Sample Week: Lesson 2

OBJECTIVES:

To know the sound a letter makes.

To orally segment the sounds in a word.

To blend to read the sounds in a word.

RESOURCES:

Laptop, PC or tablet | Mini whiteboard and pen |  Download Sound Flashcards 1

| Download Sound Actions | Grab a Giggling Grapheme (Phonics Play) Links to an external site.

VOCABULARY:

Words in bold can be found in the Download Phonics Glossary.

phoneme | grapheme | PGC | sound | letter | blend | segment

 

WhatGetReady.png What to Get Ready

During this course, you will be accessing Phonics Play.  You will need to log in to Phonics Play.  The login details can be found in the General Resources section of this course.

Before the lesson, watch ‘Blending to Read’.

WATCH - Blending to Read

Check that you know the actions for the following sounds: m, n, i.

It may help to have the Download Sound Actions

image next to you.

QuickFire.png Quick-Fire!

On a blank piece of paper, play the game, Letter Match with your child.  This game is shown in the following video.

WATCH - Phonic Games

Use the following letters: Z, z, B, b, C, c, A, a.

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Lay the flashcards m, n and i out in front of your child. Ask them to point to one they know and to tell you the sound it makes. Repeat the sound and demonstrate the matching action, asking your child to join in with you. Complete for each of the cards.

Now turn the flashcards face-down and play Flip Over and/or Slow Reveal (shown in Phonic Games). Include the flashcards that were taught yesterday.

SplitSpell.png Split to Spell

Tell your child they will be chopping sounds out of their words (this is called segmenting).

Say the word ‘cat’. What sounds can they hear? Count the sounds together: c-a-t. There are three sounds.

Draw three sound boxes on the whiteboard: ◻◻◻

Put a counter underneath each of the boxes. Say the sound ‘c’ and push the counter into the first box. Say the sound ‘a’ and push the second counter into the box. Say the sound ‘t’ and push the third counter into the box. Run your finger beneath the boxes and say, ‘cat’.

Support your child as they complete this activity with the words ‘cod’, ‘dig’, ‘mat’, ‘dog’.

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If your child needs extra support, you can split the words into sounds with your child pushing a counter into each square as you say each sound. Then swap jobs.

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Allow your child to complete the task independently, then repeat with the following words: ‘cats’, ‘dogs’, ‘mats’. Make sure you add a fourth box and a fourth counter, as each of these words has four sounds (for example, c-a-t-s).

Read Icon.png Blend to Read

Tell your child that they can use the sounds they know to read simple words. This is called blending.

When we blend, we:

Say the sounds.

Blend the sounds.

Read the word.

This process is also shown in Blending to Read

Write the word ‘man’ on the whiteboard. Point to each letter and say its sound: m-a-n. Repeat a little faster and then blend the sounds to read the word ‘man’. Repeat with the following words: ‘nod’, ‘dot’, ‘tin’.

Support.png Extra Support

If your child needs extra support write the letters into sound boxes (as in the Split to Spell activity). You could also push a counter into each box as you say each sound.

Consolidate Icon.png Phonics Play

Log in to Phonics Play.  Open the game 'Grab a Giggling Grapheme'.   

PLAY - Grab a Giggling Grapheme (Phonics Play) Links to an external site. 

Select the option '+ i n m d' for your child to play.