New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'
I can know three new spellings for the 'ay' phoneme: 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'
New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'
I can know three new spellings for the 'ay' phoneme: 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- a', 'eigh' and 'ey' are alternative spellings for the 'ay' phoneme.
- Words in word families often have similar spellings.
- How to spell the common exception words: told, hold and oh.
Keywords
Common - common spellings are spellings which appear frequently
Homophone - homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings, like 'oh' and 'owe'
Proper noun - a naming word that does need capitalisation
Rare - rare spellings are spellings which appear less frequently
Common misconception
Pupils will look for any word with ‘a’ in it e.g. shared. ‘A’ can be pronounced in different ways.
Remind pupils to stretch each word when reading to help hear the 'ay' sound e.g. s-t-a-b-le vs sh-are-d
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the last but one
the end
the middle
the smallest unit of sound
a letter or group of letters that represent a sound
something that appears very often
words that sounds the same, but are spelt differently
Exit quiz
6 Questions
anywhere
at the beginning
the end