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Split digraphs revision (Phase 5 phonics)
A digraph is two letters that make up one sound, for example: ee, oe, ae, ie, ue. When a letter is put in between these two letters, this is a split digraph. Cut the words out and put them in the correct gaps in the sentences.
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?
Top 100 high-frequency words
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 top 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.
Phase 2 phonics bingo (Phase 2 phonics)
Cut out these word cards and play bingo with your child. Sometimes you can be the bingo caller and sometimes they should take a turn.
Pairs game: ‘z’ and ‘qu’ (Phase 3 phonics)
Play a game of pairs with these ‘z’ and ‘qu’ words. Each player takes it in turn to pick up two words and read them out. If they find the same word, that is a pair and they get to keep them. The winner is the player with most pairs
Making words that end in ‘ss’ (Phase 2 phonics)
Which of these words end in ‘ss’? Colour in the pictures of the words that have an /s/ sound at the end.
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
First letter I spy (Phase 2 phonics)
The adult chooses a letter from this list and says: “I spy with my little eye something beginning with...”; the child has to find all the pictured objects that start with that letter. Then pick a different letter and swap roles.
Double consonant pairs (Phase 2 phonics)
Print and cut out these words with double consonants and play a game of Pairs.
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’.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Building Phase 2 phonics words (Phase 2 phonics)
Cut out the letters below. Can you think of a word that starts with each one? Now listen to these words – can you hear the sounds in the word? Can you find the sounds to build the word?
Building CCVCC 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.
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?
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.
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?
Spelling the /ee/ sound: ‘ie’ (Phase 5 phonics)
A thief has stolen some of the letters from these words and has dropped them at the bottom of the page. Can you put them back in the right places?
Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words (Phase 5 phonics)
Read these questions and underline any ‘ear’ words you can hear. Then answer the questions by colouring yes or no.
Wordsearch: ‘ea’ words (Phase 5 phonics)
In some words the letters e and a together make a short /e/ sound instead of the usual long /ee/ sound. Read these ‘ea’ words and then fill in the gaps in these sentences. Can you find them in the wordsearch?