1. meat-meet
maid-made
Homophones
flour-flower
blue-blew
hair-hare

2. OBJ: Today I will use homophones in a sentence.
Standards:
1.4 - Increase sight vocabulary
1.5 -Use word reference
materials to confirm decoding
skills, verify spelling, and extend
meanings of words

3. Essential Question How can understanding homophones help you increase
your vocabulary?

4. Homophones are words that sound the same, are spelled differently, and have different meanings
ex.
blue
blew

7. A violation of the rules of a sports game.
Foul
A violation of the rules of a sports game.

8. any of several birds like
Fowl
any of several birds like
chickens and ducks

9. A round body used in games
Ball
A round body used in games

10. Bawl
to cry loudly

11. to understand the meaning of
read
to understand the meaning of
something written

12. reed the straight stalk of any of various grasses growing in
marshy places

13. water that falls in drops
rain
water that falls in drops
from the sky

14. a leather strap fastened
rein
a leather strap fastened
to the end of a bridle

15. bough
a branch of a tree

16. to bend the body or head, as in salutation
bow
to bend the body or head, as in salutation

17. bawl ball rein rain read reed bow bough
The man wanted to _____ when he lost his favorite _____.
bawl
ball
I held the ____ tightly in the
pouring ___.
rein
rain
3. Megan will ____ a story about a
___ that grows on the riverbank.
read
reed
4. Take a ____ under the _____ of
the Christmas tree.
bow
bough

19. What’s a cat’s favorite button on a DVD remote?
Paws

20. 21. What’s a librarian’s favorite color?
Read.

21. 24. What is ice cream’s favorite day of the week?
Sundae.

22. 10. What type of coin smells?
Cent.