Silent letters wr/kn
Here we start to introduce silent letters. We have met some silent 'k's' and 'w's'. here are some more. Apart from the silent letters, these are all easy words to sound out and your pupil should be able to identify which family each words belongs to.
Help the pupil to chunk words where necessary. Say the word and listen for the natural breaks. They often come after the vowel sound. Remember - each chunk of a word must contain a vowel - or a vowel sound (in the case for example of words with 'y' making a vowel sound.)
Help the pupil to chunk words where necessary. Say the word and listen for the natural breaks. They often come after the vowel sound. Remember - each chunk of a word must contain a vowel - or a vowel sound (in the case for example of words with 'y' making a vowel sound.)
Dictation:
Sam was in the cottage writing a story. It was a story about a boy in danger. The boy had gone too close to the edge of the cliff and had fallen down onto a ledge. A tall man was trying to rescue him. The man had a long rope and he tied knots in it and then tied one end around his waist. Then the man wriggled as close to the edge as he could on his tummy and let the rope down to the boy. He told the boy to grab the rope and then he pulled the rope and the boy up the cliff. The boy managed to get back up and knelt on the soft grass. He was glad to be safe.
Sam was in the cottage writing a story. It was a story about a boy in danger. The boy had gone too close to the edge of the cliff and had fallen down onto a ledge. A tall man was trying to rescue him. The man had a long rope and he tied knots in it and then tied one end around his waist. Then the man wriggled as close to the edge as he could on his tummy and let the rope down to the boy. He told the boy to grab the rope and then he pulled the rope and the boy up the cliff. The boy managed to get back up and knelt on the soft grass. He was glad to be safe.