(upbeat music) - Good morning, learners.

I am Randi House, and I'm a kindergarten teacher from right here in Arkansas.

I am so excited you're joining me today because we're going to be learning all about homophones and homographs.

Sometimes homophones and homographs can make reading and writing tricky.

So we're going to practice a few of my favorites as well as learn the differences in both.

Homophones are words that sound the same, but they have different meanings and different spellings.

I remember this because a homophone, because phones make sounds like in the word see and sea.

We have S-E-E and S-E-A.

They sound exactly the same, but they're spelled differently and they have different meanings.

This word see, means you see with your eyes, this word sea, means like the ocean.

Let's try the words, flower and flour.

This one means a beautiful plant that grows outside.

And this one is what you use to bake bread.

Right and write.

This right can mean, "That's correct."

And this one is something you write with, like maybe you're writing with your pencil or you're writing a letter.

We have pair and pear.

This pair is like a pair of socks or a pair of shoes.

And this pear is a piece of fruit.

Ate and eight, like to eat dinner and the number eight.

These homophones are words that are sound exactly the same, but they're written differently and they have different meanings.

Now, homographs are words that are written exactly the same, but they have different meanings and sometimes even different sounds.

I remember this because a grapheme is a written letter and homographs are written the same like the word letter, you can see this word and it could mean two different things.

It can mean a letter like A, B, or C or it could be what you write a long-lost friend.

The word ring, this could mean a ring you wear on your finger or the sound your phone makes when you get a phone call.

The word fall, this could mean the season, like where the leaves fall down and it starts to get colder outside.

Or this could be when you take a tumble and fall down.

Left, this could mean the opposite of right and it could be when you leave the room.

Bat, this could mean a baseball bat or the mammal bat.

Homographs means they're written exactly the same, but they have different meanings.

Words sure can be tricky sometimes, so be sure to look out for these homophones and these homographs to help you read and write the correct words.

Remember, homophone is when the words sound the same, homographs are when they're written the same.

I'm so glad you joined me today.

And I hope you'll come back again tomorrow for more learning with Arkansas "Rise and Shine".

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