1. Spelling for Older Students
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Lesson 16 B b
Created for SPELD SA by Jan Polkinghorne

2. Sounds in a word b-(u-)n-ar-n-a 5 or 6 b-u-t-er-f-l-ie 7 b-a-l-a-n-s 6
Say the names of these pictures. Use your fingers to count how many sounds in each word. NOTE that is sounds not letters.
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b-(u-)n-ar-n-a 5 or b-u-t-er-f-l-ie b-a-l-a-n-s 6

3. Find words to rhyme with these.
hill
fill
bill
kill
dill
gill
jill
mill
pill
quill
sill
till
will
ball
small
call
fall
hall
mall
tall
wall
belt
felt
melt
smelt
pelt
welt

4. What is the same about these pictures in each box. Say the words aloud.
Click the box for the answer.
They all begin with b:- bow, BBQ, butterfly, burn, bus,
Brick, bow, balloons, bowtie, backpack, boil, baked beans, boy
Bag, bricks, book, bomb, ball, bowl, blocks, boot, bin, boat, box.

5. Sort all of your bottle top letters into vowels and consonants.
b is a consonant
The 'b sound is a voiced stop (the vocal cords vibrate while producing it). It is the counterpart to the unvoiced 'p sound' /p/. To create the /b/, air is briefly prevented from leaving the vocal tract by closing the lips.
Sort all of your bottle top letters into vowels and consonants.
We need to know whether a letter is a vowel or consonant to help us apply spelling rules.

6. Doubling Rule- the most common rule in English.
Why do we often see double letters in the middle of words.? We have been learning about vowels and consonants . Now we find out why. Vowels interact with each other. If they are only separated by one consonant the second vowel makes the first say its long vowel name. rub rubbing tube If we double the consonant it stops this from happening. How would we say these words tubing, stabbing, club, cube, cubby?

7. How to write the letter ‘B, b bb’’
Linked script is far better to write than printing. It is faster, easier, more comfortable to write for long periods and your brain learns the words better if they are linked. 1
B b bubble 1 3 2 3 2

8. blast,bubble, ball, best, black Blind, bins, better,be, bells.
b is found at the beginning, middle and end of words.
Put b in each space and say what the word is.
-last
-u--le
-all
-est
-lack
-lind
-ins
-etter -e
-ells
Click the box for the answer.
blast,bubble, ball, best, black
Blind, bins, better,be, bells.

9. Apply your knowledge billing Why does billing have double ll?
To keep the first i short.
billing Why does billing have double ll?
bell Why does fill have double ll?
filing Why does this word only have one l?
snubbed Why is the b doubled?
Single syllable words ending in l usually double the l.
To make i a long vowel.
To make the u say its short vowel sound.
Click after discussing each to check your answers.

10. Use your ears and listen carefully.
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Use your ears and listen carefully.

11. BEWARE! Use your ears and listen carefully.
Granny is looking after Bill and his baby brother, Ben. They go to the park. Granny stops to watch the boats on the lake, and to listen to the band playing. She finds a bench to sit down on and soon she and baby Ben are dozing in the sun. Bill sees his friend, Rob, who has a bat and ball set. They find some more of their friends and have a game of baseball. Bill throws the ball for Ben. As the bat hits the ball, it goes “b”. Then it is Betty’s turn. She bashes the ball as hard as she can. It just misses Granny, bounces and hits the bench. Granny and Baby Ben wake up. “I think I had better keep a safe distance from the baseball,” says Granny as she pushes Baby Ben along the path at the side of the boating lake.

12. How many words can you make using these letters
How many words can you make using these letters? l, s, b, n, p, u, e, o, ck You may use a letter as many times as you like in a word. What is the longest word you can make?
You might be able to apply the doubling rule if you think of longer words.

13. Tricky Words – non phonetic
Click to reveal the word
Click to reveal the word
little
only
Little is basically phonetic. The only tricks to remember are the double t and the le on the end.

14. Tricky Word Revision . Click and say the words as they appear.
Download revision lesson 14.
Click and say the words as they appear

15. Instructions.
Slide 2 counting sounds in a word. The answer is frequently not the same as the number of letters in the word.
Slide 3 Finding rhyming words.
Slide 4 Hearing common sound b.
Slide 5– knowing vowels and consonants is vital for learning spelling rules. Multisensory learning (feeling the formation of a sound) is useful for many students.
Slide 6 – Doubling rule. The most common rule applied in English. If two vowels are separated by only a single consonant, the second vowel usually makes the first say its long vowel name. This rule is important for both reading and writing. It tells us when to double when writing and how to pronounce when reading.
Slide 7–writing B, b and bb and linking. Handwriting I have used Sego Script because it is freely available on most computers . Research is now showing that linked script is more ergonomic and helps with retention of spelling. Many prospective employers are expecting job applications to be handwritten and many exams have to be handwritten. It is still a necessary skill.
Slide 8- writing b in the space and working out what the words are. Some words may be tricky words they have already learnt.
Slide 9- students need to be encouraged to apply their growing knowledge of how our language works. Ask the questions. Examine the answers. Can they think of other words applying the same rules?
Slide 10 ,11. Read the story for b aloud. Ask each student to keep a tally of how many ‘b’ sounds they hear in the story. Compare results. They need to use ears not eyes.
Hand each student a copy of the story. Read it aloud again and have students mark each ‘b’ sound as they go. Remember some bs are silent and a double b will only count as one sound.
Slide 12 Students are asked to build words ( use bottle top letters) – it is more fun and easier to correct if it is not a word. A letter sound can be repeated as many times as they like in a word. Encourage multi syllable words. Don’t worry if they do not double consonants we will learn this later. Encourage them to try to apply the doubling rule.
Slide 14 and 14 Tricky words. These words are high frequency, often non phonetic and have to be learnt by rote for both spelling and reading. Spell with alphabet names. Little is very close to phonetic – when writing students have to remember the double t and e on the end.