Homophones

Year 4 English

Australian Curriculum: Language: phonics and word knowledge

Read and write a large core of high frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to
identify correct spelling (ACELA1780)

LI: I understand that homophones are words that sound the same as one another but have a
different meaning and a different spelling.

SC: I can use meaning and context to determine the spelling of homophones.

RESOURCES: Whiteboard, worksheets, class library, paper/card

LESSON STRUCTURE:

Intro: Whole Class Instruction: Strategies:

10-15 Unpack LI and SC. Setting Goals
minutes Introduce: homophones of the week: their, there, they’re
Questioning
Draw or display the following image: Explicit
Teaching
Examples

Learning styles:
Verbal/linguistic
Visual/spatial

Go through each word, discuss meaning and write it in a sentence.

Their – belonging to someone, possessive pronoun

The girls parked their bikes under the veranda.

There – in, at or to that place or position, opposite of here

The puppies are over there.

They’re – they are, contraction of two words

They’re going to the circus.
Body: Worksheet: Strategies:
Students use the proper form of the words they’re, their and there Multiple exposures
15 mins to complete the sentences. Then write 5 of their own sentences
using the homophones. Learning styles:
When all students have finished correct, together. Verbal/linguistic
Students who need help can work on the floor – they will also get a Solitary/intrapersonal
closer look at the whiteboard where the examples and definitions are.

35 mins

Independent reading:
Students look out for homophones while reading and continue
working on their reading goals.

Conclusion: Game: 3 Corners Strategies:

10 mins The teacher puts blue tacks the words there, they’re and their in Feedback
three separate corners of the room. The teacher says a sentence
using one of the homophones and the students have to walk to the Learning styles:
corner of the room with the correct homophone. Physical/kinaesthetic
Social/interpersonal