Today we are looking at polysyllabic words with

Today, we are looking at polysyllabic words with unstressed vowels. Polysyllabic words have more than one syllable. Unstressed vowels are vowel letters that are not easy to hear within a word. When a polysyllabic word has unstressed vowels within it, it can often be difficult to spell as you can’t rely on ‘sounding out’ the spelling. For example: In the word ‘library’, the ‘a’ is unstressed and we usually pronounce the word ‘li-bry’.

Look at today’s spellings to identify their unstressed vowels: definite desperate secretary dictionary animal literate stationary familiar Wednesday original

Your task is to play spin the word! Make a spinner which looks like the one below in order to play this game. (You have made similar ones in school which have a pencil through the middle so they spin properly). Use the set of words on the next slide when playing this game. If the spinner lands on a… Sky-write the word in the air with your finger. 4 Speed-write the word as many times as you can in a minute. 5 Write a mnemonic for the word. 6 Use the word in a sensible sentence. 3 3 6 2 Write a definition for the word. 1 2 5 Find any smaller words within the word. 4 1 Spin Wheel

Here are today’s spellings to practise. definite dictionary desperate Wednesday literate familiar secretary original stationary animal