1. Spelling for Older Students
SOS
Lesson 7 H h
Created for SPELD SA by Jan Polkinghorne

2. H-e-l-i-c-o-p-t-er 9 h-a-m-b-ur-g-er 7 h-i-p-o-p-o-t-a-m-u-s 11
Sounds in a word
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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H-e-l-i-c-o-p-t-er h-a-m-b-ur-g-er 7 h-i-p-o-p-o-t-a-m-u-s 11

3. What is the same about all these pictures. Say the words aloud.
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They all start with the sound:- h. Hop, hen, handstand, hay, harp, hips, horse, hair, hook, hand, howl, house, horn.

4. Say whether these are vowel or consonant:-
vowel or consonant All letters in our alphabet belong to one of two groups
h = consonant
h is formed by opening your mouth and pushing air out.
Note: The sound is h and the letter name is aitch with no h sound at the beginning.
Say whether these are vowel or consonant:-
n, e, s, h, c a t i p
We need to know whether a letter is a vowel or consonant to help us apply spelling rules.

5. H sound only comes at the beginning of words or syllables
H sound only comes at the beginning of words or syllables. When h is on the end of a word it goes with another letter to make a new sound.
Write the name for each picture in linked script.
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hop, hen, hat, hot, hips

6. How to write the sound ‘h’
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. 1 3 1
H h hippo 2 2

7. Complete the requirements for the next screen before proceeding
Complete the requirements for the next screen before proceeding. See Instructions.
BEWARE! Not all letter h sound like h .
Take particular care of those coming on the end of words or syllables.
Use your ears and listen carefully.

8. BEWARE! Not all letter h sound like h.
Many are silent or combine with other letters to make another sound.
Use your ears and listen carefully.
It is the school’s summer fun day. In the morning the children do fun things in the classroom, and in the afternoon there are races. Helen, Harry, Hanif and Harriet are in the hopping race. Mr Heath starts the race. “One, two, three, GO!” he shouts and waves his hat in the air. Helen, Harry, Hanif and Harriet hop as fast as they can. It is a hot day and hopping is hard work. Harriet is huffing by the time she finishes. Miss Hopkins gives everyone huge drinks.
Now go back and count all the letter h that do not sound like h.
What letters do you notice that go with the h to make another sound.?

9. How many words can you make using these letters
How many words can you make using these letters? s, a, t, i, p, n, ck, e, h, k, c You may use a letter as many times as you like. What is the longest word you can make?

10. Click and say the words as they appear.
Tricky Word Revision .
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Click and say the words as they appear.

11. Tricky Words – non phonetic
Click to reveal the word
said
Point out we can hear the s and the d the only tricky part is the ai in the middle which sounds like e.

12. 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 hearing the initial sound in a word. Finding they all begin with h.
Slide 4 – 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. Note the name is aitch the sound is h.
Slide 5 – h only comes t the beginning of words or syllables. On the end it combines with other letters to make new sounds- digraphs th, ch, sh. Students are now asked to write the words in linked script.
Slide 6–writing H h 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 7, 8 . Read the story for ’h’ aloud. Ask each student to keep a tally of how many ‘h’ 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 ‘h’ sound as they go. Note you do not mark every h letter. BEWARE! WARN STUDENTS some words may have a silent h or h combined with another letter to make a new sound.
Slide 9 Students are asked to build words ( use bottle top letters) – it is more fun and easier to correct if it is not a word. A letter sound can be repeated as many times as they like in a word. Encourage multi syllable words. Don’t worry if they do not double consonants we will learn this later.
Slide 10 and 11 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. Revise words learnt previously before learning the new words.