Alternative Spellings for Sounds
English · Spelling & Word Study · procedural
Spell words using alternative grapheme choices for known phonemes, learning new spellings for sounds already encountered (e.g., /ɔ:/ as 'a' before ll, /ʌ/ as 'o', words ending -tion), including distinguishing common homophones
What mastery looks like
- Spell 'ball', 'call', 'walk' using alternative grapheme /ɔ:/ as 'a' before ll
- Distinguish homophones in writing: 'there/their/they’re', 'here/hear', 'quite/quiet'
- Spell words ending in -tion correctly: 'station', 'fiction', 'motion'
Check your understanding
When Alternative Spellings for Sounds writes and comes across a word where the same sound can be spelled different ways — like "see" and "sea" — do they know which spelling to use?
Prerequisites
Required first
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