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Square words wordsearch

Square words wordsearch

Can you find all these Goldilocks-themed words in the wordsearch?
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Mini word Sudoku

Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4

Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
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Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle

Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle

Practise your rhyming and spelling skills by thinking of names of animals that rhyme with each of these words. There could be more than one answer... how many can you identify?
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Homophones wordsearch

Homophones wordsearch

Can you find these homophone pairs hidden in the wordsearch below?
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Wordssearch with silent letters w and k

Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k

All these words have a silent letter at the beginning. This means that you write the letter when you spell the words, but you don’t make the sound of that letter when you say it out loud. Can you find each of these words in the wordsearch below?
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Reading consonant blends: gr, tr and sw worksheet

Reading consonant blends: gr, tr and sw (Phase 4 phonics)

Read the sentences on these puzzle pieces and see if you can find the matching pictures.
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Reading and writing consonant blends: sm fl gl worksheet

Reading and writing consonant blends: sm fl gl (Phase 4 phonics)

See if you can guess what these pictures are and write the words underneath. All the words start with the consonant blends sm, fl or gl.
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Reading adjacent consonants: mp, nt, st and nk worksheet

Reading adjacent consonants: mp, nt, st and nk (Phase 4 phonics)

This worksheet concentrates on these adjacent consonants: mp nt st nk. Can you write the words next to the pictures, then think of as many rhymes as you can for each word?
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Polysyllabic words wordsearch

Polysyllabic words wordsearch (Phase 4 phonics)

This fun wordsearch will help you to look at all the different syllables in each word.
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Polysyllabic words jigsaw puzzle

Polysyllabic words jigsaw puzzle (Phase 4 phonics)

Can you fit these polysyllabic jigsaw puzzle pieces together to make words?
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Phonics Connect 4: sp, pl and st

Phonics Connect 4: sp, pl and st (Phase 4 phonics)

This game is a bit like Connect 4, but with words using the adjacent consonants sp pl st.
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Phase 5 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 5 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 5 phonics)

First read these tricky words then read the following paragraph. Can you highlight all the new tricky words and then answer the questions below?
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Phase 4 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 4 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 4 phonics)

Cut them out these tricky Phase 4 phonics words and ask your child to read them out. See which ones they do know straight away and separate the ones that they don’t know. Then think of a sentence with one or more of these words and ask your child to find the tricky word that you emphasised.
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Phase 4 phonics Connect 4 game

Phase 4 phonics Connect 4 (Phase 4 phonics)

This game is a bit like Connect 4, but with words. All the words in this game include the adjacent consonants nt and lt.
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Homographs explained worksheet

Homographs explained (Phase 5 phonics)

Cut out these homographs. Can you think of two different meanings for each word? Now have a go at writing your own sentences using these homographs
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Decoding the ‘ou’ grapheme worksheet

Decoding the ‘ou’ grapheme (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same ‘ou’ grapheme. Using different-colour highlighters, read each sentence and highlight the different sounds represented by ‘ou’.
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Decoding the ‘c’ and ‘ea’ graphemes worksheet

Decoding the ‘c’ and ‘ea’ graphemes (Phase 5 phonics)

Here are some pictures. Can you work out which is the correct spelling next to each picture and tick it?
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Decoding graphemes: ‘ow’, ‘y’ and ‘i’ worksheet

Decoding graphemes: ‘ow’, ‘y’ and ‘i’ (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same grapheme. Using different-colour pencils, read the sentence and highlight the different ones.
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Decoding graphemes: ‘o’, ‘ie’ and ‘ch’ worksheet

Decoding graphemes: ‘o’, ‘ie’ and ‘ch’ (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same grapheme. Using different-colour pencils, read the sentence and highlight the different ones.
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Consonant clusters pairs game

Consonant clusters pairs game (Phase 4 phonics)

These words all have consonant clusters in them. Cut them up, mix them up and put them face down on the table to play pairs.
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CCVC words revision worksheet

CCVC words revision (Phase 4 phonics)

Cut out all the words and put them face down on the table. Play pairs with a partner and take it in turn to lift two cards and read them. If they are the same word, keep them as a pair.
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Building CCVCC words with a frame worksheet

Building CVCC words with a frame (Phase 4 phonics)

Shall we play a game of CVCC word construction? Print the letter sheet out three times. Cut out the cards; organise them in three piles, letters face down. Pick up one from each pile and put them in the right place on the phoneme frame according to the number that is on the card. If it makes a real word you get to keep it as a set. If it’s not a real word, the cards go back on the pile in the correct place.
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Adjacent consonants f and t, n and d worksheet

Adjacent consonants f and t, n and d (Phase 4 phonics)

Can you add the adjacent consonants ft or nd to make these into real words?
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Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ue’ words worksheet

Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ue’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

You need 2 players for this game of word noughts and crosses. Player 1 chooses a square, reads the word then draws a 0 on top. Player 2 then chooses a square and reads a word, drawing a X on top. The winner is the first person to get three in a row across, up, down or diagonally.
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Spelling the /er/ sound: ‘ur’, ‘ir’, or ‘er’?

Spelling the /er/ sound: ‘ur’, ‘ir’, or ‘er’? (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you write each of the /er/ words on this page in the correct spelling book?
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