Friday 26 September 2014

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.

Tuesday 23 September 2014

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.

Friday 19 September 2014

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.



  1. leg
  2. log
  3. lip
  4. lap
  5. lad
  6. lid
  7. lock
  8. 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.

Tuesday 16 September 2014

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.




  1. cuff
  2. tiff
  3. off
  4. puff
  5. duff
  6. muff
  7. 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.

Monday 15 September 2014

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.


  1. fat
  2. fit
  3. fad
  4. fog
  5. fun
  6. 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.

Sunday 7 September 2014

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.


  1. bat
  2. bun
  3. back
  4. bed
  5. bin
  6. beck
  7. bit
  8. bop
  9. bap
  10. 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.

Friday 5 September 2014

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. 

  1. hat
  2. hog
  3. hip
  4. hit
  5. hot
  6. hut
  7. hug
  8. hem
  9. hid
  10. 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.

Monday 1 September 2014

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. 

  1. run
  2. rag
  3. rid
  4. rip
  5. red
  6. rack
  7. rap
  8. rest
  9. rust
  10. 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?


  1. tub
  2. cub
  3. fun
  4. sun
  5. up
  6. bun
  7. put
  8. pun
  9. nut
  10. 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.