Full Circle games

Full circle games

Ask the child to draw two lines down their whiteboard to make a 3 box phoneme frame. Explain how each box contains one sound. Begin by asking them to write the first word from the list. Draw a dot in the first box just like in the photo so the child knows which way the word goes. When correct ask them to change the word to the next word on the list. They have to think about which sound to change so they must not rub out the whole word. Continue until you have read out all the words in the list. When the child realises they have gone ‘full circle’ they can shout ‘FULL CIRCLE’ and put their pen down. That makes them the winner.

I have purely concentrated on the first 6 letters. The skills are the same no matter what the letters are so to practising with letters they know really well is helpful. In my experience of working with SEN children it is important to practice the skill before bombarding with too many sounds. If children struggle to write you can use magnetic letters instead of a whiteboard pen.
Make sure children are holding their pens correctly and forming letters correctly. It is easier to change bad habits now rather than later.

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Letter formation phase 2

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Phonics lesson 2

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /a/

Revisit/review: 

Show the /s/ grapheme and remind the children of the sound. Ask the children to write the sound in the air. Ask them to write it on a whiteboard.

Teach: 

Teach /a/ using the flash card and objects beginning with the /a/ sound. Emphasis the aaaa sound before saying the name of the objects. This is an aaaapple, This is an aaaambulance, This is an aaaant. etc. Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Wiggle fingers above elbow as if ants crawling on you and say a, a, a. All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /a/ and make sure child is making the /a/ 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. Other suggestions would be to use playdough or plastercine to make the letter. Click here to download a little booklet for letter formation. Practise: Give each child a ‘satpin *strip. See here to download. Can they find the /s/? Can they find the /a/? Recap listening for sounds at the beginning of words. Collect some objects together which begin with the letters a and s. Show them an object and they put a finger on the letter that the object begins with. Use /s/ and /a/ Apply: Demonstrate how to write the /a/ grapheme on a whiteboard. Children to make /a/ bracelets with strips of card. See here. They must write and say the sound over and over. Tape the bracelet to the child's hand and ask the child to keep reminding themselves of the sound during the day. Keep asking children what their sound is. Send a quick note home to parents before beginning these sessions asking them to recap the sound with their child at home. 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 1

These lessons are aimed at groups of children, especially children with SEN or young children. The activities where possible make use of VAK learning and also over learning. Please check back daily to get the next lesson. If you want to see all the lessons then check the labels below this post and click 'planning'.

Learning objective: 

To read/write grapheme/phoneme /s/

Revisit/review: 

 N/A

Teach: 

Teach /s/ using the flash card and objects beginning with the /s/ sound. Emphasis the ssssss sound before saying the name of the objects. This is a ssssnake, This is a sssssock, This is a ssssssink etc. Download a set of flashcards from here. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say ssssss All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /s/ and make sure the child is making the /s/ 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: Collect a bag of objects beginning with the /s/ sound and some other objects. Using a puppet help to sort the objects between rubbish and treasure. Children to listen carefully for the initial sound. Collect objects in the treasure box beginning with the /s/ phoneme. Put all other objects into a rubbish bin. Apply: Demonstrate how to write the /s/ grapheme on a whiteboard. Children to make /s/ bracelets with strips of card. See here. They must write and say the sound over and over. Tape the bracelet to the child's hand and ask the child to keep reminding themselves of the sound during the day. Keep asking children what their sound is. Send a quick note home to parents before beginning these sessions asking them to recap the sound with their child at home. Lessons will be added daily so to find all of the lessons either click the label 'planning' in the side bar or click here.

    

Tic Tac Toe

Tic Tac Toe is such a simple easy game that children soon learn to play. Use this game for children to practice their phonics. Use two sounds and each child has one of the sounds. They must play tic tac toe with those sounds but they must say the sound as they write it. Great for really learning which is b and which is d or to learn those more complicated sounds like /igh/ or /ow/.

Dice and counters

For this activity you need a die and 4 colours of counters. The child has to throw the die and choose a counter out of a bag. Find the co-ordinate and either read or write accordingly. I am a great believer in cross curricular work. If you can get some maths in there the why not? Can they do the whole grid? With the reading activity they could draw a circle around the word to say they had done it. Children could play in pairs against each other and use different colours of pen to draw their circles. Who has done the most? These sheets are purely for the first 6 letters of Jolly phonics - satpin

For letter formation print as A3 for young children who cannot write small enough.


Download: Dice and counters graphemes
Download: Dice and counters words
Download: Dice and counters letter formation

Please let me know if you like these and I can do some more sheets with different letters/words. Comment below.

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