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Lesson Plan

Same Sounds: Homophones

Can you hear the words here? Help your students distinguish homophones with this lesson. They'll be identifying the correct words in no time!
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify and define homophones.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Instruct your students to read the sentence: Which eye would I use to see?
  • Ask your students to identify which words sound alike in the sentence.
  • Then, read the following words: sale, sail, here, hear, there, and their. Have them point out which words sound alike again.
  • List these responses on the whiteboard.
  • Ask your students to point out what they notice about the words listed. Make sure they point out that the spellings and meanings are different for words but sound the same.