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Listen to sure and ture endings
1 · Learn
Read treasure and pleasure aloud. Their endings have the sound heard at the end of measure, and we write sure. Read picture and adventure: these have a different ending sound, commonly written ture. Listen with an adult before comparing the letters.
Do not change every similar ending to ture. Teacher is teach + er and catcher is catch + er. The root helps explain those spellings. Accents can affect how endings sound; use the complete model word as well as listening.
2 · Worked example
To spell teacher, I start with teach and add er. I do not write teature. For picture, I remember the ending ture; I cannot build it from teach or catch.
3 · Your turn
Finish trea___ and pic___ using sure or ture. Explain why catcher keeps ch before er.
Check your answer
treasure and picture. Catcher is built from catch + er, so the root's ch remains; it is not spelt catcture.
4 · Apply your learning
Sort measure, pleasure, nature, adventure, teacher and catcher by their spellings. Read each word and explain a meaning. Use two different groups in a short invented story.
Adult guidance and safety
Read and discuss whole books, poems and plays alongside these original short models. Give evidence for interpretations and accept well-supported alternatives. Revisit spelling and handwriting over time; retain individual decoding support where needed.
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