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Assessment Phase 2

Here is a Phonics assessment now that you have finished Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds. It is the basic assessment but I have added another section for children to write down the sounds and also to have a go at writing some of the words. It is important that emphasis is put on reading and writing.

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Phonics Lesson 23

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /ss/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r, h, f,ff, l, ll

Play the 'bang' game. Each child picks a card and reads the word. If correct they keep it. Go around the children continuing to pick cards until someone gets a 'bang' card. They must put all their cards back. The first person to get 5 cards is the winner.

Teach: 

Show children the flashcard of /ss/ Read the following words, listening to where the sound is in the word. less mess fuss boss miss kiss  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action. Pretend to lick a lollipop and say l l l l l l.     All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /ll/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Play 4 in a row with this sheet. Children to play with a partner to practice reading words with /ss/ Apply: Read the following sentence together modelling how to sound out each word and then read it fluently.  A mess on a mat. Give each child a sentence to read independently. Kiss and hug a cat. A mess on a mat. Pass a bag to a man. A lass is ill in a bed. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 22

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /ll/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r, h, f,ff, l

Play the 'bang' game. Each child picks a card and reads the word. If correct they keep it. Go around the children continuing to pick cards until someone gets a 'bang' card. They must put all their cards back. The first person to get 5 cards is the winner.

Teach: 

Show children the flashcard of /ll/ Read the following words, listening to where the sound is in the word. bell tell sell dull full pull gull  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action. Pretend to lick a lollipop and say l l l l l l.     All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /ll/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Play 4 in a row with this sheet. Children to play with a partner to practice reading words with /ll/ Apply: Read the following sentence together modelling how to sound out each word and then read it fluently.  A kid is ill in bed. Give each child a sentence to read independently. A bell on a cat. The kid ran up a hill. A kid is in bed ill. A man is on top of a hill. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 21

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /l/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r, h, f,ff

Play the 'The one minute game' using one or two of the sounds learnt so far. How many times can they write the sound in one minute? Set a timer and give them whiteboards and pens. Letters MUST be formed correctly otherwise you will rub them out.

Teach: 

Teach /l/ using objects beginning with /l/ lll/eg lll/og lll/emon  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action. Pretend to lick a lollipop and say l l l l l l.     All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /l/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Phoneme frames - Each child draws two lines down their whiteboard to make a 3 box phoneme frame. Read the words and the child must put one sound in each box as they spell them. leg log lip lap lad lid lock lick Apply: Draw the picture A leg on a lad. Write the sentence on a sentence strip and ask the children to read it. Can they draw the picture. Don't help and ask the children to blend the words silently so that no one else can hear what they are saying. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 20

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /ff/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r, h, f

Play the 'The one minute game' using one or two of the sounds learnt so far. How many times can they write the sound in one minute? Set a timer and give them whiteboards and pens. Letters MUST be formed correctly otherwise you will rub them out.

Teach: 

Teach /ff/ using objects ending with /ff/ Explain how you find this sound at the end of words, not at the beginning. Read some words to the children: Bluff cuff stuff puff Can they hear the /ff/ at the end of the words?  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action. Let hands gently come together as if toy fish deflating, and say f f f f f f.     All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /ff/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Phoneme frames - Each child draws two lines down their whiteboard to make a 3 box phoneme frame. Read the words and the child must put one sound in each box as they spell them. cuff tiff off puff duff muff huff Apply: Draw the picture A cat gets off a bin. Write the sentence on a sentence strip and ask the children to read it. Can they draw the picture. Don't help and ask the children to blend the words silently so that no one else can hear what they are saying. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 19

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /f/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r, h

Play the 'tic tac toe', 

You may need to teach the game first if the children do not know how to play it.
Children to work in pairs and each has one of the sounds learnt so far to play with. Repeat with other sounds if there is time.

