A free rhyming dictionary that tutors can use when building phonics, spelling and vocabulary activities. Every perfect rhyme is checked by hand, so word lists don't fill up with the wrong-stress and nonsense matches that computer-generated sites routinely offer. Near rhymes are labelled separately and sit on an adjustable dial, which helps with sound-pattern work where an exact rhyme is too narrow. It also finds rhymes hiding inside longer words, useful for syllable and stress practice.
English
General literacy / English
Poetry
Syllables
FS Eng READING - read & understand words
Adult Lit Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
Adult Lit Ww/E1.3 Use basic sound-symbol association to help spelling
ESOL
ESOL Rw/E2.3a Use context & range of phonic / graphic knowledge to decode words
ESOL Ww/E2.1b Use knowledge of sound–symbol relationships & phonological patterns when spelling
The Science of Reading blog is well worth a look - especially the Tuesday Teaching Tips.
For example, the entry for Tuesday April 25th included a useful morpheme chart & a lovely idea of pulling out & deeply analysing specific vocabulary over a period of several days (in this case the word 'siphon'!).
Wrtitten by Year 1 teacher, Christopher Thorne, this is a free YouTube phonics resource (also available at www.MrThorneDoesPhonics.com). It contains over 200 free literacy/phonics/grammar resources for early readers and anyone with English as an additional language.
Fascinating background information on spelling compound words. Numerous other columns include: apostrophes, 5 elements of style, email dos and don’ts, thank you letters.
“THRASS UK”:http://www.thrass.co.uk/ (Teaching Handwriting Reading And Spelling Skills) have recently released version 6.1 of their free THRASS Phoneme Machine.
The programme uses moving human lips and the International Phonetic Alphabet to teach learners of all ages and abilities to read and spell in English. It is also very useful for students of linguistics, phonics, etc.
UCL (University College London) has a prestigious Departments of Linguistics and Phonetics with many resources, fonts and web tutorials. For example, take a look at John Maidment’s archived English pronunciation tips of the day (now moved to a separate blog). There are also phonetics games, online tutorials, and phonetics symbol advice.
A wonderful hotchpotch of information about words. If you ever wondered about the origin of the prefix – para you must read this fascinating para-ble! Other gems include un-rhyming words, triple-quadruple homonyms, contranyms (Janus words) and much more. Addictive!
