This pair of fonts (Soundbuttondots & Soundbuttondashes) allow you to add dots or dashes to your writing to represent sound buttons underneath single sounds, digraphs and trigraphs. There are even special characters included to replicate the sound buttons needed to show the connection between split digraphs.
Full disclosure - this is not a perfect ‘does the job for you without you having to think’ kind of font. I don’t have the technology to make the fonts do ligatures and automatically underline digraphs and trigraphs, but I have tried to make it as seamless and easy as I can. By switching between the two fonts, you can choose which letters have dots underneath and which have dashes (the spacing on the dashed letters is already condensed so the dashes form a continuous line), and you can insert special characters (or use the corresponding symbols) to add arrows for split digraphs. WATCH THE VIDEO TO SEE HOW, plus full written instructions included in the pack.
To my mind, this font certainly beats printing out a regular copy of work and manually adding all the sound buttons in a black pen, or trying to add dot and dash clipart underneath! We’ve all been there!
A phonics poster for Spanish classrooms. Ideal for KS3, KS4, and even KS5. Fun, bright, and colourful! PDF format for printing on a larger scale.
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Phonic Ladders consists of puzzles to practise phonics and is a useful addition to any structured phonics scheme. Each page has a ladder puzzle where the pupil changes letters to make new words. CVC words, double letter endings, vowels diagraphs and adjacent consonants are included. 45 pages. Previously available through Easylearn.
A valuable tool for practising phonics and dictation skills, ahead of the new specifications. This resource contains 4 sections. The first section is a grid containing common French phonics and their graphemes, with several examples of words which contain them. This can be printed and laminated for classroom display use. There is also a one page version that can be copied and stuck in students books.
There is a ‘mini dictees’ version, with 2 or 3 short sentences to be completed as dictations, focusing on one phonic at a time. This then progresses to ‘midi-dictees’ which have longer translation exercises encompassing 3 or 4 of the phonics together.
Finally, there is a 20 question choose the correct spelling exercise.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Book 1 Single Sounds looks at individual letters and their sounds. Book 2 Hot Pet looks at consonant-vowel-consonant words, and Book 3 Pat’s Bed looks at bdp differentiation. Books 4 Kick the Ball and 5 Black Mask look at double final consonants and adjacent consonants respectively. Book 6 Fish and Chips looks at consonant digraphs, while Book 7 Kate’s Kite looks at split digraphs, words such as ‘make’, ‘cone’ and ‘fine’. Book 8 New Coat looks at vowel phonemes, and Book 9 A Bright Invention looks at silent letters, prefixes and suffixes. Previously sold through Easylearn.
Second in a five-book series which is designed for children who need extra support and a small steps approach and which complements any phonics programme. Book 2 covers consonant-vowel-consonant words and helps pupils to learn about blending and segmenting. The clear layout and instructions enable independent working, and there is plenty of practice at each stage, making the sheets useful for literacy intervention. Each book has over 100 worksheets, is suitable for a wide age-range and is ideal for homework. 4 other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 1 Single Sounds looks at individual letters and their sounds and has 55 pages. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
A phonic activity based on 'buying' pictures or whole cvc words with alphabet coins. Coins, two pictures for each initial sound, and a 'shop' game board template are included. Could be use as a group game or an independent activity to reinforce phonic knowledge.
Phonics booklet to look at and revise sounds from s - ar (following the order of Jolly Phonics).
Each page is space for 4 pictures and the matching words underneath, as well as room at the bottom for letter formation practise.
I use these plans for my Nursery/ Reception class.
It can also be used by KS1 EAL groups. It is a mixture of Jolly Phonics, RWI and Letters & Sounds.
It is easy to use. Feel free to adapt to your needs.
A mixture of Phase 2 letters and sound, Jolly Phonics and RWI.
A phoneme a week plan for children in Nursery and Reception. A refresher for special needs children in KS 1.
These 3 books help to develop and consolidate phonic skills, and cover most of the phonics skills taught in schools. Little non-phonic writing is required and the clear, easy format enables independent working. Successfully used with older students struggling with phonics to help them to catch up or to give them a fresh start. Ideal for revision and homework and suitable for a wide age range. Book 1 concentrate on c-v-c words, double final consonants, sh and ch and the long vowels ai, ee, igh, oa and oo. Book 2 deal with the long vowel phonemes ar, or, ur, ow, oi, air and ear, plus adjacent consonants. Book 3 cover the various graphemes for the long vowel phonemes, alternative pronunciations for some graphemes and alternative spellings/silent letters. Previously available through Easylearn.
Phonics practice tests with QR codes. Simply scan with any smart device and practice. Used it in the classroom so children can easily upload the materials and practice. Also useful for parents evening as a handout, so children can practice at home.
circle oa sound/write missing sound
oa wordsearch
write missing oa words
write oa word to complete sentences
oa cut and stick - sorting oa/not oa pictures
A range of worksheets designed to help students to improve their knowledge of letter-sound relationships and patterns, along with their decoding abilities to improve reading accuracy.
This bundle includes:
Rhyming words - 8 worksheets
Identifying beginning sounds - 8 worksheets
Identifying end sounds - 8 worksheets
Building words - 13 worksheets
decoding three syllable words - 3 worksheets
A fantastic resource for SEN / Lower ability/ EAL students, along with those with difficulties associated with dyslexia. Perfect for in class differentiation, homework/ prep work tasks or interventions.
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Phonics Display / Cards
Rhyme Bingo Game (Phonics)
[Synonyms Starter / Plenary Tasks - Vocabulary (http://https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/synonyms-starter-plenary-tasks-vocabulary-12083511)
Bank of Literacy Starters (Two Bonus Social Skills Activities!)
Comprehension and Inference Worksheets (SEN/ Intervention)
A set of 76 phonics display/flashcards to use in KS1.
There are 2 A5 cards on a page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words including the relevant common exception words for Year 1.
The first set contains the letters of the alphabet.
The second set contains the consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 Spelling appendix.
The third set contains extra graphemes identified in the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.
A superbly simple and useful reading comprehension booklet with 8 simple stories. Each story is written to help young learners consolidate their phase 2 phonemes (s/a/t/p/i/n/m/d/g/o/c/k/ck/e/u/r/h/f/ff/l/ll/ss) and tricky words (I to go into the no) . An ideal tool for developing early reading comprehension skills, helping your young readers to read for meaning.
Each story is followed by four simple questions, allowing you as teacher/adult to support the children to locate and copy the words developing their phoneme-grapheme knowledge, and comprehension skill.
Check out the new Sara and Sem Phonics Phase 3 Stories here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12754893