Spelling Lessons Bundle - Homophones and Near Homophones, Homophones Group A,

Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry

Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury

It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach ‘main’ on a different day to ‘mane’). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group A; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group A.

Lesson 1 covers: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry.
Lesson 2 covers: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury

The lessons include an explanation of what ‘homophones’ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.

A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.

The spelling lessons include the following:
√ Spelling assessment
√ Learning objectives
√ Success criteria
√ Starter activities
√ Review of prior learning
√ Teaching inputs and information slides
√ Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
√ Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
√ All answer slides
√ Spelling strategies mats
√ Extension task - writing application activities
√ Plenary activities

This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.