Applying the spellings ‘igh' and ‘i-e' in familiar words
I can spell words containing two representations of the ‘igh’ phoneme: ‘igh’ and ‘i-e’.
Applying the spellings ‘igh' and ‘i-e' in familiar words
I can spell words containing two representations of the ‘igh’ phoneme: ‘igh’ and ‘i-e’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'igh' is a representation of the 'igh' phoneme that is often found in the middle of a word and 'loves a t'.
- ‘i-e’ is a representation of the ‘igh’ phoneme that is often found ‘last but one'.
- How to spell the common exception words: there and where.
Keywords
Long vowel sound - a vowel sound spoken for longer than its short version like "a" in "cake", not "a" in "bat"
Split digraph - has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph like in "make" where the "k" separates the digraph "ae"
Trigraph - a three letter grapheme
Homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
Common misconception
Common exception words which are hard to sound out e.g. 'there' and 'where' may be misspelt.
Put these words into sentences and explain that often we have to learn to spell them by sight because spellings rules don't apply.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
wear
their
night
site
in the middle or end of a word
'the last but one'