1. Spelling for Older Students
SOS
Lesson 24 ng and nk
Created for SPELD SA by Jan Polkinghorne

2. Sounds in a word s-t-r-o-ng 5 r-i-ng 3 w-i-ng 3
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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s-t-r-o-ng r-i-ng w-i-ng 3

3. Rhyming words. Find words to rhyme with each of these.
strong
long
thong
wrong
song
bong
pong
dong
gong
wing
bring
thing
sing
ring
king
ping
zing

4. What is the same about each group of pictures? Say the words aloud.
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Yellow box all have ng on the end:
Ring, strong, wing, string, sing, king
Blue group all have nk on the end:- drink, sink, think, ink, link, mink, stink.

5. Sort all of your bottle top letters into vowels and consonants.
‘Ng’ and ‘nk’ are both consonants. All letters in our alphabet belong to one of two groups
To be strictly correct ‘ng’ is a digraph because the sound is different from ‘n’ and ‘g’ it has its own new sound and only comes on the end of a word or syllable in English. It is quite hard to hear.
‘nk’ is a consonant blend because it is just ‘n’ and ‘k’ run together and it is found on the end of words or syllables.
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.

6. Use your ears and listen carefully.
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Use your ears and listen carefully.

7. It is Saturday afternoon, and Bing has come to play at Mark’s house
It is Saturday afternoon, and Bing has come to play at Mark’s house. They start by having a game of Ping-Pong. Then they play with a racing car. “Let’s see what’s on TV,” says Mark, “There might be some motor racing.” They put on the TV. “Look at that man!” says Bing. “He’s a weight lifter,” says Mark. They watch the man as he lifts some huge weights. The man grunts . “He must be strong,” says Bing. “Let’s be weightlifters,” says Mark. They use a broom and a mop as they pretend to lift the heavy weights. “This will give us strong arms ,”says Bing.

8. How to write the letters ‘ng nk’
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.
ng nk thinking

9. Write nk in the space. Say the word.
Write ng in the space. Say the word.
s i _ _
r i _ _
s o _ _
b r i _ _
l o _ _
t h i _ _
w r o _ _
w i _ _
l i _ _
p i _ _
k i _ _

10. How many words can you make using these letters
How many words can you make using these letters? z, w, s, k, n, u, e, a ,ng,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.

11. Tricky Words – non phonetic
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because
Teach because with the mnemonic ;-
Big elephants can always understand small elephants.

12. Time to revise the Set 24 Tricky Words
Revision
Time to revise the Set 24 Tricky Words

13. 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 ng and nk 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.
Slide 6 , 7 . Read the story for ng aloud. Ask each student to keep a tally of how many ng 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 ‘ng’ sound as they go.
Slide 8–writing ng and nk 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 distinguish final ng and nk sounds.
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.