Confident Reader
Lesson 254Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 254: Homophones

Focus: Homophones

Objective

What we'll learn

Read and understand words with Homophones.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Confident readers break big words into smaller parts. Look for the pattern, chunk it up, then read the whole word.

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Break each word into parts, then read it as a whole.

Words

Word list

totootwotheretheirthey're

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the to.
  • We can see the too.
  • You can see the two.
  • They can see the there.

Story time

Zoe and the To

Zoe went to the school. Zoe saw a to and a too.

"Look!" said Zoe. "The two is by the there."

Max came to help. Together they played with the their and the they're.

At the end of the day, Zoe and Max smiled. What a wonderful Homophones adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Zoe go?

2. What did Zoe see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 mammal

Meaning: an animal with fur that feeds its babies milk

Example: A dog is a friendly mammal.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • twoA two is something we can talk about or see.
  • thereA there is something we can talk about or see.
  • theirA their is something we can talk about or see.
  • they'reA they're is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Pick the word that finishes the sentence.

I see a _____ .

I see a _____ .

I see a _____ .

Stretch

Try more words

totootwotheretheirthey're