{"id":23895,"date":"2020-11-23T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/?p=23895"},"modified":"2023-12-04T21:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T03:41:40","slug":"homophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/homophones\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach Homophones"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Teach-Homophones-Featured-540x400.jpg\" alt=\"a small deer with big eyes in a field\" width=\"540\" class=\"left\" \/><p>It\u2019s a common scenario; people everywhere do it\u2014maybe even you or your child.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You\u2019re writing a note and are about to write the word <em><span class=\"italic\">peak<\/span><\/em>. But wait! Your pencil poises midair: is it <em><span class=\"italic\">sneak <span class=\"bold\">peak<\/span><\/span><\/em>? Or is it <em><span class=\"italic\">sneak <span class=\"bold\">peek<\/span><\/span><\/em>? Now consider <em><span class=\"italic\">stationary<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">stationery<\/span><\/em>; they are both pronounced the same, but which one means <em><span class=\"italic\">writing paper<\/span><\/em>?<\/p><!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p>These sets of words are called <em><span class=\"italic\">homophones<\/span><\/em> (or sometimes <em><span class=\"italic\">homonyms<\/span><\/em>), and they can cause a lot of trouble for spellers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>What Are Homophones?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"italic\">Homophones<\/span> are two or more words that sound alike but that are spelled differently and have different meanings.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Deer-Sign-Homophones-300x340.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" class=\"right\" \/><p>Here are a few homophone pairs: <em><span class=\"italic\">deer<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">dear<\/span><\/em>, <em><span class=\"italic\">billed<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">build<\/span><\/em>, and <em><span class=\"italic\">sew<\/span><\/em>, <em><span class=\"italic\">so<\/span><\/em>, and <em><span class=\"italic\">sow<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Homophones occur in English because there are multiple ways to spell the same sound. For example:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The sound of \/n\/ can be spelled with the letter N or the letter combination KN, resulting in the homophones <em><span class=\"italic\">night<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">knight<\/span><\/em>.<\/li>\r\n<li>The sound of \/\u0101\/ can be spelled A-consonant-E or AY (among other possible spellings), giving us <em><span class=\"italic\">daze<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">days<\/span><\/em>.<\/li>\r\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/schwas\/\" title=\"Schwas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">schwa sound<\/a> (the muffled \/uh\/ sound of vowels in unaccented syllables) causes words like <em><span class=\"italic\">complement<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">compliment<\/span><\/em> to be pronounced alike.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<h2>How Are Homophones Different from\u00a0Homographs and Homonyms?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Good question! Let\u2019s look at homographs first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"italic\">Homographs<\/span> are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and may have different pronunciations.<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Deer-Sign-Homographs-300x340.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" class=\"right\" \/><p>Examples of common homographs include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">does<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">does<\/span><\/em><br \/>\r\nHe <em><span class=\"underline\">does<\/span><\/em> like to run. <em><span class=\"underline\">Does<\/span><\/em> are female deer. <br \/>\r\n    (Same spelling, different pronunciation.)<\/li>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">wind<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">wind<\/span><\/em><br \/>\r\nI can feel the <em><span class=\"underline\">wind<\/span><\/em> in my hair. <em><span class=\"underline\">Wind<\/span><\/em> up the string before it gets tangled. <br \/>(Same spelling, different pronunciation.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n<h3><span class=\"italic\">Homonyms<\/span> are words that are pronounced the same and spelled the same, but have different meanings.<\/h3><p>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Deer-Sign-Homonyms-300x340-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" class=\"right\" \/><p>Here are some examples of homonyms:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">bear<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">bear<\/span><\/em><br \/>\r\nWe saw a <em><span class=\"underline\">bear<\/span><\/em> in the woods. The cold was more than he could <em><span class=\"underline\">bear<\/span><\/em>.<br \/>\r\n(Same spelling, same pronunciation.)<\/li>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">left<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">left<\/span><\/em><br \/>\r\nThey <em><span class=\"underline\">left<\/span><\/em> the coin on the beach. Turn <em><span class=\"underline\">left<\/span><\/em> when you get to the lemonade stand.<br \/>\r\n(Same spelling, same pronunciation.)<\/li>\r\n    <\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>You may have noticed that there is some overlap between the terms. For example, <span class=\"italic\">well<\/span> and <span class=\"italic\">well<\/span> can be categorized as both homographs AND homophones. And then there is added confusion because many people use the word <span class=\"italic\">homonyms<\/span> when they are actually talking about <span class=\"italic\">homophones<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The easiest way to visualize the difference between these three terms is with a Venn diagram. Here's a 30-second video that demonstrates the concepts.