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Same Letter Different Sound

This classroom reference display provides a clear visual, explaining that the same letters can make different sounds within different words and includes visual examples.

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Learning goals

We are learning to understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, e.g. cat, swan, ball, fast etc. and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound.

Curriculum alignment

AC9E1LY12 9 Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound ACELA1459 8.4 Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

EN1-4A old Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies EN1-PHOKW-01 new Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

VCELA183 Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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Year: 2

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Long E Game

This game is suitable for up to 4 people and reinforces knowledge of the long e sound. Students need to match either "ee" or "ea" to the wor...

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Year: 2

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Long A Game

This game is suitable for up to 4 people and reinforces knowledge of the long a sound. Students need to match either "a_e", "ay" or "ai" to...

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Year: 2

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Long O Game

This game is suitable for up to 4 people and reinforces knowledge of the long o sound. Students need to match either "o_e", "oa" or "ow" to...

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Year: 2

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Long U Game

This game is suitable for up to 4 people and reinforces knowledge of the long u sound. Students need to match either "u_e", "u" or "oo" to t...

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Year: 2

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Long I Game

Long I Game

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Year: 1 2

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Short and Long Vowel Owls

Each owl represents a short or a long vowel, which can be used in a classroom sorting activity. This activity is perfectly suited to literac...

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Year: F 1

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Vowel Owls - Short Vowel Sort

Students will recognise short vowels when reading single syllable words. Each owl represents a short vowel, which can be used in a classroo...

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Year: 1 2

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'Give Me A Magic E' Board Game

Travel around the game board discovering the words you can create when you add a magic E to the end of other words, changing the short vowel...

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Year: F 1

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Mad Middle Vowels - Medial Vowels Board game

'Mad Middle Vowel' requires students to identify the vowel in the CVC word. They are required to look at the image, identify the word it rep...

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Year: 2

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Long E Four In A Row

These worksheets are great for saying, hearing, identifying and sorting the long E sounds and recognising and identifying which digraphs fit...

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Year: 1

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Same Letter Different Sound - Presentation

This presentation is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This presentation aims to reinforce knowledge and underst...

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Year: 1

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Same Letter, Different Sound - Student Reference Cards

This student reference card was created as a part of the Same Letter Different Sound unit plan. It can be stuck in their books and referred...

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Year: 1

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Letter ‘a’ Can Make Different Sounds

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Letter ‘e’ Can Make Different Sounds

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Letter ‘i’ Can Make Different Sounds

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Letter ‘o’ Can Make Different Sounds

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Letter ‘u’ Can Make Different Sounds

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Same or Different Letter

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Different Letters Same Sound

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Which Sound?

This worksheet is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding...

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Year: 1

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Same Letter Different Sound Quiz

This quiz is part of a larger unit on ‘Same Letters, Different Sounds’. This worksheet aims to reinforce knowledge and understanding of l...

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Year: 1

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English Unit: Same Letter Different Sound

This is a great comprehensive unit to introduce and reinforce the concept that a letter can represent more than one sound.The unit has a foc...

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Same Letter Different Sound

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