Lesson Plan
Lesson 2: Homophones in Context (1)
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use the correct spelling of common homophones in context.
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Lesson Plan
Tuning In
- Play the I Have, Who Has? Homophones Game as a class. After the students have played the game once, time them. Encourage them to beat their previous time.
Teacher Instruction
- Provide each student with a copy of the Homophones Practice Workbookย – Upper Grades. Look through the workbook with the students and answer any questions they have about the included tasks.
Guided/Independent Learning
- Allow the students to work through their workbook at their own pace. Monitor and support the students as required.
Wrapping Up
- Ask the students to report back on their progress with the workbook. Discuss any challenging questions from the workbook as a class.
Differentiation
Extending Students
- Allow any fast finishers to continue progressing though the workbook at their own pace.
Supporting Students
- Allow less confident students to work with a partner, or in a small group with the teacher, for additional assistance.
Assessment Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- used strategic whole class or individual questioning
- observed student participation during learning activities
- recorded student progress on a checklist
- annotated student work samples
- collected and reviewed student work samples
- facilitated whole class or peer feedback sessions
- encouraged student self-reflection
- administered formal assessment tasks.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN2-5A
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letterรขโฌโsound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELA1780
Read and write a large core of high frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spellingElaborationsusing meaning and context to determine the spelling of homophones, for example รขยยthereรขยย and รขยยth...
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