The 'igh' spellings, including 'igh' and 'i-e'
I can read and spell words containing two representations of the ‘igh’ phoneme: ‘igh' and 'i-e'.
The 'igh' spellings, including 'igh' and 'i-e'
I can read and spell words containing two representations of the ‘igh’ phoneme: ‘igh' and 'i-e'.
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'.
- i-e' is a split digraph.
- How to spell the common exception words: so and do.
Common misconception
There are a number of homophones in this lesson. Time and thyme. Sight and site.
Do explicitly teach these to children if they come up. Use images and sentence contexts to show how each spelling can be used.
Keywords
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
Long vowel sound - a vowel sound spoken for longer than its short version like "a" in "cake" not "a" in "bat"
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
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2
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the smallest unit of sound in a word
a letter, or group of letters, that represent a phoneme
a type of grapheme where two letters represent one phoneme
Exit quiz
6 Questions
igh
i-e
the middle
'the last but one'
a three letter grapheme
has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph
the letter or group of letters that represent a sound