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Grade 4 Reading & Writing Β· World 1: Word Explorer Camp Β· Level 2
One Sound, Many Spellings
/f/ as f, ph, gh (phone, laugh); /k/ as c, k, ck, ch, que (chorus, unique); ei and ie (ceiling, field, vein); try a spelling, then check it's a real word.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 2
- Explorers know there's more than one trail to the same place. Some sounds have more than one spelling, too.
- The /β fβ / sound can be f, like fossil. It can be p h, like phone and dolphin. And at the end of a word, it can be g h, like laugh and tough.
- The /β kβ / sound can be c, like camel, k, like kitten, or c k after a short vowel, like rocket.
- Words that came into English from Greek often spell /β kβ / with c h: chorus, school, echo. Words from French can end with q u e: unique, antique.
- And here's a famous rule: i before e, except after c, or when it says /β Δβ /, as in neighbor and weigh. Field, ceiling, eight.
- When you're not sure, try a spelling, then look at it. Does it look right? A dictionary can check for you.
- Your turn! Sort these words by how they spell /β fβ /.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 4.F.P.4.a β Decode and encode words with graphemes that represent multiple letter-sound correspondences.