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

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. Click for answers v-i-d-ee-ow 5 v-e-s-t 4

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

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

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.

Use your ears and listen carefully. Complete the requirements for the next screen before proceeding. See Instructions. Use your ears and listen carefully.

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.

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

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

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.

Tricky Words – non phonetic Click to reveal the word Click to reveal the word put of Click to reveal the word other

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

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.