Homophones

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meat-meet
maid-made
Homophones
hair-hare
flour-flower
blue-blew
Sarah Thomas Third Grade N. Belmont
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SCOS objectives Language Arts 1.4 - Increase
sight vocabulary 1.5 -Use word reference materials
to confirm decoding skills, verify spelling, and
extend meanings of words Technology 2.9
Identify, discuss and use multimedia tools 3.4
Identify, discuss, and use multimedia to present
ideas/concepts/information in a variety of ways
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Essential Question
How can under- standing homophones help you
increase your vocabulary?
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Homophones are words that sound the same, are
spelled differently, and have different meanings
ex.
blue
blew
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Foul A violation of the rules of a sports game.
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Fowl any of several birds like chickens and ducks
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Ball A round body used in games
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Bawl to cry loudly
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read to understand the meaning of something
written
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reed the straight stalk of any of various grasses
growing in marshy places
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rain water that falls in drops from the sky
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rein a leather strap fastened to the end of a
bridle
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bough a branch of a tree
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bow to bend the body or head, as in salutation
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bawl

• The man wanted to _____ when he lost his
  favorite _____.

ball
rein

• I held the ____ tightly in the
• pouring ___.

rain
read
3. Megan will ____ a story about a ___ that grows
on the riverbank.
reed
bow
bough
4. Take a ____ under the _____ of the Christmas
tree.
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