What’s on the Homophones poster
A 7-row table: Word · Means · Word · Means.
Same sound, different spelling, different meaning. Spellcheck will not save you.
- their — belonging to them — there — in that place
- they're — they are — your — belonging to you
- you're — you are — its — belonging to it
- it's — it is — to — towards
- too — also, or excessive — two — the number 2
- here — in this place — hear — with your ears
- write — with a pen — right — correct, or not left
Test: if you can say 'it is' instead, write it's. If not, write its.
Questions about the Homophones poster
- What’s on the Homophones poster?
- A 7-row table: Word · Means · Word · Means. Same sound, different spelling, different meaning. Spellcheck will not save you. their — belonging to them — there — in that place; they're — they are — your — belonging to you; you're — you are — its — belonging to it; it's — it is — to — towards; too — also, or excessive — two — the number 2; here — in this place — hear — with your ears; write — with a pen — right — correct, or not left. Test: if you can say 'it is' instead, write it's. If not, write its.
- Who is the Homophones poster for?
- Homophones is filed under 3rd Grade (ages 8–9), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Homophones poster?
- When they misspell one, ask what the other one means. The contrast fixes it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Homophones belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Homophones?
- Working Out a New Word, Punctuating Speech and Using a Dictionary sit alongside Homophones in the 3rd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Working Out a New WordPunctuating SpeechUsing a Dictionary
- Is the Homophones poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Homophones downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 3rd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Homophones poster print at?
- Homophones is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Homophones loses nothing.Printing guide
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