Double the Fun
Exploring Homonyms (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 3: Literacy for GrowthAges:
8-10
Grade Range:
3rd 4thFood Groups:
Primary:
Vocabulary
Transcript
Throughout the year we have been going over different homonyms. It's actually a review skill for fourth graders, but we noticed we've started to see a lot of them in our spelling words, and a lot of them in our reading basal. So, I wanted to come up with a way that I can display them so they can also use them in their writing. And we started to list a few, and I actually first had them on the blinds, and then we decided that we wanted to set them apart, and so I asked my students, I was like "You know we need to redo our homonyms wall" and I said, "Who has a catchy phrase." I said, "I want something that just kind of pops. So I asked them to brainstorm a little bit, and I had one student who said "I have it". And he's like, "What about, it's double the fun". And I said "I like that." And another student said, "Ya like the gum, you know the double mint cum". And I was, "That is great". So what we did was we decided to post them here, all of our homonyms. We've cut out a little strip of paper and we made it into a little gum stick, and that way they'll always remember that they're double. They sound the same, but they're not spelled the same. This was a creative way to introduce homonyms and post them, rather than the boring old poster boards.
Activity Objective
The goal of Double the Fun: Exploring Homonyms (Virtual Tour) is to explicitly teach the definition of homonyms and provide students with an opportunity to practice identifying homonyms.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Homonyms are words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings and spellings.
- Exposing students to new vocabulary words will help them expand their vocabulary.
- Give students opportunities to apply their understanding of homonyms to real-life situations.
Other Recipes by this Teacher
The UNRAVEL Device: Using a Test Taking Mnemonic (Virtual Tour)
3rd - 6th
The Literacy Umbrella: Understanding Figurative Language (Virtual Tour)
4th - 6th
Integrating Social Studies: Developing Research Skills (Virtual Tour)
4th - 6th
The Wall of Science: Anchoring Students' Learning (Virtual Tour)
3rd - 6th
The KWL Chart: Building Knowledge with a Graphic Organizer (Virtual Tour)
2nd - 6th
