Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings "ou", "ear" and "ice"

English

In this unit, pupils focus on spellings of key letters strings, words of French and Greek origin and curriculum words. In ‘Review and revision of all taught spelling’, pupils revise the full range of spelling content learnt across KS2. 

In ‘Homophones and tense', pupils learnt a range of spelling patterns and conventions, with a focus on homophones and suffixes. In this unit, pupils focus on spellings of key letters strings, words of French and Greek origin and curriculum words. 

In this unit, pupils review and learn a wide range of Year 6 spellings, including letter strings, words with the suffixes -ant, -ance, -ent, -ence, -able and -ible, silent letters, French and Greek origin words, curriculum words and words that use the hyphen in two ways.

Letter strings, etymology and curriculum words

Identify the words containing the 'ear' letter string.

Match the words to the sound that the ‘ou’ letter string is making.

Match the words to the sound that the ‘ice’ letter string is making.

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The weather outside is **dreerey**.'

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'This Sunday, I will go to a **survis** in my local church.'

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'This Sunday, I will hike up the **mountin**.'

Identify the spellings that contain the 'ou' sound.

Match the 'ear' spellings to the correct words.

Select the words that contain the /iss/ sound.

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The paper had a **tair** in it because it was ripped.'

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Somewhere in the darkness, I heard the soft hoot of a barn **aul**.'

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The captain allowed me to **stear** the ship.'

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings "ou", "ear" and "ice"

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.