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Silent Letters - Presentation

Silent Letters - Presentation
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This detailed presentation assists students to understand the concept of silent letters. It runs through common silent letters found in many words and has think, pair and share activities that could be implemented in a variety of ways in the classroom. 
 

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Curriculum Codes

AC9E2LY10 9

Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words

ACELA1824 8.4

Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllable

EN1-5A old

Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words

EN1-PHOKW-01 new

Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

EN1-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts

VCELA218

Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

VCELA226

Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words

VCELA239

Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters

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Reviews
Zuriette du Plessis
Posted 3 years ago
QLD, Australia
Another brilliant resource to assist in teaching the "why" in silent letters. Thank you very much.