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Spelling words of Greek origin that use 'ch' to make a /k/ sound

I can spell words that use the letters 'ch' to make a /k/ sound.

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Year 5

Spelling words of Greek origin that use 'ch' to make a /k/ sound

I can spell words that use the letters 'ch' to make a /k/ sound.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In words of Greek origin, the letter string 'ch' makes the /k/ sound.
  2. How to spell the curriculum words: stomach, important and certain.

Keywords

  • Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time

  • Spelling - the act of forming words by arranging letters in the correct order

  • Greek origin - refers to words that come from the Greek language

Common misconception

Pupils will be familiar with the 'ck' digraph so may spell words containing 'ch' making the /k/ sound incorrectly.

Talk about the origin of words and draw links between spellings containing the 'ch' spelling sounding like the /k/ sound.

Celebrate languages spoken in class to start to understand derivatives, origins and etymology.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which words contain a hard c?
pace
Correct answer: clamber
chips
Correct answer: camel
cell
Q2.
Match the word to the sound the letter c is making.
Correct Answer:actor,'k' sound - a hard c

'k' sound - a hard c

Correct Answer:chat,'ch' sound

'ch' sound

Correct Answer:cell,'s' sound - soft c

's' sound - soft c

Q3.
Select the correct spelling of the word in the sentence. Leeds is a sitee.
sity
Correct answer: city
citey
Q4.
Identify the words that contain the /k/ sound.
Correct answer: back
cereal
Correct answer: quiche
Correct answer: chorus
witch
Q5.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I need a new callender for the new year.
Correct Answer: calendar
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I can't diside what shoes to wear today.
Correct Answer: decide

6 Questions

Q1.
What does the origin of a word tell us?
what the word means
Correct answer: where the word originally came from
which word class the word belongs to
the number of syllables in the word
Q2.
Words containing the 'ch' spelling of the /k/ sound come from...
Arabic
French
Correct answer: Greek
English
Q3.
Identify the Greek derived spellings.
machine
Correct answer: character
church
Correct answer: chemist
chalet
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: The visitors went bach to the lodge.
bak
Correct answer: back
bac
bakc
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: The voice was an ekow in the distance.
eco
ecow
ecko
Correct answer: echo
Q6.
Correct the spellings in bold in this sentence. I am sertain that my stumarch hurts.
sertain, stumach
Correct answer: certain, stomach
curtain, stoomack
serten, stomack

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