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Year 2

Applying the new 'igh' spellings, including 'ie', 'y' and 'i'

I can apply three new spellings for the 'igh' phoneme: 'ie', 'y' and 'i'.

New
New
Year 2

Applying the new 'igh' spellings, including 'ie', 'y' and 'i'

I can apply three new spellings for the 'igh' phoneme: 'ie', 'y' and 'i'.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. ‘y’ is the most common representation of the 'igh' phoneme when it appears at the end of a word.
  2. ‘i’ is a representation of the 'igh' phoneme found in the high frequency words: find, kind, mind, wild and behind.
  3. ‘ie’ is a representation of the 'igh' phoneme found in the middle and end of words.
  4. How to spell the common exception words: could, would and should.

Common misconception

Common exceptions words which are hard to sound out e.g. 'could' , 'would' and 'should'.

Mnemonic devices such as 'Oh (o) you (u) lucky (l) duck (d)' can support memorising these trickier spellings.

Keywords

  • Past tense - past tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state that has already happened or was completed in the past, such as 'cried'

  • Rhyme - words that have the same or similar ending sounds often used in poetry

  • Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

Ensure to say words within a sentence, as this is critical to understanding meaning (and establishing the spelling) when learning homophones.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
Correct Answer:silent,6

6

Correct Answer:tied,3

3

Correct Answer:spider,5

5

Q2.
Choose three spellings that can make the long igh sound.
Correct answer: i
ea
Correct answer: y
ae
Correct answer: ie
Q3.
Choose three words that rhyme with the word stay.
Correct answer: play
Correct answer: weigh
make
Correct answer: they
strike
Q4.
Choose the three less common spellings of the igh sound.
igh
Correct answer: ie
i-e
Correct answer: i
Correct answer: y
Q5.
Choose the igh sound spellings that match the words.
Correct Answer:ie,fried

fried

Correct Answer:i,silent

silent

Correct Answer:y,cycle

cycle

Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. When completing the test, you should be __________ .
silant
sylent
sielent
Correct answer: silent

6 Questions

Q1.
Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. What __________ you like for dinner?
Correct answer: would
wud
wuld
woud
Q2.
Match the less common graphemes that make the igh sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
Correct Answer:ie,often found in the middle and sometimes a the end

often found in the middle and sometimes a the end

Correct Answer:y,often found at the end

often found at the end

Correct Answer:i,often found at the beginning or in the middle

often found at the beginning or in the middle

Q3.
Choose the two words that rhyme with try.
Correct answer: cry
cried
final
type
Correct answer: fry
Q4.
Match the root words to members of their word families.
Correct Answer:cry,cried

cried

Correct Answer:fry,fried

fried

Correct Answer:try,tried

tried

Q5.
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. The pylot landed the plane.
Correct Answer: pilot
Q6.
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. He carefully packed each shopping ightem into the bag.
Correct Answer: item

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