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Split digraphs revision (Phase 5 phonics)
A fun, teacher-created resource that helps children understand what a split digraph word is, which is often taught in Phase 5 phonics at primary school.
Year 1 Phonics screening check 2014
The Y1 Phonics Screening Check tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. Look through the official past paper for 2014 to see what sort of words your child will be asked to read.
Reading unfamiliar words using phonics
These robots have such funny names! Can you read them?
First 100 high-frequency words list
Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
Writing the /e/ sound: ‘ea’ (Phase 5 phonics)
Use this worksheet to help your child recognise the grapheme 'ea', representing the /e/ sound, and then use those words in the sentences provided.
V, X, Y, Z words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
Shuffle the word cards and share them between two players. The oldest player starts the game by turning over a card and placing it face up on the table or floor. Each player then takes turns placing cards, face up, next to the card. When the word card and picture card match that’s SNAP! The player with most cards at the end wins.
/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
A free Phase 3 phonics game created by an experienced teacher to help your child practise their Phase 3 phonics learning. This printable activity covers /Sh/ and /Ch/ words in a simple game of Snap.
Full Circle: reading CVC words (Phase 3 phonics)
This is a learning-to-read game sometimes used in schools. Cut out all the CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words and hold them in a pile. Sit in front of your child and show them one of the words (for example, man). Then show them some of the other words; when you show them a word they’ve already seen (like man) again they shout ‘Full Circle’! The Full Circle exercise will help encourage your child to read the CVC words at a glance. They are looking at the letters in the words and the shape of the words – this is what learning to read is largely about!
Blending sounds to read (Phase 3 phonics)
Cut out the pointy hand and use it to press each sound in the word. Once you’ve said each sound can you say all the sounds together to make the whole word?
Writing words using phonics knowledge (Phase 3 phonics)
Here is a sound train! Do you remember all the sounds on it? Take a sound from each carriage and write a word!
Writing final phonemes (Phase 3 phonics)
You’re the teacher! Harry is a child in your class. He has written some of these words correctly. But a few of his word endings are wrong! Put a tick next to the words he’s got correct. Write what the ending should be next to the words Harry has got wrong.
Wordsearch: the /oo/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Look at the /oo/ words below. Can you read them out loud? These words are all jumbled up in this wordsearch. Can you find them? Put a tick next to each word that you find.
The sounds /sh/ and /ch/ (Phase 3 phonics)
Have a look at the sounds /sh/ and /ch/. Have fun saying the two sounds – do you sound like a train?
Sound die: words containing /i/ and /u/ (Phase 2 phonics)
Cut out the shape below. Fold along the lines and stick down the flaps to make a cube. Then take turns to roll the sound die. Each player has to think of a word containing the ‘u’ or ‘i’ sound they roll. Then write down your words.
Sound button: ‘ck’ endings (Phase 2 phonics)
Use the sound button! Press the button and say the sound, then say the word.
Segmenting words (Phase 2 phonics)
We are going to look at words beginning with ‘c’ and words beginning with ‘l’. Can you read these words? Break the words up into the three or four sounds they are made up of.
Reading vowels (Phase 2 phonics)
These animal names have vowels missing! Can you match the correct vowel to the animal?
Reading tricky words (Phase 3 phonics)
Some words have one or two tricky letters in them. These words we just have to learn to read and spell correctly, we can’t only use ‘sounding out’. Cut out all the words below and hold them in a pile. Sit in front of your child and show them one of the words. Then show them some of the other words; when you show them a word they’ve already seen they shout ‘Full Circle’!
Reading the /th/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Read the sounds in the phoneme frame below. Can you say each word out loud? Cut out the sounds below. Can you use them to make up some words?
Reading ‘ng’ endings (Phase 3 phonics)
Can you circle the ‘ng’ sound in each of these words? These funny aliens all have silly names ending in the ‘ng’ sound! Can you read their names?
Reading ‘ll’ endings (Phase 2 phonics)
Look at the pink and orange words below. Can you see that they all have ‘ll’ endings? Draw sound buttons under each word. The first one is done for you.
Reading and drawing words using phonics knowledge (Phase 2 phonics)
Read the words and draw a picture showing what the word says.
Missing CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)
Some of these words match some of the pictures. Match up the ones that you can. Which words are missing? Can you write them?
Match more initial sounds (Phase 3 phonics)
Here are some pictures. Match the picture to the letter that it begins with.
Initial sounds: s and t (Phase 2 phonics)
Can you cut out these pictures and put them in two piles, one for things starting with ‘s’ and one for things starting with ‘t’? A Phase 2 phonics worksheet, suitable for children in Reception.