Phonics focus of the day - 11th May, 2020 -

Today we are going to look at something new as we have now completed all of phase 3 sounds - Please remember to always look back and recap phase 2 and phase 3 sounds as often as you can - we don't want to forget them!

Today we are going to focus on 'adjacent consonants' (cvcc/ccvc words) This is where two consonants appear together in a word - In class we like to call them 'quick-as-a-flash' sounds because when you see them together, you will need to say them quickly. Sometimes they can also be called consonant clusters.

Have a go at reading these words and see if you can spot the 'quick-as-a-flash sounds' - 

soft, next, camp, belt, went, just, help, tent, jump, bulb, milk

• Can you say these sounds? Can you spot the consonants?
• If a grown up writes them down can you read these words?
• Can you spell some these words if a grown up reads them out?
• Practise spotting the difference between a vowel and a consonant sound - What are all the consonants in the alphabet?

Remember to use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. 

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

Phonics focus 12th May, 2020

Today's phonics focus is going to be another language focus lesson that will have some of those 'quick- as- a-flash' sounds that we looked at yesterday.

Ask a grown up to write down these sentences - Can you read them out loud?

I said 'Do you like plums?'

Yes, I have three of them.

So you can have them for lunch.

Now if a grown up reads these sentences out loud - Can you write them down?

A crisp crust.

I can jump and swim.

It will spin the top.

Can you find all the adjacent consonants? Some of them might be at the beginning of the word today.

Phonics focus of the day - 14th May, 2020 -

Today we are going to focus on 'adjacent consonants' again (cvcc/ccvc words) This is where two consonants appear together in a word -

Have a go at reading these words and see if you can spot the 'quick-as-a-flash sounds' - 

blot, clap, crab, stem, plan, sleep, from, crop, swim, spin, spot, pram, dragon

• Can you say these sounds? Can you spot the two consonants?
• If a grown up writes them down can you read these words?
• Can you spell some these words if a grown up reads them out?
• Practise spotting the difference between a vowel and a consonant sound - What are all the consonants in the alphabet?

Remember to use your 'robot arms' to sound out these words. 

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

Phonics focus 15th May, 2020

Today's phonics focus is going to be another language focus lesson that will have some of those 'quick- as- a-flash' sounds that we looked at yesterday.

Ask a grown up to write down these sentences - Can you read them out loud?

There were some big fish in the pond.

A little crab swam up to them.

'Can I swim with you?' he said.

Now if a grown up reads these sentences out loud - Can you write them down?

I can skim and scan.

A cat split the milk.

A strand of hair.

Can you find all the adjacent consonants? Some of them might be at the beginning of the word today.