Silent letters: the 'wr' spelling
I can spell words with 'wr' representing the 'r' phoneme.
Silent letters: the 'wr' spelling
I can spell words with 'wr' representing the 'r' phoneme.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'wr' can be a representation of the 'r' phoneme.
- The representation 'wr' is usually found at the start of a word.
- Words connected in word families often have similar spellings, such as write, wrote and written.
- How to spell the common exception words: ask and says.
Common misconception
Some children might overemphasise the w in words containing 'wr' e.g. w-right for the word write.
Treat 'wr' as a digraph of the 'r' sound to avoid this confusion and orally segment and blend some words with the 'wr' spelling in.
Keywords
Word families - a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning
Present tense - present tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state happening in the current moment or a general truth, such as "run,"
Past tense - past tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state that has already happened or was completed in the past, such as "jumped"
Pronunciation - the way a word or language is spoken, including the sounds, stress and intonation patterns
Silent letter - silent letters are letters in a word that are not pronounced when speaking, like the "k" in "knee" or the "w" in "wrist."
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
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5
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letters in a word that are not pronounced
words that sound the same with different spelling
a type of grapheme where two letters represent one phoneme
Exit quiz
6 Questions
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