1. Spelling for Older Students
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Lesson 26 V v
Created for SPELD SA by Jan Polkinghorne

2. Sounds in a word v-i-d-ee-ow 5 v-e-s-t 4
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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v-i-d-ee-ow v-e-s-t 4

3. Rhyming words. Find words to rhyme with each of these.
rose
hose
nose
those
grows
sows
goes
bows
throws
School
Tool
Fool
Jewel
Cruel
Fuel
Mule
rule

4. What is the same about all these pictures? Say the words aloud.
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All start with v : video, van, vet, vest, vacuum, vase, vane.

5. Sort all of your bottle top letters into vowels and consonants.
‘V’ is a consonant. All letters in our alphabet belong to one of two groups
‘v’ is voiced (the vocal cords vibrate), and is the counterpart to the unvoiced ‘f’ sound. To create the ‘v’, the jaw is held nearly closed. The upper backside of the bottom lip is pressed very lightly into the bottom of the top teeth.
Say it slowly and hold the end of the word. Practice making a constant sound while your mouth is in the closed position of ‘of’. When you are comfortable with this, pop your bottom lip off of your front teeth and try ‘oven’. 
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. Use your ears and listen carefully.
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Use your ears and listen carefully.

7. One day during the summer, Uncle Vic arrives at Van and Vicky’s house
One day during the summer, Uncle Vic arrives at Van and Vicky’s house. “Would you like to come and help me, today?” he asks. “Yes, please,” they reply. “Come on, then, we have a lot to do,” says Uncle Vic. They drive off to the station in his van. I need to collect an order from Val’s Fruit and Veg,” says Uncle Vic. They stop outside the door, Uncle Vic collects the order and “vroom”; they are off again. They deliver the vegetables to old Mrs Vernon. They are busy all day, driving around. Eventually, it is time for them to go home. “Good- bye,” call Van and Vicky, as they wave to Uncle Vic.

8. How to write the letters ‘v V’
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.
V v
vacuum

9. Put v in the space. Write the words. Say the words.
_est
li_e
_an
gi_e
_acuum
ha__e
_ane
sa_e
_ein
wa_e
_et
sto_e
_ase
lo_e
_ery
pa_e

10. How many words can you make using these letters
How many words can you make using these letters? l, s, c, oo k, n, v, e, a, i 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.

11. Tricky Words – non phonetic
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put of
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other

12. Time to revise Set 26 Tricky Words
Revision
Time to revise Set 26 Tricky Words

13. 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 Rhyming words
Slide 4 Hearing v sound.
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. Rule 1: If the short vowel pronunciation doesn’t work to make a word try the long vowel. V is not doubled in English and does not appear on the end of words. Hence having and giving do not double the v and have and give add e to the end.
Slide 6 , 7 . Read the story for v aloud. Ask each student to keep a tally of how many v 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 ‘v’ sound as they go.
Slide 8–writing v 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 9- Listening activity to work out words containing v.
Slides 10 How many words can students make?
Slide 11 and 12 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. Do not sound.