Teach: 

Teach /f/ using objects beginning with /f/  This is a ffffrog, this is a ffface, this is a fffox  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action. Let hands gently come together as if toy fish deflating, and say f f f f f f.     All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /f/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Children to play 'word stairs' Write a word at the bottom of the stairs. The child must change one sound to make a new word and continue up the ladder. It doesn't matter if they make an alien word as long as they can read it to you. Start with a /f/ word and give each child a different word to begin with so there is no copying. fat fit fad fog fun fib Apply: Play word thief with the following sentence. A fat cat had fun on a mat. Write the sentence on a sentence strip. Read it together and then cut it into words. Ask the children if they can remember what the sentence was. Rearrange the sentence together. Ask the children to close their eyes. Take a word away and then ask them to open their eyes. Which word is missing? Repeat several times. Ask each child to write the sentence on a whiteboard. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 18

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /b/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r, h

Find the letter:

Ask children to find a specific letter using this grid. and circle it.

Teach: 

Teach /b/ using objects beginning with /b/  This is a bbbbat, this is a bbbball, this is a bbbbox  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Pretend to hit a ball with a bat and say b, b, b.    All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /b/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Play the one minute game with the children to really embed the letter formation for /b/ Practise: Phoneme frames Children to draw two lines down their whiteboard to make a 3 box phoneme frame. Read out the following words and the children must write the words in their phoneme frame. One sound in each box. bat bun back bed bin beck bit bop bap bag Apply: Play word thief with the following sentence. Put a bin in a bed. Write the sentence on a sentence strip. Read it together and then cut it into words. Ask the children if they can remember what the sentence was. Rearrange the sentence together. Ask the children to close their eyes. Take a word away and then ask them to open their eyes. Which word is missing? Repeat several times. Ask each child to write the sentence on a whiteboard. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 17

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /h/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u, r

Play the 'tic tac toe', 

You may need to teach the game first if the children do not know how to play it.
Children to work in pairs and each has one of the sounds learnt so far to play with. Repeat with other sounds if there is time.

Teach: 

Teach /h/ using objects beginning with /h/  This is a hhhhat, this is a hhhhand, this is a hhhhip  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Hold hand in front of mouth panting as if you are out of breath and say h, h, h.    All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /h/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Children to play 'Find it' Use 3 paper cups and write a selection of the following words on each cup. Hide an object under one of the cups. The child must read the word and then lift the cup to see if they can find the object. Children could work in pairs playing this game. Make sets of 3 cups for each pair of children. They can all swap over.  hat hog hip hit hot hut hug hem hid him Apply: Play word thief with the following sentence. It is a hot mug in his hand. Write the sentence on a sentence strip. Read it together and then cut it into words. Ask the children if they can remember what the sentence was. Rearrange the sentence together. Ask the children to close their eyes. Take a word away and then ask them to open their eyes. Which word is missing? Repeat several times. Ask each child to write the sentence on a whiteboard. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 16

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /r/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e, u.

Play the 'tic tac toe', 

You may need to teach the game first if the children do not know how to play it.
Children to work in pairs and each has one of the sounds learnt so far to play with. Repeat with other sounds if there is time.

Teach: 

Teach /r/ using objects beginning with /r/  This is rrrrred, this is a rrrocket, this is a rrrring  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Pretend to be a puppy holding a piece of rag, shaking head from side to side, and say rrrrrr.    All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /r/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Children to play 'Find it' Use 3 paper cups and write a selection of the following words on each cup. Hide an object under one of the cups. The child must read the word and then lift the cup to see if they can find the object. Children could work in pairs playing this game. Make sets of 3 cups for each pair of children. They can all swap over.  run rag rid rip red rack rap rest rust rim Apply: Play word thief with the following sentence. 'It is a red pig on a mat' Write the sentence on a sentence strip. Read it together and then cut it into words. Ask the children if they can remember what the sentence was. Rearrange the sentence together. Ask the children to close their eyes. Take a word away and then ask them to open their eyes. Which word is missing? Repeat several times. Ask each child to write the sentence on a whiteboard. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 15

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /u/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through all the sounds learnt so far with the flash cards - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, ck, ck, e.

