Lesson Ideas ~ A Book of Homophones

This week we learned about homophones.  Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled and mean something different.  

We began by reading Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta.  This story is about clever Aunt Ant who has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There's the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD--and that's just for starters.

We then made a list of homophones and put them into sentences.

The students used the book and our list of homophones to create their own.  


This was a fun way to reinforce their understanding of these troublesome words.


What ideas do you have to teach homophones?


Alexis