Blending mats

Sometimes children really struggle to blend and I use these to help. Smooth blending is helpful for children who cannot put those sounds together. Try and make the sounds blend into each other even if the sound is a short sound. For example iiiiiiiit, aaaaat, iiiiiin. Try singing it to help. You won't always need to do this. It is often a eureka moment for some children when they eventually click.

Download: Blending mat (3 box with car and road)

Download: Blending mat (3 box with arrow)

Download: Blending mat (4 box with arrow)

Download: Blending mat (2 box with car and road)

Download Blending mat (2 box with arrow)

Download Blending mat (4 box with car and road)

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

Santa faces

Download by clicking the links below:

Santa's face phase 2 and phase 3 mat.

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.

Please download from here

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.