Play the 'one minute game', choose one of the sounds learnt so far and ask the children 'How many times can you write it in one minute?' The child must write the sound correctly as many times as they can on a whiteboard.
Set a timer. when the one minute is up the children can count how many times they have written it.
Repeat with other sounds. It is good to choose ones that the children are perhaps not so good at remembering.

Teach: 

Teach /u/ using objects beginning with /u/ and that contain the /u/ sound. This is an uuuumberella. This is a 'tuuuuub', this is a 'puuuud', this is 'fuuuun'  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Pretend to be putting up an umbrella and say u, u, u.   All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /u/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Introduce phoneme frames to the children. A sound goes in each box. Give each child a whiteboard and pen and explain how you are going to write some words (if the child struggles with writing then give them some magnetic letters.) Show the child how to draw two lines down their whiteboard to divide it into 3. Please see this post on Phoneme frames. How would we write the following words? tub cub fun sun up bun put pun nut gut Make sure you do the first one with the children to model listening to the sounds in the word. Verbally say 'tub' and then stretch it out 'tuuuuubt', then count with your fingers how many sounds you can hear t/u/b I can hear 3 sounds. The first sound is /t/ - show the children where you start writing. I usually put a dot on the first box on the phoneme frame. Write the /t/ show correct letter formation. Then say the word again and listen carefully to what the next sound is. Write this in the middle box and finally repeat with the last box. When you have written the word. Show the children how to blend the sounds into the word again. They must check this when they do their writing. Apply: Reading captions Download the following captions and ask the child to read and draw a picture of their caption. They must read it themselves by blending each word and thinking about the meaning of the caption. DOWNLOAD Captions Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 14

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /e/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Play clap rap - 'Clap clap turn around, I'll show you a letter and you'll tell me its sound'
Get the children to clap with you and to actually turn around. Show them the letter, can they tell you the sound?
'Clap clap think and frown, I'll tell you a letter and you'll write it down'
Give each child a whiteboard for this so that they can write some of the letters they have learnt so far. (I do believe it is important to have the same emphasis on reading as well as writing. We often end up with children who can read better than they can write).

Teach: 

Teach /e/ using objects beginning with /e/ This is an eeeeegg, this is an eeeelephant, this is eeeempty  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Pretend to tap an egg on the side of a pan and crack it into the pan, saying eh, eh, eh All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /e/ You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Play Bingo You can either ask the children to draw a cross on their whiteboard and write their own words in or download the sheet below and write the words in and copy as many times as you need. I have deliberately included some adjacent consonant words. Lots of people teach this in phase 4 but I do believe that children can usually manage at this stage especially with the adjacent consonant at the end. Try your children and read the list with them first. If you have children who just cannot manage this then change the words for other words which include /e/ Use the following words pet pen ten net ted den peg tent dent tend If using whiteboards write the list on a board. Children must choose 4 words to write on their board. When they have done this - encourage them to do it quickly then begin playing bingo. You can either hide the board and just read out in random order or write the words on flashcards. Apply: Reading captions Download the following captions and ask the child to read and draw a picture of their caption. They must read it themselves by blending each word and thinking about the meaning of the caption. DOWNLOAD Captions Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 13

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /ck/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through the letters learnt so far s,a,t,p,i,n, m, d, g, o, c, k and quickly show the flashcard and read together.

Play roll the word
If you work one to one or a small group you can just write some words on their whiteboards along with the dice each with the appropriate letters. They must roll the dice and make one of the words. When they have crossed them all off they have finished. If you work with a class then download the sheet below.

