Download Unstressed Vowels – Week 1

Unstressed Vowels – Week 1
Tips for remembering the unstressed part
– I write the word out and use a highlighter pen to emphasise the
unstressed part.
– I look for words within words. I remember the ar syllable in
separate because there is a rat in the middle.
– I use spell, speak for some words: choc-o-late.
– I think of the history of words. Holiday comes from holy day and
when the two words are together the y becomes i.
– I think of the word family (e.g. definite, finite, infinity).
– I look for prefixes or suffixes and think of the root word (e.g.
differ + ence).
abandoned
original
familiar
carpet
animal
description
boundary
business
stationary
category
Unstressed Vowels – Week 2
Tips for remembering the unstressed part
– I write the word out and use a highlighter pen to emphasise the
unstressed part.
– I look for words within words. I remember the ar syllable in
separate because there is a rat in the middle.
– I use spell, speak for some words: choc-o-late.
– I think of the history of words. Holiday comes from holy day and
when the two words are together the y becomes i.
– I think of the word family (e.g. definite, finite, infinity).
– I look for prefixes or suffixes and think of the root word (e.g.
differ + ence).
poisonous
dictionary
difference
different
deafening
definite
definitely
easily
library
marvellous
Unstressed Vowels – Week 3
Tips for remembering the unstressed part
– I write the word out and use a highlighter pen to emphasise the
unstressed part.
– I look for words within words. I remember the ar syllable in
separate because there is a rat in the middle.
– I use spell, speak for some words: choc-o-late.
– I think of the history of words. Holiday comes from holy day and
when the two words are together the y becomes i.
– I think of the word family (e.g. definite, finite, infinity).
– I look for prefixes or suffixes and think of the root word (e.g.
differ + ence).
miserable
memorable
factory
hospital
family
primary
frightening
general
generous
generally
Unstressed Vowels – Week 4
Tips for remembering the unstressed part
– I write the word out and use a highlighter pen to emphasise the
unstressed part.
– I look for words within words. I remember the ar syllable in
separate because there is a rat in the middle.
– I use spell, speak for some words: choc-o-late.
– I think of the history of words. Holiday comes from holy day and
when the two words are together the y becomes i.
– I think of the word family (e.g. definite, finite, infinity).
– I look for prefixes or suffixes and think of the root word (e.g.
differ + ence).
vegetable
doctor
geography
skeleton
jewellery
benefit
fattening
January
dandelion
medicine
Unstressed Consonants
Can you apply what you know about learning words with unstressed
vowels to unstressed consonants?
Wednesday
February
environment
government
handkerchief
cupboard
raspberry
castle
sign
doubt
Unstressed Consonants
Can you apply what you know about learning words with unstressed
vowels to unstressed consonants?
Wednesday
February
environment
government
handkerchief
cupboard
raspberry
castle
sign
doubt
Common letter strings and different pronunciations- Week 1
Use thinking aloud about spelling strategies!
For example:
– I can link bear, wear and pear together.
I can make a short sentence to remember earn, learn and yearn: ‘I
love to learn I yearn to earn.’
I can link heard with ear because heard has ear in it.
The one I really have to make note of, because it’s an exception, is
heart.
right
flight
night
light
eight
weight
height
freight
tight
sight
Common letter strings and different pronunciations- Week 2
Use thinking aloud about spelling strategies!
For example:
– I can link bear, wear and pear together.
I can make a short sentence to remember earn, learn and yearn: ‘I
love to learn I yearn to earn.’
I can link heard with ear because heard has ear in it.
The one I really have to make note of, because it’s an exception, is
heart.
pear
year
beard
bear
search
fear
wear
tear
dear
earn
Common letter strings and different pronunciations- Week 3
Use thinking aloud about spelling strategies!
For example:
– I can link bear, wear and pear together.
I can make a short sentence to remember earn, learn and yearn: ‘I
love to learn I yearn to earn.’
I can link heard with ear because heard has ear in it.
The one I really have to make note of, because it’s an exception, is
heart.
bough
cough
enough
plough
though
bought
drought
sought
thought
Common letter strings and different pronunciations- Week 4
Use thinking aloud about spelling strategies!
For example:
– I can link bear, wear and pear together.
I can make a short sentence to remember earn, learn and yearn: ‘I
love to learn I yearn to earn.’
I can link heard with ear because heard has ear in it.
The one I really have to make note of, because it’s an exception, is
heart.
our
colour
neighbour
pour
your
hour
flour
favour
ie
lie
pie
field
niece
grieve
thieves
tried
Words with different spellings but the same pronunciation - Week 1
Many words sound the same but have different spelling patterns. Can you
devise your own rules and strategies for remembering them?
Extra team points if you manage to make up a rule or strategy!
cian
optician
magician
politician
electrician
sion
conclusion
confusion
explosion
collision
transfusion
Words with different spellings but the same pronunciation - Week 2
Many words sound the same but have different spelling patterns. Can you
devise your own rules and strategies for remembering them?
Extra team points if you manage to make up a rule or strategy!
tion
fiction
fraction
direction
attention
proportion
nation
education
ssion
session
profession
discussion
mission
possession
Spelling Patterns of consonants – week 1
For the next few weeks we will be focusing on the range of pronunciations
for the consonant c.
There are about half a million words in current use – far too many to learn
by rote! It is helpful to learn the general rules of spelling so that we can
spell words we have not seen before in print.
Think about words containing ce, ci. Is the rule the same? (ocean, special,
suspicious).
Think about words containing ca, cu, co. Is the rule the same? (catch, cup,
core)
What happens with words with cy (e.g cyclist, mercy). The y softens the c.
What about words containing double c (e.g. accident, occasion). Does the rule
stay the same?
cinema
city
decimal
circle
circus
decide
incident
accident
circular
circuit
Spelling Patterns of consonants – week 2
Think about words containing ce, ci. Is the rule the same? (ocean, special,
suspicious).
Think about words containing ca, cu, co. Is the rule the same? (catch, cup,
core)
What happens with words with cy (e.g cyclist, mercy). The y softens the c.
What about words containing double c (e.g. accident, occasion). Does the rule
stay the same?
ceiling
cereal
December
celebrate
celebrity
recent
centre
except
ceremony
receive
celery
Spelling Patterns of consonants – week 3
Think about words containing ce, ci. Is the rule the same? (ocean, special,
suspicious).
Think about words containing ca, cu, co. Is the rule the same? (catch, cup,
core)
What happens with words with cy (e.g cyclist, mercy). The y softens the c.
What about words containing double c (e.g. accident, occasion). Does the rule
stay the same?
calendar
camera
cardigan
recap
cancel
Canada
cobweb
coat
cough
column
disco