Spelling homophones and near-homophones
I can spell common homophones and understand their meaning.
Spelling homophones and near-homophones
I can spell common homophones and understand their meaning.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings are called homophones.
- 'There', 'their' and 'they're' are homophones.
- 'To', 'too' and 'two' are homophones.
- 'Won' and 'one' are homophones.
- 'Our', 'hour' and 'are' are homophones.
Keywords
Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
Near-homophone - a word that sounds very similar to another word with a slightly different spelling and meaning
Contraction - two words pushed together
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to distinguish between decodable and common exception words.
Be explicit about the difficulties in spelling these words and give time to practise spelling these common exception words. Supplement the slides with any visuals linked to your school's SSP to support building on any learning from Rec and Y1.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a letter or group of letters that represent a sound
the smallest unit of sound that can change a word's meaning
words that sound the same but have different meanings
Exit quiz
6 Questions
one
there
two
hour