New 'oo' spellings, including 'ue', 'ui' and 'ou'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can know three new spellings for the 'oo' phoneme: 'ue', 'ui' and 'ou'.
Key learning points
- ‘ue’ is a representation of the 'oo' phoneme that often comes at the end of a word.
- ue', 'ui' and 'ou' are alternative spellings of the 'oo' phoneme.
- How to spell the common exception words: many and after.
Keywords
Pronunciation - the way a word or language is spoken, including the sounds, stress and intonation patterns
Rare - spellings that appear less often than common ones
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Common misconception
The 'ou' and 'ui' spelling can be pronounced in different ways e.g. suit vs build or soup vs shout.
Be explicit with children about these different pronunciations and give them the opportunity to read words out loud to check.
Teacher tip
The word 'after' is not a common exception word in some regions. It is accent dependent.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Choose the words which contain the oo sound.
Q2.Choose the words which contain the oo sound.
Q3.Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I __________ my hat on because it was cold.
Q4.Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. There's no need to be __________ .
Q5.Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. The car's exhaust released __________.
Q6.Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I can't decide which ice cream flavour to __________ .
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Choose the correct spelling to complete the sentence. How __________ points did you score?
Q2.Choose the correct spelling to complete the sentence. I looked __________ my friend's cat.
Q3.Select the words which contain a spelling for the 'oo' sound.
Q4.Match the grapheme that makes the 'oo' sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
at the end of a word
in the middle of a word often followed by 't' , 'se' or 'ce'
in the middle of a word
Q5.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I drank a tasty glass of joose .
Q6.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: We showed great team work when we completed the groop task.
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