<\/p><p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"video-container medium\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video youtube\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEUHrh5DXGM?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Now that we've gotten the technical part out of the way, let\u2019s see if we can help you and your children avoid homophone confusion!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>List of Homophones<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>First, let\u2019s start with a list. There are LOTS of homophones. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.allaboutlearningpress.com\/downloads\/Blog_Samples\/The-Big-List-of-Homophones.pdf\" title=\"The BIG List of Homophones\">the list below<\/a> contains more homophone pairs than you can shake a stick at! In order to make this list as useful as possible, words that are archaic, slang, naughty, or extremely uncommon have not been included.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.allaboutlearningpress.com\/downloads\/Blog_Samples\/The-Big-List-of-Homophones.pdf\" title=\"The BIG List of Homophones\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Homophones-List-Download-600x450.png\" alt=\"Download this BIG list of homophones!\" width=\"600\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<h2>Regional Accents Can Affect Whether Words Are Homophones<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Some words are homophones in some areas but not in others. For example, in certain parts of America, <em><span class=\"italic\">weather<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">whether<\/span><\/em> are pronounced the same, but in other regions the WH in <em><span class=\"italic\">whether<\/span><\/em> has retained a distinct \/hw\/ sound. The words <em><span class=\"italic\">acts<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">ax<\/span><\/em> sound alike to most of us, but some people pronounce the T in <em><span class=\"italic\">acts<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speakers in the U.S. pronounce <em><span class=\"italic\">due<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">do<\/span><\/em> identically, but in most British accents those words are pronounced differently. The words <em><span class=\"italic\">boy<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">buoy<\/span><\/em> have the same pronunciation in England (and therefore are homophones), but not in America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You can be the final judge as to whether certain word pairs are homophones in your neck of the woods.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>My #1 Tip for Teaching Homophones<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>If your child struggles with spelling, concentrating on homophone pairs is one of the most confusing things you can do. Why is that? Think about it like this: imagine you met three new people this week.<\/p>\r\n                                                                                                                                            \r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Homophones-Similar-Names-Pastel-600x290-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"center\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p>Would it be easier to remember their names if you met them all at the same time? Or would their names be easier to remember if you met them at different times, under different circumstances? Most of us would agree that it would be easier to recall their names if the meetings were spaced out a bit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Homophones are like that: meet them all at once and they get tangled up in your brain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Trying to tackle a homophone pair like <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">weight<\/span><\/em> in the same lesson can cause confusion where there shouldn\u2019t be any. But this simple strategy can combat the confusion:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Teach the spelling of the words from the homophone pair one at a time.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p>In the case of <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"italic\">weight<\/span><\/em>, teach <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em> first. In the <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutlearningpress.com\/all-about-spelling\/\" title=\"All About Spelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All About Spelling<\/a><\/cite> program, we teach words containing AI long before we teach words containing EIGH \u2013 and we do so very deliberately. The vowel team AI is a much more common spelling of the long A sound than EIGH, so <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em> is taught sooner in the program.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After teaching the word <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em>, we reinforce the teaching in multiple ways until the word is mastered:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">Wait<\/span><\/em> is included in <span class=\"bold\">sentence dictation<\/span>. The student spells the word <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em> in the context of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/spelling-dictation\/\" title=\"How to Do Spelling Dictation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dictated sentences<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">Wait<\/span><\/em> is included in the <span class=\"bold\">Word Banks<\/span>. The student reads from the Word Banks frequently so he can get familiar with how the word looks.<\/li>\r\n<li><em><span class=\"italic\">Wait<\/span><\/em> is on a <span class=\"bold\">Word Card<\/span>, and that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/review-spelling-word-cards\/\" title=\"Great Ways to Review Word Cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Word Card is reviewed frequently<\/a> until it is mastered and retired.