SATPIN Phonics booklet - 40 pages

This booklet will take children through the first 6 sounds of phase 2. They will learn to recognise them, write them, read them, hear the first sound and blend them. Booklet in black and white to take into account printing costs and also to allow the children to colour themselves. There are some fab monsters!
Download: Phonics Booklet

Paper chains

How do you encourage a reluctant writer? I am trying at present to encourage a child who is reluctant to write, mainly due to a confidence issue. I have often used paper chains in other areas of work but thought I would try it with writing and phonics.

We played the spinner game from last week, wrote the words on the 'Race the word' grid and then I asked the child to write each word on a paper chain link to make a paper chain of her writing to display. She crossed off each word as she wrote it. She was very motivated to do this and we ended up with an 8 link paper chain. Next week we will add more words to it. You could do this with tricky words, or just letter formation and learning sounds.

Roll a sound

This is a very simple activity using a die with dotty numbers, a laminated sheet, some counters or a whiteboard pen.

Each number represents a sound and the child rolls the die, finds the sound it represents and either covers it with a counter on the grid or crosses it off with a dry wipe pen.

There is one already made using satpin but I have included a word version using comic sans as the font. I am aware that many will not have sassoon.

Roll a sound

Roll a sound (word) so you can edit to put your own sounds in

Alien word board game

This board game makes use of 'alien' words using all the sounds from phase 2 of letters and sounds. Children can play together in pairs or you can play with a small group of children.

DOWNLOAD: Alien Board Game

Alien word sort

When Felix dresses up as an Alien he talks in an alien language. Can the children read the words and collect just the alien words to put in his rocket.

Blending is really important and sometimes children begin to blend a word and then they guess what it might be. Lots of work on 'non words' is really important. It shows the skill of blending rather than guessing at words. This activity is a fun activity for children to work out which words are 'alien words' Children could work in partners and you could print the rocket on A3 to give a bit more room. Children can cut and stick the alien words on the rocket or they can just write the alien words on the rocket.

These sounds are purely from phase 2 of Letters and Sounds.



Download: ALIEN WORD SORT

SATPIN assessment

Here are two sheets which can be used for assessment purposes and also the children will love doing them. All they need to do is read the graphemes or words and then they can colour a star. The aim is to colour all the stars. Great for target setting for your children. For example if they cannot read one of the graphemes then they need to practise that grapheme until they can. I will add more of these as I get further on with my phonics intervention.

Download: How many words can you read?
Download: How many graphemes can you read?

Snowball toss

All you need are paper cups, pen and cotton wool balls. The child throws the cotton wool ball at the cup and then reads the grapheme.

Bingo

Play bingo with letters or words either on a whiteboard by drawing a cross. Show the child how to do this or by downloading the bingo boards below and allowing the child to write the words in each box.

Bingo grid

Race the sounds

Use a white board and dry wipe pen along with a die with letters on each side and 'Race the sounds' or use the printed grids below.

Race the sounds 2 grid
Race the sounds 3 grid
Race the sounds 4 grid
Race the sounds 5 grid
Race the sounds 6 grid

Peg phonics

Read the word on the peg and peg it to the appropriate picture
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Peg phonics

How many sounds?

How many sounds? grid.

Grapheme cards - phase 2

Grapheme cards  - phase 2

4 in a row grids

Phase 2 phonics

Children work in pairs. Two colours of counters. Children take turns at reading a sound and if their partner agrees they can cover it with a counter. The first person to get 4 in a row is the winner.

Blank grid 
satpin grid
mdgock grid
ckeurhb grid
ffllss grid