1. Reading every day words (including some tricky ones)

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.