Reading every day words (including some tricky ones)

Some every day words have certain sounds that have unusual spellings Some every day words have certain sounds that have unusual spellings. Can you spot the tricky bits?

Sound talk the word then say it. We will try each word three times Sound talk the word then say it! We will try each word three times. How quick can you get?

These letters don’t normally TRICKY BIT These letters don’t normally make this sound laughed The chicken laughed at the chemist. The /oa/ sound can be made in lots of ways but oh is a very unusual spelling.

These letters don’t normally TRICKY BIT These letters don’t normally make this sound because The /air/ sound is usually spelt air not eir. The chef cooked Because it was his job.

You can’t really hear what sounds these letters make TRICKY BIT You can’t really hear what sounds these letters make different The /ee/ sound can be made in lots of ways but I can’t think of another example of eo making /ee/ in a word. Christmas is on a different day of the week each year.

These letters don’t normally TRICKY BIT These letters don’t normally make this sound any Do you want any More food. It isn’t actually all that unusual for ed to make a /t/ sound at the end of a word but there is nothing about the letters ed that suggest that they should be said /t/. Children need to be aware that ed can make a /t/ sound and they need to be taught that when they are reading words ending in ed they will need to try out the different possible sounds /t/ /d/ /e/d/ and see which makes sense.