Scott Foresman Reading Street

Associate homophones with their correct spellings and meanings.
Review words with the syllable pattern V/V.
Blend and read homophones and words with the syllable pattern V/V.
Apply decoding strategies: blend longer words.

Support Phonics Homophones exist in many languages, including Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. If possible, use home-language resources to locate and present examples of homophones in students' home languages. In Latin American Spanish, examples of homophones include casa (house)/caza (hunt), ciento (one hundred)/siento (I feel), and hola (hello)/ola (wave).

See the Phonics Transition Lessons in the ELL and Transition Handbook.

Practice Book 3.2 p. 69

with | without Answers

Sometimes when two vowels come together, two vowel sounds are heard.

You may wish to explain the meanings of these words.

initiate	to start something; begin
oriole	a songbird with orange and black feathers
polio	a disabling disease
terrarium	a glass enclosure to keep plants or small animals

Homophones

TEACH

Remind students that there are often different ways to spell the same sound. Write the
words meet, meat, blue, and blew.

How do you pronounce the first word? (/mt/)
How do you pronounce the second word? (/mt/)
Which word makes sense in this sentence? We stopped at the grocery store to
buy ___ for dinner. (m-e-a-t)
Which word makes sense in this sentence? I'll ___ you in the gym after school.
(m-e-e-t)

MODEL It's easy to get confused by homophones. Homophones sound alike,
but they are spelled differently and have different meanings. When a sentence
with a homophone doesn't make sense, I check to make sure I'm using the
correct meaning for the homophone in the sentence.

Model blending blue and blew. Then have
students blend the word with you and define
each homophone.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

DECODE LONGER WORDS Write these homophones. Have students read

them, point out the spelling differences, and define each word.

choose	piece	through	way
chews	peace	threw	weigh

READ WORDS IN CONTEXT Write these sentences. Have individuals identify

the homophones and use each homophone in a new sentence.

The pail was full of pale green paint.

Did you notice the deer, dear?

Would you please put more wood on the fire?

To assess, observe whether students pronounce and use the homophones correctly.

Review Word Parts

SYLLABLE PATTERN V/V

CONNECT Write this sentence: The gentle giant is not cruel.

We learned to divide words that have the V/V syllable pattern.
Read the sentence to yourself. Raise your hand when you see two words
that have two vowels in a row. (giant, cruel)
How many vowel sounds do you hear in each word? (two)
How many syllables do you hear in each word? (two)
Where should we divide the words? (giant: between the i and the a; cruel:
between the u and the e)

Continue in the same way with the sentence The stadium became quiet.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

DECODE LONGER WORDS Have individuals read the following words. Provide

help chunking and blending the words as needed.

poetry	gradual	oriole	violet
cereal	radiator	polio	stereo
denial	terrarium	initiate	annual

READ WORDS IN CONTEXT Have students read these sentences.

Then, to check meaning, have them give their own sentence for each
underlined word.

The prisoner was on trial for a violent crime.

The audience clapped for the violin solo.

We didn't realize we were ruining the new cement.

Will you dial the number of the theater for me?

To assess, note how well students read and divide the V/V words.