The 'oo' spellings, including 'oo', 'ew' and 'u-e'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can read and spell words containing the three most common representations of the ‘oo’ phoneme: ‘oo’, ‘ew’ and ‘u-e’.
Key learning points
- ‘ew’ is a representation of the 'oo' phoneme that often comes at the end of a word.
- The ‘oo’ phoneme can be pronounced in two different ways: 'oo' and 'yoo'.
- How to spell the high frequency word: now.
- 'New' and 'knew' are homophones.
Keywords
Split diagraph - has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph like in "make" where the "k" separates the digraph "ae"
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
Silent letter - a letter in a word that is not pronounced when the word is spoken
Common misconception
Confusion of 'now'/'know' and 'new'/'knew'. 'Ow' can be pronounced in different ways.
Teach examples of silent letters explicitly and get children to keep an eye out for them in their wider reading.
Teacher tip
Similar graphemes can make an 'oo' or a 'yoo' sound. Use reading aloud to practise pronouncing different words throughout the lesson.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which two of these are proper nouns?
Q2.Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
3
2
4
Q3.Choose two more spellings that can also represent the sound 'oo', like in shoot.
Q4.Choose the word that rhymes with mood.
Q5.Choose the word that rhymes with 'shoot'.
Q6.Which two of these words have one syllable?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: What are you doing right __________ ?
Q2.Match the 'oo' spellings to the words.
shoot
chew
chute
Q3.Match each word to the correct sound ('oo' or 'yoo').
yoo
oo
oo
yoo
Q4.Match the grapheme to where they commonly appear in a word.
in the middle
at the end
last but one
Q5.Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: His birthday is in jewn.
Q6.Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: She droo a beautiful picture.
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