Homophones and Contractions!

Spelling Notes Feb 4th-8th

Hear vs. here

• Hear- think ear! You hear with your ear!

• Here- a place Where should we sit? HERE!

To, Too, Two! • To- this is TO you!

• Too- There are too many o’s in this sentence.

• Two- Let’s get two so we can both have one.

Their, There, They’re• Their- refers to people. Their heir to the

throne is Charles.

• There- refers to a place. Why sit there when we can sit here?

• They’re- a contraction for they are. They are going to the movie… they’re going to the movie.

Its vs. It’s

• Its- refers to a thing. Its mother is protective!

• It’s- is a contraction for it is- It’s going to attack, run!

Who’s vs. whose

• Who’s- a contraction for who is- Who is going to buy me a gift? Who’s going to buy me a gift?

• Whose- refers to someone’s items Whose jacket is this?

He’ll vs. heal vs. heel!

• He’ll- is a contraction for he will. He’ll buy me a gift. He will buy me a gift!

• Heal- when you are sick you have to heal!

• Heel is a body part. It is part of your foot. You have TWO heels so you need TWO ees

Principal Vs. Principle

• Principal- is a person. The principal is your pal.

• Principle is a law of standard belief. It is the principle of the matter that you should respect your elders.

Scent vs. cent vs. sent • Scent is a smell! The scent of the flower is

wonderful.

• Cent is money! I have one cent in my pocket!

• Sent is the past tense for send. Did you send it? Yes I sent it.