Ages 7-9 | KS2.i Which witch? Spelling the right word

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Steps:
  1. Select words the student(s) are prone or likely to muddle.
  2. Put the words on display and see if there are any techniques you can discuss that will helps remembering which word to use. For example:
    Display: Witch
    Discuss: "Can cast spells that make you 'itch' so you can easily distinguish it from which."
  3. Once you have discussed ways to remember the word, say a sentence containing the word once and get the student to write it down, e.g. "The hideous yellow witch put a spell on me"
Other words to focus on:
feat, feet
here, hear
of, off
to, too two
there, their, they're
where, wear
 
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I usually play with such words during the learning discourse. This injects a sense of humour and confers the students with keenness in language use. For example, 'the chicken in the kitchen' or 'do you teach or cheat'. The humour employed in the usage of muddled words helps to improve the students creative and cognitive faculties. This should be interspersed with tongue twisters and alliteration to produce top notch language applicability.
 
It looks like a nice and interactive activity for kids, I will try to use it for my upcoming classes, it definitely is a good idea to give the kids some words to choose and realize which the correct one is, thank you for sharing it, it is going to be really useful for many of us.
 
Well this is certainly good news, but it makes me wonder where these people were when I was growing up and dealing with these issues. I made it through, of course, and I am okay, but a little help would have been nice. It looks like a nice little game, too, and any time that you can capture the kids' attention while teaching them valuable skills, you have a big win on your hands. Interesting stuff and it is good to see people coming up with new and innovative ideas...thanks for sharing.
 
Thank you so much for sharing this Ferdinand. :) I think this kind of game is definitely helpful in helping students distinguish which is which when it comes to words that have the same sounds. This is most especially great for very young students who are having a hard time distingushing the difference of like-sounded words, which eventually leads them to mistakes in spelling or in using the right word for the right meaning.
 
This can be a fun activity. However, when I was teaching English as a second language in Thailand, words which sound the same but are spelled differently is a real headache for the students. This is on top of their problems with proper English pronunciation. I think students who are learning English as a second language should be introduced to the language in a fun way. That would help them to like the language.
 
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