Tricky WItch casts a spell on the letters that have changed their sound, helping children to read fluently and spell accurately.
She shows children that the ‘a’ and the ‘s’ in ‘was’ make a different sound to what they would expect. Asking children to find out how Tricky Witch has changed the sound helps children to remember the correct spelling. The ‘a’ is making an ‘o’ sound and the ‘s’ is making a ‘z’ sound.
In ‘all’, the ‘al’ is making an ‘or’ sound. In ‘her’ the ‘er’ is making a different sound than if the ‘e’ and ‘r’ were blended together.