Worked on the spelling stategy of "i before e except after c". There were 28 words and there were 4 exceptions to the rule:
1. seize
2. weird
3. heir
4. protein.
the others were:
priest
friend
grieve
deceit
deceitful
shield
receipt
receive
siege
mischief
achieve
niece
pier
piece
conceited
deceive
perceive
field
felief
ceiling
believe
yield
chief
brief
Out of this list the ones that dont have an ee (long e) sound were:
heir (Air)
friend (end)
mischief (if)
pier (ear)
I also wrote out all the words and used my dictionary to write out the meanings of the words.
After all that I needed an OREO and some Rooibos Tea to stay awake! HEE HEE.
Then we looked at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/spelling/read1.shtml
A summary of this is:
ENGLISH = TRICKY (Exceptions to rules)
a. Vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
b. Consonants (The rest of the alphabet)
These give you approx. 5 groups of sounds!
1. Long and short vowels (Hello, batter, digger or here, bathe, dive)
2. Two vowels together
3. Hard and soft consonants (G/J or C/S)
4. Singular or plural
5. Prefixes and suffixes
In between to help my concentration we looked at 2 short video clips of a wood sculptor and an artist who makes hand made tools.
These were really interesting and about real life working, living artists and how they work and how they live.
If you have a break between learning it helps you concentrate better than doing your learning all in one batch.
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