Phonics focus of the day - 20th April, 2020 -

The 'OO' sound (as in zoo) The long vowel sound.

• Can you say this sound?
• Can you make a list of words with this sound in them?
• Can you practise writing this sound?
• If a grown up writes these words can you read them? - zoo, food, mood, boot, moo, too, moon, cool, pool

Remember you can use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. If you write these words down, can you underline the digraph and add your sound buttons?

• Can you write 1 sentence using 1 or more of these words in it?

Phonics focus of the day - 21st April, 2020 -

The 'oo' sound (as in book) The short vowel sound.

• Can you say this sound?
• Can you make a list of words with this sound in them?
• Can you practise writing this sound?
• If a grown up writes these words can you read them? - book, took, look, cook, good, hook, foot, stood, shook, wool, wood

Remember you can use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. If you write these words down, can you underline the digraph and add your sound buttons in these words?

• Can you write 1 sentence using 1 or more of these words in it?

We need to spot this sound carefully and look closely to see if it is the short or the long vowel sound from yesterday.

Phonics focus of the day - 22nd April, 2020 -

The 'ar' sound as in p-ar-k

• Can you say this sound?
• Can you make a list of words with this sound in them?
• Can you practise writing this sound?
• If a grown up writes these words can you read them? - art, park, start, cart, jar, arch, far, shark, mark, dart, bark, arm, star

Remember you can use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. If you write these words down, can you underline the digraph and add your sound buttons in these words?

• Can you write 1 sentence using 1 or more of these words in it?

Phonics focus of the day - 23rd April, 2020 -

The 'or' sound as in p-or-k

• Can you say this sound?
• Can you make a list of words with this sound in them?
• Can you practise writing this sound?
• If a grown up writes these words can you read them? - fork, pork, for, cord, born, corn, stork, orbit, storm, fort, cork, torch

Remember you can use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. If you write these words down, can you underline the digraph and add your sound buttons in these words?

• Can you write 1 sentence using 1 or more of these words in it?

Phonics focus of the day - 24th April, 2020 -

Today I would like you to look back and recap all the sounds from this week. 

We have had:

'OO' (long vowel sound) - zoo, moon

'oo' (short vowel sound) - look, cook

'ar' sound - park, card

'or' sound - fort, cork

We have looked at 4 new sounds! Can you remember all of them? Have a look through some of the video clips and practise them again. Which sounds are you struggling to spot in the words?

Remember you can use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. If you write these words down, can you underline the digraph and add your sound buttons in these words?