Why do we pronounce the ‘o’ in ‘woman‘ as /oo/ like in ‘book’, whereas the ‘o’ in ‘women‘ in pronounced /i/ like in ‘insect’? According to Crystal (2012), in Old English the word for ‘woman’ was ‘wifman’ (literally wife-man, but … Continued
Phonological awareness (in particular phoneme manipulation) and word patterns are two important elements in the learning to read and spell process. Creating ‘Word Chains’ is a fun activity for providing students practice in these skills. The basic premise is that … Continued
Combine a craft activity with a learning activity by making a Grapheme Garden!! Resources Egg carton (or a block of foam) Several packets of plastic plant labels or you could use sticks from the garden Graphemes written on paper squares … Continued
