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Corks Phonics Stage 4 Worksheets: Alternative Spellings and Pronunciations (Lessons 48 to 70)
Stage 4 Worksheet Pack
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- 26 activity pages covering 23 lessons
- Printable A4 PDF. Print the sheets you need, as many times as your household needs them.
- Some activities use scissors and glue.
- The sheets follow the Corks Phonics Scheme teaching order. They work on their own, but if you're using a different programme, check the sound order matches.
- Licensed for use by one household.
Stage 4 is where English spelling gets tricky: one sound can be written in several ways, and one spelling can make more than one sound. These 26 worksheets take each new spelling one at a time, so your child learns which one to use rather than guessing.
Most sheets ask children to choose between spellings, sort words by sound or match words to pictures. That gives them lots of practice at listening carefully and looking closely at how a word is written.
What's covered
- Alternative spellings: ay, ey, ou, ie, i, ea, y, oy, ir, er, ue, aw, ew, oe, au, ore, are, ear
- New digraphs: wh, ph
- Magic e (split digraphs): a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e
- Alternative pronunciations: ow, ie, ea, y, c, g, ch, u
- Word endings: tch, ve
What's inside
- Choose the correct spelling activities for each new spelling
- Sorting activities for sounds that can be spelt more than one way
- Cut and stick word and picture matching
- A magic e word search, plus a page where adding an e changes the word
- Pages for hard and soft c and g, and the three sounds of ch
- A Stage 4 review sheet (Lesson 70) covering the whole stage
Worksheets in this pack
| Lesson | Title |
|---|---|
| 48 | Alternative spellings: ay and ey (for /ai/) |
| 49 | Alternative spelling: ou (for the cow sound) |
| 50 | Alternative spellings: ie and i (for long /igh/) |
| 51 | Alternative spellings: ea and y (for long /ee/) |
| 52 | Alternative spelling: oy (for the coin sound) |
| 53 | Alternative spelling: ir (for the fur sound) |
| 54 | Alternative spelling: ue (for blue/rescue) |
| 55 | Alternative spelling: aw (for the paw sound) |
| 56 | New digraph: wh |
| 57 | New digraph: ph (for /f/) |
| 58 | Alternative spelling: ew (for new/chew) |
| 59 | Alternative spelling: oe (for the boat sound) |
| 60 | Split digraphs: a-e and e-e |
| 61 | Split digraphs: i-e, o-e, u-e (2 pages) |
| 62 | Alternative spelling: au (for the haul sound) |
| 63 | Alternative pronunciations: ow and ie |
| 64 | Alternative pronunciations: ea and y (2 pages) |
| 65 | Alternative pronunciations: c, g and ch (2 pages) |
| 66 | Alternative pronunciation: u |
| 67 | Alternative spelling: ore (for the fork sound) |
| 68 | Alternative spellings: are and ear (for the chair sound) |
| 69 | Word endings: tch and ve |
| 70 | Stage 4 review |