Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They also have different spellings. For example, there, their and they’re.
Resources
- Egg shells with words written on
- Egg box
- Plastic hammer
- Spoon
- Wooden hammer
Method
Ioan started off by explained his understanding of homophones.
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He then put the words in to sentences, to show that he understood the meanings of the different homophones. If he did, Ioan smashed the corresponding eggs.
there / their / they’re
here / hear
quite / quiet
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see / sea
Ioan tried swapping the plastic hammer for a spoon. He is much more gentle with the egg smashing than Finny, who has previously done an egg smash for adding 10s and 100s.
to / two / too
At the end of the video above, Finny overheard me say that Ioan was much more gentle at egg smashing than him. After I stopped the video, he came running in with a wooden hammer for Ioan to try instead. Finn was correct that this hammer would be easier to smash the eggs with.
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bear / bare
one/ won
sun / son
where / wear
eye / I
blue / blew
DfES Outcomes for EYFS and National Curriculum (2013)
English Year 2 programme of study
Reading – word reading
- Pupils should be taught to read further common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word.
Spelling
- It is important to know the difference in meaning between homophones. E.g. there/their/they’re, here/hear, quite/quiet, see/sea, bare/bear, one/won, sun/son, to/too/two, be/bee, blue/blew, night/knight.