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>And that leads us to my #1 tip for teaching homophones:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Homophones-Deer-Quote-600x370.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"center\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p>Let your student fully master the correct spelling and usage of <em><span class=\"italic\">wait<\/span><\/em> before the homophone <em><span class=\"italic\">weight<\/span><\/em> is introduced. By doing so, you greatly minimize the confusion and set your child up for success with homophones.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Teach Homophones in Context<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Another great way to minimize homophone confusion is to provide context for the words. When teaching the word <em><span class=\"italic\">sore<\/span><\/em>, for example, you might share this interesting folk remedy:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"italic\">If you have a sore throat, try this: spit into the mouth of a frog and your sore throat\r\nwill be cured!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now there\u2019s something to talk about:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>Discuss the meaning of <em><span class=\"italic\">sore<\/span><\/em> in this sentence.<\/li>\r\n    <li>Ask your child if he really thinks a <span class=\"italic\">sore<\/span> throat could be cured this way.<\/li>\r\n    <li>Talk about other folk remedies.<\/li>\r\n    <li>Create a tongue twister using the word <em><span class=\"italic\">sore<\/span><\/em> (<span class=\"italic\">Sally\u2019s sore shin sure shines<\/span>).<\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>By the time the lesson is over, your child will be much more familiar with the meaning and spelling of this synonym for <em><span class=\"italic\">painful<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Of course, you can\u2019t go into this much detail to teach <span class=\"italic\">every<\/span> homophone, but even placing the word in a meaningful sentence goes a long way to provide clarity.<\/p>\r\n    \r\n<h2>4 More Great Ideas for Teaching Homophones<\/h2>\r\n    \r\n<p>Homophones can be confusing, but they can also be fun! There are lots of ways to make learning about homophones enjoyable, such as using games, tongue twisters, graphic organizers, storybooks, and more. Check out the resources below!<\/p>\r\n   \r\n<div class=\"clearfix\">    \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.allaboutlearningpress.com\/downloads\/Blog_Samples\/Homophone-Riddles-and-Puns.pdf\" title=\"Homophone Riddles and Puns\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Homophone-Riddles-Punds-Thumb-130x167.png\" alt=\"Free Homophone Riddles and Puns - download yours now\" width=\"130\" class=\"left\" \/><\/a><p>Pique your child\u2019s interest in homophones by sharing these riddles and puns. For example: <br \/>\r\nQ: What is a quick look at a mountaintop? A: A peak peek.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.allaboutlearningpress.com\/downloads\/Blog_Samples\/Homophone-Riddles-and-Puns.pdf\" title=\"Homophone Riddles and Puns\">(Download our free <cite>Homophone Riddles and Puns<\/cite> here<\/a>!)<\/p><\/div>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"clearfix\">    \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.allaboutlearningpress.com\/downloads\/Blog_Samples\/My-List-of-Homophones.pdf\" title=\"My List of Homophones\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Homophone-Blank-List-Thumb-130x167.png\" alt=\"My List of Homophones - download your free PDF\" width=\"130\" class=\"left\" \/><\/a><p>When a spelling word has a homophone, point it out to your student and have him add it to his own personal homophones list.<\/p>\r\n    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.allaboutlearningpress.com\/downloads\/Blog_Samples\/My-List-of-Homophones.pdf\" title=\"My List of Homophones\">(Download <cite>My List of Homophones<\/cite> here<\/a>!)<\/p><\/div>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"clearfix\">    \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutlearningpress.com\/all-about-homophones\/\" title=\"All About Homophones\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/resources-all-about-homophones-Thumb-130x167.png\" alt=\"All About Homophones teaching toolkit\" width=\"130\" class=\"left\" \/><\/a><p>Help your child master the use of homophones the fun way!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutlearningpress.com\/all-about-homophones\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><cite>All About Homophones<\/cite><\/a> gives you more than 240 pages of engaging homophone activities, homophone games, spelling resources, and teaching tools for more homophones than you can shake a stick at!<\/p><\/div>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<p>And finally, here's a shameless plug for our <cite>All About Spelling<\/cite> program...<br \/>\r\n<\/p><div class=\"clearfix\">    \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutlearningpress.com\/all-about-spelling\/\" title=\"All About Spelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/resources-AAS-L3-Thumb-130x167.png\" alt=\"Cover of Level 3 All About Spelling program\" width=\"130\" class=\"left\" \/><\/a><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutlearningpress.com\/all-about-spelling\/\" title=\"All About Spelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><cite>All About Spelling<\/cite><\/a> incorporates all the tips you've read about in this article.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Beginning in Level 3, the <cite>All About Spelling<\/cite> program teaches homophones in a way that prevents homophone confusion.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Which pairs of homophones cause your child the most difficulty? 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