Spelling for Older Students

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Lesson 8

Lesson 8Contents

1 Listening for sounds in word2 Introducing sound and letter e3 Blending sounds to make words.4 Making nonsense words.5 Writing words from sounds and pictures.

What do you notice about the sounds that are marked?

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Some words have e at the beginning:-

eggs, elephant, elf, engine

Some words have e in the middle:-

bed, net, wet, met

Answer:

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Beginning /middle/ end?

4

Drag a circle to show whether e sound is at the beginning, middle or end of the word.

Vowel or Consonant?

All letters belong to one of two groups

vowel or consonant

e = vowel

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Vowel or Consonant?Drag the letters to the correct box.

Vowel Consonant

as

t

pi

n

c

k

ck

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e

Formation e

Trace on screen with your finger.

e E1

2

4

7

1

3

Alternate ways of writing e sound

ea7

BlendingDrag the pictures to match the words.net

pet

peck

neck 8

Learning when to use c, k or ck is difficult.

Until we learn more about vowels:-

Use c before a, or a consonant

Use k before e,i

Use ck at the end of words

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BlendingDrag the letters to make words.Write your words on paper.

s t

ai

p

Vowels

Consonants

Make word here.

10n ckc k

e

BlendingNow drag letters to make nonsense

words.Blend the sounds to work out how to say

them.

s t

ai

p

Vowels

Consonants

Make word here.

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n ckc k

e

WritingDrag letters to make a word for each

picture.

t

aiVowels

Consonants

n 12

pnck

e i

sn

e

sck t

ckp p

e

WritingDrag letters to make the word the teacher says.

ckt

ei

s

Vowels

Consonants

pnpt

a ei

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a

nck

ck

Drag the words into 3 columns – think what comes before or after ,c, k, ck

cap cat kit

can

kin kickneck

peckstick

tickpick Ken

kiss

kitten

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Tricky Words – learn to read and write

Make up some sentences using these words.

my

one

by

like

AnswersP 3

P 8

P 12

P 14

Extension Activity

Do Worksheet