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Hearing Colors, Seeing Sounds: Synesthesia

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains the little we know about the perceptual condition known as synesthesia, where a person involuntary associates one sensation or experience with another sensation.
Instructional Video9:42
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Tap It, Map It, Spell It with Blends and Short Vowels

K - 3rd
This video has kids practice first tapping out sounds to a short vowel word with blends. Then, they map it or turn the sounds into letters, and finally they spell the word. This is great practice for beginning readers and writers and...
Instructional Video21:56
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Silent letters: the 'gn' spelling

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with 'gn' representing the 'n' phoneme. Key learning points: - 'gn' can be a representation of the 'n' phoneme. - The representation 'gn' is usually found at the start or end of a word. - How to spell the...
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Silent letters: the 'mb' spelling

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with 'mb' representing the 'm' phoneme. Key learning points: - mb' can be a representation of the 'm' phoneme. - The representation 'mb' is often found at the end of a word, such as climb. - How to spell...
Instructional Video18:57
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The 's' spellings, including 'se' and 'ce'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing two representations of the ‘s’ phoneme: 'se' and 'ce'. Key learning points: - 'ce' is sometimes used to represent the 's' phoneme at the end of a word. - 'se' is sometimes used to represent the...
Instructional Video18:57
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Spelling the 'o' sound after 'w' or 'qu'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words like want, watch, wander and squash. Key learning points: - 'a' is the most common spelling for the 'o' phoneme after 'w' and 'qu'. - How to spell the common exception words: other, mother, brother,...
Instructional Video21:52
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Silent letters: the 'kn' spelling

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with 'kn' representing the 'n' phoneme. Key learning points: - 'kn' can be a representation of the 'n' phoneme. - The representation 'kn' is usually found at the start of a word. - How to spell the common...
Instructional Video21:49
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Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ie’

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell a range of words using the letter string ‘ie’. Key learning points: - There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound, including ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e-e’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’ and ‘ei’. - The rule ‘i before e except after...
Instructional Video21:54
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Spelling words with the silent letters 'h', 'p', 'n', 'l' and 's'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words that contain the silent letters 'h', 'p', 'n', 'l' and 's'. Key learning points: - A silent 'h' can be found in different places within a word and next to different letters. - A silent 'p' can be found in...
Instructional Video24:39
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The ‘ay' spellings, including ‘ay', ‘ai' and ‘a-e'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can read and spell words containing the three most common representations of the ‘ay’ phoneme: ‘ay’, ‘ai’ and ‘a-e’. Key learning points: - How to spell the common exception words: all, ball and call. - ‘ai’ is a...
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Investigating the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words using ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ to make the ‘ee’ sound. Key learning points: - There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound. ‘ee’, ‘ea’ and ‘e-e’ are the most common. - The spellings ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ are...
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Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ei'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ei'. Key learning points: - The 'ee' sound spelt 'ei' generally comes after the letter 'c' (deceive) or at the beginning of a word (either) - Exceptions include: protein,...
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Applying the rule ‘i before e except after c’

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words and exceptions using ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ to make the ‘ee’ sound. Key learning points: - There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound, including ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e-e’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’ and ‘ei’. - The rule ‘i...
Instructional Video22:00
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Practise and apply spelling words with the silent letters "b", "w", "k" and "g"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with silent letters ‘b’, ‘w’, ‘k’ and ‘g’. Key learning points: - The spelling of words with 'silent letters' often reflects old pronunciation. - How to spell words using 'mb', 'wr', 'kn' and 'gn'. - How...
Instructional Video24:03
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Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ei’

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell a range of words using the letter string ‘ei’.

Key learning po
ints:
- There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound, including ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e-e’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’
and ‘ei’.
- The rule ‘i...
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Spelling words with the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words that contain the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'. Key learning points: - A silent 'b' generally comes towards the end of a word and next to a 't' or after the letter 'm'. - A silent 'w' might...
Instructional Video25:18
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Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ie'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ie'. Key learning points: - There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound. ‘ee’, ‘ea’ and ‘e-e’ are the most common. - Most words follow the rule: 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'...
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Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'ei' or 'ea'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with the ‘ay’ sound using ‘ei' or 'ea'. Key learning points: - Common spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ay', 'a-e' and 'ai'. - Alternative and rarer spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ei', 'eigh',...
Instructional Video25:58
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spelling words with silent letters: "b", "w", "k" and "g"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify words that contain ‘silent letters’. Key learning points: - The spelling 'mb' is often found at the end of a word, such as climb. - The spelling 'kn' is usually found at the start of a word. - The spelling...
Instructional Video26:52
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Applying the spellings 'ee', 'ea' and 'e-e' in familiar words

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing the three most common representations of the 'ee' phoneme: 'ee', 'ea' and 'e-e'. Key learning points: - 'ee' and 'ea' are common spellings of the 'ee' phoneme. - e-e' is a representation of the...
Instructional Video27:25
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Revising spelling patterns linked to sounds

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing the same and different sounds. Key learning points: - Some sounds can be represented by a number of different spellings e.g. the /ee/ sound. - The same spellings can represent more than one...
Instructional Video28:00
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Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with the 'ay' sound using 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'. Key learning points: - Common spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ay', 'a-e' and 'ai'. - Alternative and rare spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'a', 'eigh'...
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Common Trigraphs: TCH, DGE, & IGH

K - 3rd
This video teaches about trigraphs, tch, dge, and igh and the rules of when to use them. There is practice with both reading and writing with them.
Instructional Video3:30
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Let's Learn: Soft G /j/ sound

K - 3rd
This video teaches how to read and spell words with soft g. We learn soft g is followed by an e, i, or y and compare it to hard g.