Spelling more homophones and near-homophones
I can spell more common homophones and understand their meaning.
Spelling more homophones and near-homophones
I can spell more common homophones and understand their meaning.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings are called homophones.
- 'Hear' and 'here' are homophones.
- 'Quiet' and 'quite' are homophones.
- 'Night' and 'knight' are homophones.
- 'Buy', 'by' and 'buy' are homophones.
Common misconception
Many of these words are high frequency 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 learning from Rec and Y1.
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
Silent letter - a letter in a word that is not pronounced when the word is spoken
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
they're
won
too
our
a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning
the base word from which other words are formed
words that sound the same but have different spellings
the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning
Exit quiz
6 Questions
here
knight
bye