but it's not spelt, we don't pronounce it quarter, it's pronounced quarter.

So the ar is making an aw sound, a bit like in the word storm, that O-R there, that aw sound.

But it's an A-R representation of that aw sound, bit like in the word war as well.

It's a curriculum word this word, it's gonna appear a lot, particularly in our master work for when we're looking at fractions.

So it's really important that we know how to read and spell and write this word, quarter.

With that in mind, which of these is the correct representation of the word quarter? Pause the video and point to it now.

Brilliant, we notice that qua qua, it's not gonna be a C cor, and it's that A-R representation of that aw sound, it's not quarter O-R.

That might make phonetic sense, but it's quarter, Q-U-A-R-T-E-R, a quarter of something, one-fourth of something.

So you need to use the context of the sentence to work out the spelling of the homophone.

Remember, there are no strategies realistically, or rules that we can use to help us with homophones.

So the keys are over there on the table.

Their clothes were soaking wet.

They're planning a surprise party.

So, there, T-H-E-R-E, is over there.

Their, T-H-E-I-R, is possessive, belonging to someone.

And they're, T-H-E-Y apostrophe R-E is the contractive form of they are, they are planning a surprise party, they're.

Understanding the meaning will help us to spell the homophones, remember, correctly in the context of the sentence.

So the word there, T-H-E-R-E here, as in, there is a beautiful park in the city, is used to show place, location, or position, or to introduce a new idea.

It contains the word here, which also indicates place, location, or position.

So perhaps remembering that there, when it's talking about the location or position of something, contains H-E-R-E, it's gonna help us remember that spelling.

The word there, T-H-E-I-R, as in that is their new puppy, indicates possession by a group of people or things.

And the word they're, T-H-E-Y apostrophe R-E, the contractive form of they and are, indicates the being or action of a group.

I can't believe they are leaving, I can't believe they're leaving, my contraction there.

So lots of homophones are common exception words as well, and by that, I mean they don't follow our regular phonics patterns, and they have slightly strange spelling at times.

Sometimes you can link the spelling of the word to its meaning.

Look at this example.

So here I've spelt out the word there, we have a arrow, a directional arrow, 'cause I know that it's a directional positional language.

In the word their, T-H-E-I-R, in the I for that person I've drawn a little person as that I, because I know that's that possessive, as to belonging to someone or something.

And they are, we know they're, T-H-E-Y apostrophe R-E is a contractive form of they and are with some letters omitted and our apostrophe added.

So this is like a bit like our naughty letter strategy that you may have used before, but we are also thinking about the meaning.

So we're selecting a naughty letter in both there, T-H-E-R-E, the R there in creating an arrow, and then T-H-E-I-R, we're sort of taking the I and making it a person, so it's that possessive there that is theirs.

So which homophone fits in the sentence? Eating lunch outside.

They're eating lunch outside.

Their favourite colour is red.

There is mud all over the floor.

Which spelling of there would go with each one? Pause the video and put them into the correct sentences now, off you go.

Great job team.

So our first there is there, it's there is mud all over the floor.

I wouldn't say they are is mud all over the floor, and I wouldn't say their, possessive is mud all over the floor.

The next one, T-H-E-Y apostrophe R-E, they are eating lunch outside will work.

And finally, their favourite colour is red.

That favourite colour is that person's, that possessive one, T-H-E-I-R.

So, tick the sentences that contain the correct spellings.

So looking here for the sentence is where there is used in the correct way.

Not all of them are correct, so watch out.

They're going camping in the summer holidays.

Put the book on the table over there.

The team were pleased to be back in their stadium.

And they're excited about the new playground equipment.

Pause the video and sit the sentences with the correct there, off you go.

Fantastic.

So our first one, they're going camping in the summer holidays.

I don't think that one's right, is it? It should be they are, so it should be with our contractive form of they and are.

Put the book back on the table over there, the possessive one? No, that sounds like our locational over there, T-H-E-R-E.

The team were pleased to be back in their stadium, yep that stadium belongs to the team, that's the possessive one.

And they are excited about their, the new playground equipment, they're excited about the new playground equipment, absolutely, that's they are, it's our contractive form.

Great.

So, we have looked at different ways to try and remember the correct spelling of homophones.

And it can be a bit tricky can't it? It's about finding creative ways to remember the correct spellings.

Find a word within a word, it's quite a good one.

We've said, there's an ear in hear, as in hear with your ear.

Chant the spelling and think of an action.

B-Y-E spells bye, we've used, and we can wave.

Look at the spelling and link it to its meaning.

So we had there, there, their, and they're, and we created an arrow for that directional over there, and a little person for that their for that I, that possessive.

And then they are as I expanded, form of the contractive form of there.

There are lots of other spelling strategies that can be used as well, but consider these strategies too.

Find a word in a word, chanting, create an action, and looking at the spelling, and then spelling it out maybe of a naughty letter, or selecting your way to draw it so that you can link it to its meaning.

So I'd like you to chose four homophones to practise.

I've chosen their, knew, where, and they're, in the guises here of T-H-E-I-R, knew, K-N-E-W, where, W-H-E-R-E, and they're, the contractive form of they and are.

Choose the words that you find most difficult.

I find these words most difficult, I'm taking responsibility now for my learning, try and do the same.

And write them out three times.

Can you think of a way to help you remember them? Perhaps with my their here, I could have created a little person for my I.

So think of the strategies that we've used, you're gonna write them out a number of times, see if you can create a creative way to remember how to spell these homophones and what they mean.

Pause the video, off you go.

Great job team.

So I'm hoping you've managed to write out these words a number of times and have come up with some creative strategies.

This is how we spell these words.

What did you do to help you to remember how to spell them and spell them correctly? Why don't you share those with, your strategies, with the person around you now, and all share them with me? Pause the video and share those.

Brilliant, great hearing so many cool strategies.

I have remembered how to spell their, T-H-E-I-R, by drawing a little person over my I, knowing that that is then that person's, it belongs to them.

With knew, I remember how to spell know with that silent K, so I know it's K-N, it's also knowledge isn't it? With where, it has here in it okay, and that H, and I might reckon that H is a house, so it's that where, it's that place.

And with they are, they're, I remember that apostrophe should be there, and it would be they are there, the contractive form.

Brilliant, loved hearing your strategies as well.

Keep up the great practise and keep up those creative ways of helping your remember homophones.

Great spelling today everyone.

Homophones are words remember that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

We can use the context of a sentence to help us figure out the spelling of a homophone.

There are no spelling rules for homophones, so you must learn them by sight and use a variety of practise strategies 'cause there's no rules to help us remember them.

Keep up the great spelling, keep up the creative spelling strategies, and I'll see you again soon.