The 'er' spellings, including 'er', 'ir' and 'ur'
I can read and spell words containing the three most common representations of the ‘er’ phoneme: 'er', 'ir' and 'ur'.
The 'er' spellings, including 'er', 'ir' and 'ur'
I can read and spell words containing the three most common representations of the ‘er’ phoneme: 'er', 'ir' and 'ur'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- er', 'ir' and 'ur' are common representations of the 'er' phoneme.
- How to spell the common exception words: some and come.
- A mnemonic can help us to remember tricky spellings.
Keywords
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Mnemonic - a word, short poem, or sentence that can help you remember things such as spelling rules
Common misconception
Pupils can think spelling generalisations are always true e.g. 'er' found at the end.
Careful with wording. Say 'ir' and 'ur' are 'often' not 'always' found in the middle. Show a familiar exception to the rule if necessary.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are a proper noun?
Q2.Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
4
2
3
Q3.Choose two more spellings that can also represent the sound 'er', like in never.
Q4.Choose the word that rhymes with bird.
Q5.Choose the word that rhymes with 'dirt'.
Q6.Which of these words have two syllables?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Pick the spelling that matches the sentence. Please __________ here.
Q2.Choose the 'er' spellings that match to the words.
ir
er
ur
Q3.Match the grapheme to where they commonly appear in a word.
the end
the middle