FREE Heart Homophones {Matching Game}

Just like figurative language, the term homophones may be one of those words you remember learning as a young child, but you haven’t use it in a long time. What exactly are homophones and why are they important for kids to learn? So glad you asked! We’re exploring homophones today and I’m sharing a Valentine’s themed homophone pack {free download at the end.}

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What are Homophones and Why are they Important

Homophones are words that SOUND the same, yet look different. The first homophones young readers and spellers typically encounter are to/too/two. Why are these words spelled differently? To confuse kids? Not at all!

Back up just a second with me to the purpose of teaching spelling. Spelling is two fold: 1- teaching phonics and the “rules”/generalizations that govern words and 2- teaching that meaning can influence the spelling of words.

Homophones are a GREAT place to start when teaching the second purpose of spelling: that meaning can influence the spelling of words. So why are tale and tail spelled differently? Because they have two distinct meanings.

 

Heart Homophones {Matching Game}

Just this week, my 3rd grader had some fun with heart homophones. In this activity, he matched, drew, and spelled homophone pairs {not pears…sorry, that was bad.}

First, I printed the hearts on cardstock and cut out the homophone pairs. I mixed all the hearts up. He read each word, then match the homophones back together. After he had matched them all, we briefly talked about the spellings and the meanings of these words.

 

Then I asked him to pick just four homophone pairs and draw pictures to show the different meanings of them. {He LOVED this part, as my son really likes to draw.} On another day, I plan on asking him to rematch the homophones, then pick four more to draw and spell. Note: If you don’t find a certain homophone pair in our pack, the last page has blank hearts that you can make and color yourself. 

So, there you have it! Homophones. And that’s your grammar lesson for today. 🙂

 

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>>Download our FREE Heart Homophones Pack HERE<<

 

 

 

~Becky