Year 2 - English
New 'oa' spellings, including 'o' and 'oe'
Alternative GPCs for long vowels
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn new GPCs (grapheme phoneme correspondences) for long vowel sounds.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to know two new spellings for the 'oa' phoneme: 'o' and 'oe'.
Key Notes
- 'o' and 'oe' are rarer representations of the 'oa' phoneme.
- 'oe' is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme most commonly found at the end of a word.
- How to spell the common exception words: your and here.
- 'Your' and 'you're' are homophones.
- 'Here' and 'hear' are homophones.
Vocabulary To Learn
- digraph: two letters that represent one sound
- split digraph: has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph like in "make" where the "k" separates the digraph "ae"
- homophone: words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
- contraction: two words pushed together with an apostrophe
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils will look for any word with 'o' in it and associate it with the long vowel 'oa'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
'o' and 'oe' are rarer representations of the 'oa' phoneme. 'oe' is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme most commonly found at the end of a word.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'digraph'
two letters that represent one sound.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils will look for any word with 'o' in it and associate it with the long vowel 'oa'. Correction: Teach that 'o' can be pronounced in different ways. Emphasise that in most words, the 'o' is making an 'o' phoneme.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Applying the new 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey' Study Guide
- Applying the new 'ee' spellings, including 'e', 'y', 'ie' and 'ey' Study Guide
- Applying the new 'er' spellings, including 'or' and 'ear' Study Guide
- Applying the new 'igh' spellings, including 'ie', 'y' and 'i' Study Guide
- Applying the new 'oa' spellings, including 'o' and 'oe' Study Guide
- Applying the new 'oo' spellings, including 'ue', 'ui' and 'ou' Study Guide
- Applying the spellings 'ay', 'ai' and 'a-e' in familiar words Study Guide
- Applying the spellings 'ee', 'ea' and 'e-e' in familiar words Study Guide
- Applying the spellings 'er', 'ir' and 'ur' in familiar words Study Guide
- Applying the spellings 'igh' and 'i-e' in familiar words Study Guide
- Applying the spellings 'oa', 'ow' and 'o-e' in familiar words Study Guide
- Applying the spellings 'oo', 'ew' and 'u-e' in familiar words Study Guide
- New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey' Study Guide
- New 'ee' spellings, including 'e', 'y', 'ie' and 'ey' Study Guide
- New 'er' spellings, including 'or' and 'ear' Study Guide
- New 'igh' spellings, including 'ie', 'y' and 'i' Study Guide
- New 'oo' spellings, including 'ue', 'ui' and 'ou' Study Guide
- The 'ay' spellings, including 'ay', 'ai' and 'a-e' Study Guide
- The 'ee' spellings, including 'ee', 'ea' and 'e-e' Study Guide
- The 'er' spellings, including 'er', 'ir' and 'ur' Study Guide
- The 'igh' spellings, including 'igh' and 'i-e' Study Guide
- The 'oa' spellings, including 'oa', 'ow' and 'o-e' Study Guide
- The 'oo' spellings, including 'oo', 'ew' and 'u-e' Study Guide
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