Say it out loud
Saying a word out loud and listening to the different sounds can help you spell that word.
Beth, Kim and Patrick have made a fruit stand. Can they work out how to get the spelling right on their signs?
The three kids are at a little fruit stand that they’ve made. They’re putting the finishing touches on it. They begin to make the signs for the fruits.
NARRATOR: The kids are putting the finishing touches on their fruit stand. The only things missing are the signs.
BETH: Ok, let’s make a sign for our fruit. First up is the apples. Now, what was it that Jeanie taught us.
PATRICK: She taught us to sound out the words.
KIM: Hmmm… Ok. Apples. Ah-pills. Ahhhh-Pilllls.
As Kim says this she counts out the syllables by clapping along with each beat.
PATRICK: The first sound is ’Ap’. What letters do you think makes this sound?
BETH: I remember! The ’Ah’ sound is made by an ’A’.
Beth writes down the letter ’a’. Jeanie walks over to them.
JEANIE: Now, how are we getting on here?
PATRICK: Brilliant! We’re almost finished, we just need to make our signs.
JEANIE: Very good! What sign are you working on first?
KIM: We’re working on apples. We’ve already worked out the first letter. It’s A!
JEANIE: Brilliant! Would you like some help with the rest of the word?
ALL THREE KIDS: Yes please!
JEANIE: Ok, so Apples. The first part of the word is what sound?
The word 'apples' appears beside Jeanie as she speaks.
PATRICK: It’s ’ap’!
JEANIE: Yes! And you have the first bit, the ’a’ sound. The next bit is the ’peh’ sound. Can you think of what letter makes the ’peh’ sound, like in the word ’puppy’?
KIM: Oooohhhh… I know, it’s the letter p, so that means that its a…p
JEANIE: and the next part of the word isss…?
KIM: ’Pľ±±ô±ô’!
JEANIE: Brilliant! yes the Pill sound starts with a…?
BETH: ’P’! It’s another letter P!
JEANIE: Brilliant! You’ve worked out some of the word already!
BETH: ´ˇâ€¦P…P
JEANIE: Now, would you like to have a go at finishing off the word for me?
BETH: Oooh, ok. Let’s do it!
Beth writes and the other two peer over her shoulder. Beth turns around her sign that says ’appels’.
JEANIE: Well done! You were very very close. The end of the word is a bit tricky, but you’re so nearly there. It’s spelled (while clapping along to each letter) A-P-P-L-E-S.
The letters are highlighted beside Jeanie as she claps them out.
PATRICK: Ah yes! I remember now, I saw that in my reading book!
Patrick places the correctly spelled 'apples' sign on the fruit stand.
NARRATOR: Didn’t the kids use excellent problem solving to work out the letters to the word apple? Maybe next time you want to know how to spell something, you could try sounding it out first?
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