Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, poems, and constitutions. They carry meaning, emotion, and power. But underneath it all, language is really just physics. In this...

We’ve all been tripped up by tongue-twisters. That’s the whole point! But at a neuroscientific level, they’re as difficult to understand as they are to say.

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the suffix -er. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - Adding '-er' creates an extra syllable to the word. - If the...

Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling patterns for the representations of the ‘j’ phoneme: 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'. Key learning points: - The spelling 'dge' is usually used after short vowels. - The spelling 'ge' is usually used after...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words like head, bread, catch and pitch. Key learning points: - 'ea' can be used to represent the 'e' phoneme. - 'tch' is the representation of 'ch' usually used after a short vowel. - Exceptions to the 'tch'...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing the representations of the ‘l’ phoneme: 'le' and 'el'. Key learning points: - The 'll' representation of the 'l' sound is often found after short vowels in single syllable words. - The 'el' and...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the suffix -ing. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - Adding '-ing' creates an extra syllable to the word. - If the root...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using soft c. Key learning points: - Soft c and hard c refer to two different sounds that the letter c can represent in English spelling. - If the vowel letters ‘a’, ‘o’ or ‘u’ or a consonant letter...

Pupil outcome: I can spell contrasting words with a double consonant. Key learning points: - When there are two of the same consonants beside each other, we call this a double consonant. - Double consonants are often found after short...

Pupil outcome: I can choose which type of determiner to use in a clause and for what reason. Key learning points: - Determiners are a word class. - A determiner introduces a noun in a clause or phrase. - Determiners can be articles,...

Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell words with the superlative suffix -est. Key learning points: - If the root word ends in 'y', remove the 'y' and add -iest. - If the root word ends in 'e', remove the 'e' and add -est. -...

Pupil outcome: I can recognise and spell compound words. Key learning points: - Compound words are words made up of two or more pre-existing words. - The spelling of both words remains the same when the words are combined together. - How...

Pupil outcome: I can use an article or a possessive pronoun to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase. Key learning points: - Determiners are a word class. - A determiner introduces a noun in a clause or phrase. - A determiner may be...

Pupil outcome: I can use 'ser' to describe people and ask questions. Key learning points: - The Spanish vowels are [a] as in 'alto', [o] as in 'yo', [e] as in elefante, [i] as in 'idea' and [u] as in 'universo'. - The verb 'ser' is used...

Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell words with the suffix -ing. Key learning points: - If the root word contains a short vowel sound, double the consonant and add the suffix -ing. - If the root word ends in 'y', just add...

Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell words with the suffix -ed. Key learning points: - If the root word contains a short vowel sound, double the consonant and add the suffix -ed. - If the root word ends in 'y', remove the...

Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense with 'haben' and irregular past participles in the context of the experiences of Syrians in Germany. Key learning points: - The past participles of some verbs do not follow a pattern. - [ch] can...

Pupil outcome: I can understand and use direct and indirect object pronouns in the perfect tense, exploring the context of immigration. Key learning points: - Indirect object pronouns met are: me, te, lui, and vous. They replace the...

Want to know how to learn a British accent? Start by mastering the hardest sounds in Received Pronunciation, or rather, modern RP. These are the features of the RP accent that my students and I work on, most of the time. I transformed my...

This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with consonant + le syllables, along with many hopefully prior learned syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.

This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with vowel team and diphthong syllables, along with many hopefully prior learned syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.

Mr. Griot explains how to identify number of syllables and vowel sounds in a word.

"Blend with br, cr, dr, fr, gr" demonstrates how to blend the consonant blends br, cr, dr, fr, and gr with short vowel i into closed-syllable words.

"Blend with Digraphs ng, nd, and nk" demonstrates how to blend the consonant digraphs ng, nd, and nk with short vowel sounds.