Applying the spellings 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw' in familiar words
I can spell words containing four representations of the ‘or’ phoneme: 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw'.
Applying the spellings 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw' in familiar words
I can spell words containing four representations of the ‘or’ phoneme: 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw'.
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Key learning points
- ‘aw’ is a representation of the 'or' phoneme that often comes at the end of a word and sometimes in the middle.
- ‘oor’ is a representation of the 'or' phoneme that sometimes comes at the end of a word.
- The proper noun 'August' is spelt using a capital letter.
- How to spell the common exception words: busy, sure and sugar.
Common misconception
Autumn can also be assumed to have a capital letter, as the name of a season.
Explain that convention is generally not to capitalise the names of the seasons.
Keywords
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Trigraph - three letters that represent one sound
Proper noun - a naming word that does need capitalisation
Word family - a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
or
aw
au
oor
Exit quiz
6 Questions
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au
oor
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