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.

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

Phonics Lesson 10

Learning objective: 

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

Revisit/review: 

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

Lay out A4 Flashcards of the letters on the floor and play 'Walk around and find a sound'

Teach: 

Teach /o/ using the flash card and objects beginning with the /o/ sound. Emphasis the ooooo sound before saying the name of the objects. This is a ooooorange, This is an ooooctopus,  this is an ooooctagon  Please click here for a set of phase 2 grapheme cards. Use the Jolly phonics action.  Pretend to turn light switch on and off and say o, o; o, o All the children to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child is saying the sound correctly. Skywrite the letter /o/ and make sure child is making the /o/ 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 4 in a row in partners. You can download words using /o/ by clicking here. 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 dog and a mop' 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.