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Homophones

*same sound*

We have been studying about homophones in our class.  Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently with different meanings.  We use homophones everyday when we speak.  Do you use them correctly in your writing? 

Here are some sample sentences my students wrote using homophones. Pick the best one in your head.  Then check the answers below to see if you are on the right track.  (Yes!  All the words in color are homophones!) 

1. I (read/red) a book (buy/by/bye) Thomas Jefferson and (it's/its) about a big (whole/hole.) 

2. They cut my (hair/hare) (two/too) times when the (son/sun) came up in the deep (blue/blew) sky.

3.  The cat (eight, ate) some (hare/hair), saw somebody's (sun/son), and (dyed/died) in the (sea/see.) 

Answers:

1. read, by, it's, hole

2. hair, two, sun, blue

3. ate, hair, son, died, see

Can you add some more examples here?

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When I Lost My Tooth

By: Edward Davis

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Lizard

By: Abby

            Today on CNN student news there is nothing like a lizard for a cat.  A cat brought a lizard into the basement. The lizard ran around the basement. The cat chased it to the back of the basement. The lizard bit her, but she flipped him of. She finally caught him. The lizard had his mouth open. Then I went back down stares and he had polka dots on his skin. A few minutes passed, then he was gone!!!! I still do not know what happened.  Did he escape and go back to his home?  Did my cat eat him?  Did my mom throw him out?  The mystery still remains, but the lizard does not!