DOWNLOAD- Roll the word

Teach: 

click, pick, kick, tick, tuck, tack, sack, pack  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say ck ck ck All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /ck/ (joined up writing) - please refer to your handwriting policy and make sure child is making the /ck/ shape correctly. You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Play Bingo You can either ask the children to draw a cross on their whiteboard and write their own words in or download the sheet below and write the words in and copy as many times as you need. Use the following words pick tick sick kick sock pack tack nick tock Mick If using whiteboards write the list on a board. Children must choose 4 words to write on their board. When they have done this - encourage them to do it quickly then begin playing bingo. You can either hide the board and just read out in random order or write the words on flashcards. Apply: Reading captions Download the following captions and ask the child to read and draw a picture of their caption. They must read it themselves by blending each word and thinking about the meaning of the caption. DOWNLOAD Captions Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. This sheet contains two words with more than one syllable. This shouldn't be a problem but just to make sure help the children blend these two words before they take it home. Show them how you read the first bit p/o/ck/ and then e/t and put it together 'pocket' Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Picture sort - beginning sounds

This is a simple activity where the child must cut out the pictures and decide which is the beginning sound.

DOWNLOAD: Picture sort

Phonics Lesson 12

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /k/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through the letters learnt so far s,a,t,p,i,n, m, d, g, o, c and quickly show the flashcard and read together.

Quickwrite
Read out the sounds and the child must write it on a whiteboard.

Teach: 

Teach /k/ using the flash card and objects beginning with the /c/ sound. Emphasis the kkkkkite sound before saying the name of the objects. This is a kkkkkid, This is a ccccat,  this is a kkkkkkiss  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say kkkkk All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /k/ and make sure child is making the /k/ shape correctly. You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Use Magnetic letters for segmenting. Use the following letters -k, i, d, n, t, p, m at the top of each board and then ask the children to make the following words. kid kin kit kip Kim Apply: The children should be beginning to understand blending, reading and segmenting now so it is time to begin some caption work.  Children to apply their knowledge to write a simple caption.  'a kid in a kit' Show them the caption by writing it on a sentence strip. Everyone reads it together. Make sure you model sounding out and blending each word. Read and reread until the children know the caption. Count how many words their are. Ask each child to tell you what the caption is. Remove the caption and ask each child to write the caption on a whiteboard. Assessment: You have now taught the next six sounds and it is useful to assess how the children are doing. Even if you spend a lesson doing it. Put out some of the games/activities for children to work interdependently whilst you assess each child in turn. Use the 'assessment sheet' one to one with the children to check they all know these letter. If they do not then you need to include these letters in further lessons during revisit/review. If there are strugglers with blending you must do more of this in revisit/review and in the practise session. One of the useful activities that I use for blending can be found on this link. Check their phoneme/grapheme correspondences with this sheet. Check their blending with this sheet Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

Phonics Lesson 11

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /c/ and segment and blend cvc words

Revisit/review: 

Go through the letters learnt so far s,a,t,p,i,n, m, d, g, o and quickly show the flashcard and read together.

Play race the sound

Decide which grid you want to use with your children. There may be a couple of sounds they are struggling with or you may want to use 6 different ones. I use just normal dice and cover with a little sticky label with the sound written on.

Teach: 

Teach /c/ using the flash card and objects beginning with the /c/ sound. Emphasis the cccccc sound before saying the name of the objects. This is a cccccclock, This is a ccccat,  this is a ccccake  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say c c c All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /c/ and make sure child is making the /c/ shape correctly. You could also get children to sit in a circle and write the sound on each other's back so they can really feel it. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Use Magnetic letters for segmenting. Use the following letters - c, o, a, g, t, p, n, at the top of each board and then ask the children to make the following words. cot cog cop cap can cat Apply: The children should be beginning to understand blending, reading and segmenting now so it is time to begin some caption work.  Children to apply their knowledge to write a simple caption.  'a cat in a can' Show them the caption by writing it on a sentence strip. Everyone reads it together. Make sure you model sounding out and blending each word. Read and reread until the children know the caption. Count how many words their are. Ask each child to tell you what the caption is. Remove the caption and ask each child to write the caption on a whiteboard. Send Home: A list of words to practice with a parent. The aim being fast blending to automacy. Please click here for the list of words. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.