i saying ee, or y saying 'i'
Study these words taking note of the underlined parts particularly.
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.)
opinion
companion champion previous (note the long 'e' in these words) experience obedience convenient inconvenient ingredient radiator parliament (We do not say the 'a', but if you say it as it is spelt it will help your pupil to remember the 'a') We also get 'i' saying 'ee' if we add 'ly' to some words that end in 'y': where we take off the 'y' and add 'ily'. heavy - heavily steady - steadily ready - readily |
physical
pyjamas pyramid rhythm sycamore symptom syringe These words have a soft 'g'. Remember that either an 'e' or a 'y' can soften 'g'. gym gymnasium gymnast gypsy Egypt Egyptians |
Dictation:
Paul decided to try his hand at writing a history essay for a competition. He chose 'Grace Darling' as his subject. This is what he wrote:
Grace Darling
One wild and stormy night in September 1838, a small steamer was battling with the billows. The captain, unable to control his vessel, was obliged to let her drift before the storm. Soon the terrible cry arose, "Breakers to Leeward!" The captain did his best to keep the ship clear of the islands, but she struck heavily on the outer one.
Immediately, one of the boats was lowered, and with nine people in it, it was pushed off. This was not before one or two of those on board the steamer had fallen into the sea and perished in their attempt to escape. Those in this boat were picked up by a passing ship in the morning.
You can read more of this story here:
https://christianhomeeducation.weebly.com/uploads/7/9/9/6/79964664/optionalresorces2may20.pdf
Teaching points:
Double letters:
battle - battling
terrible - te-rrib-le
essay
attempt - a-ttempt the 't' is doubled so that 'a' is not changed to 'ay'.
Known families
breaker - 'ea' saying 'e' family break-er
captain - ai family cap-tain
lower - 'ow' saying 'oe' family low-er
persons - per-sons (the student may try and use 'ur' as 'er' usually comes at the end of a word)
Paul decided to try his hand at writing a history essay for a competition. He chose 'Grace Darling' as his subject. This is what he wrote:
Grace Darling
One wild and stormy night in September 1838, a small steamer was battling with the billows. The captain, unable to control his vessel, was obliged to let her drift before the storm. Soon the terrible cry arose, "Breakers to Leeward!" The captain did his best to keep the ship clear of the islands, but she struck heavily on the outer one.
Immediately, one of the boats was lowered, and with nine people in it, it was pushed off. This was not before one or two of those on board the steamer had fallen into the sea and perished in their attempt to escape. Those in this boat were picked up by a passing ship in the morning.
You can read more of this story here:
https://christianhomeeducation.weebly.com/uploads/7/9/9/6/79964664/optionalresorces2may20.pdf
Teaching points:
- 'Grace Darling' in quotes as is a title being cited.
- This dictation does not contain many difficult words, rather it extends knowledge of words in families already learned. We are beginning to help your pupil to apply rules already learned to new vocabulary.
Double letters:
battle - battling
terrible - te-rrib-le
essay
attempt - a-ttempt the 't' is doubled so that 'a' is not changed to 'ay'.
Known families
breaker - 'ea' saying 'e' family break-er
captain - ai family cap-tain
lower - 'ow' saying 'oe' family low-er
persons - per-sons (the student may try and use 'ur' as 'er' usually comes at the end of a word)