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Spelling rules and sound-alikes: 3rd to 5th reading & writing

Suffix spelling rules (drop e, double, y to i) and sound-alikes. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students work toward: suffix spelling rules (drop e, double, y to i) and sound-alikes.

Hook (5 min)

  • Ask the class: what do you already know about spelling rules and sound-alikes?
  • Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.

Teach (15 min)

  • Say the big idea in one plain sentence: spelling rules and sound-alikes.
  • Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
  • Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.

Practise (20 min)

  • Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
  • Play: Drop the e (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-hmh-sp-drop-e)
  • Play: Sound-alikes (https://peabody.kids/words/c3-homophones)
  • Play: Spelling bee: Homophones (https://peabody.kids/spelling-bee/practice/homophones)
  • Play: Spelling bee: 4th grade words (https://peabody.kids/spelling-bee/practice/4th-grade)

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about spelling rules and sound-alikes, and one question I still have.
  • Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.

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