New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can know three new spellings for the 'ay' phoneme: 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'
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
Teacher tip
Be sure to quickly gloss the meaning of any words discussed that pupils may not know the meaning of. E.g. prey. Putting quickly into a sentence is sufficient. Particularly as ‘prey’ is a homophone.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Choose the words which contain the ay sound.
Q2.Choose the words that rhyme with the word make.
Q3.Choose the words that contain the root word rain.
Q4.Match the grapheme to where they commonly appear in a word.
Q5.Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. That was a tasty milkshayk.
Q6.Match the words with the correct definition
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Choose the correct spelling to finish the sentence. Please __________ onto this for me.
Q2.Select the words that are proper nouns.
Q3.Choose the words which contain an ay sound.
Q4.Match the grapheme that makes the 'ay' sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
Q5.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Set the teyble for dinner.
Q6.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. I scored aity in a test.
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