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The 'ow' (long o) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ow’ (long o) digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Vowel phoneme sound chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable multi-syllable word slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ow’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘ow’ words.
♦ A ‘How many words can you make…?’ silde.
♦ An interactive ‘Which spelling is correct…?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The e-e (split digraph) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘e-e’ split digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Vowel phoneme sound chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable multi-syllable word slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘e-e’ grapheme.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘e-e’ words.
♦ An interactive ‘Real Word or Alien Word?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 'ng' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ng’ consonant digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ng’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘ng’ words.
♦ A ‘How many words can you make…?’ silde.
♦ An interactive ‘Which spelling is correct…?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
The letter 'v' PowerPoint (Phase 3)
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘v’ letter sound. It contains…
♦ Grapheme and picture slides.
♦ Find ‘v’ in the alphabet slide.
♦ Set of phoneme practice slides - say the sound then say the picture.
♦ Lower and upper-case animated letter formation slides.
♦ Set of decodable, real word slides.
♦ Set of decodable, alien word slides.
♦ Three alliterative sentence slides.
♦ An interactive ‘Is it v…?’ quiz.
♦ An interactive ‘Real or Alien?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint (PC) from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
The u-e (split digraph) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the u-e split digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘syllable’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘u-e’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘u-e’ words.
♦ Add the ‘magic e’ slides.
♦ An interactive ‘Which spelling is correct?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 'ea' (short e) Games Pack
A set of printable resources that can be laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘ea’ (short e as in bread) digraph. Great for one-to-one and intervention as well as group and class use.
Includes:
♦ Bingo (calling card + 32 game cards)
♦ Race to the Moon (track-based dice game)
♦ Rocket ‘n’ Roll (single or multi-player grid-based dice game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 ‘I have… / Who has…’ cards)
♦ Falling Star Four in a Row (2-player, read the words and try to get four in a row)
♦ Moon Mountain (2-player, leave the last word to win)
♦ Nebular Noughts & Crosses (phonics-based tic tac toe game)
♦ Solar Squares (phonics-based boxes game)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
Most of the resources contain a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
The 'qu' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘qu’ consonant digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘qu’ grapheme.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘qu’ words.
♦ An interactive ‘Is it qu…?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font as used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
The 'th' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘th’ consonant digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘soft th’ word slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘hard th’ word slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘th’ grapheme.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘th’ words.
♦ An interactive ‘Is it th…?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Bundle
The Letters & Sounds Phase 3 Vowel Phonemes Games Bundle
This bundle includes the following games packs:
ai, air, ar, ear, ee, er (stretched), er (short), igh, oa, oi, oo (boot), oo (look), or, ow (cow), ur and ure
Save more than 50% compared with buying each pack individually! Each pack contains a set of games that focus on a particular grapheme. Great for independent/paired consolidation or intervention.
Games included:
♦ Bingo (calling card + 32 game cards)
♦ Race to the Moon (track-based dice game)
♦ Rocket ‘n’ Roll (single or multi-player grid-based dice game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 ‘I have… / Who has…’ cards)
♦ Jigsaw Puzzle (match the pictures with the words)
♦ Tarsia (join the triangles so that the words are alongside the correct pictures)
♦ Falling Star Four in a Row (2-player, read the words and try to get four in a row)
♦ Moon Mountain (2-player, leave the last word to win)
♦ Nebular Noughts & Crosses (phonics-based tic tac toe game)
♦ Planetary Pick-Up (2-player roll around the board collecting things/aliens)
♦ Solar Squares (phonics-based boxes game)
♦ Phonics Fuel-Up (2-player dice game)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
♦ Short Bingo
Please note that the games available vary from pack to pack.
a-e (split digraph) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the a-e split digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘syllable’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘a-e’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘a-e’ words.
♦ An interactive ‘Which spelling is correct?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file was created in PowerPoint 2003 so should be compatible with all newer versions. It is in .pps format.
Other graphemes available to purchase soon!
Bundle
The Set 3 Phonics Games Bundle (Read, Write, Inc. Set 3 Sounds)
This bundle includes all of our games packs for Set 3 sounds (as listed in the RWI Phonics scheme). Save more than 60% compared with each pack individually! Great for intervention and consolidation.
The sounds covered are: ea, oi, a-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, aw, are, ur, er (stretched), er (short), ow (cow), ai, oa, ew, ire, ear and ure
Games include:
♦ Bingo (calling card + 32 game cards)
♦ Race to the Moon (track-based dice game)
♦ Rocket ‘n’ Roll (single or multi-player grid-based dice game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 ‘I have… / Who has…’ cards)
♦ Jigsaw Puzzle (match the pictures with the words)
♦ Tarsia (join the triangles so that the words are alongside the correct pictures)
♦ Falling Star Four in a Row (2-player, read the words and try to get four in a row)
♦ Moon Mountain (2-player, leave the last word to win)
♦ Nebular Noughts & Crosses (phonics-based tic tac toe game)
♦ Planetary Pick-Up (2-player roll around the board collecting things/aliens)
♦ Solar Squares (phonics-based boxes game)
♦ Fuel-Up (two-player dice game)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
Most of the resources contain a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
Bundle
The Letters & Sounds Phase 5 Games Bundle
This bundle includes the following games packs:
ay, ou, ie, ea, oi/oy, ir, ue, aw, wh, ew, au, ey, a-e, i-e, o-e and u-e
(Note: ‘ph’, ‘oe’ and ‘e-e’ are not included as there are not many easily decodable words that contain these graphemes.)
Save more than 50% compared with buying each pack individually! Each pack contains a set of games that focus on a particular grapheme. Great for independent/paired consolidation or intervention.
Games included:
♦ Bingo (calling card + 32 game cards)
♦ Race to the Moon (track-based dice game)
♦ Rocket ‘n’ Roll (single or multi-player grid-based dice game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 ‘I have… / Who has…’ cards)
♦ Jigsaw Puzzle (match the pictures with the words)
♦ Tarsia (join the triangles so that the words are alongside the correct pictures)
♦ Falling Star Four in a Row (2-player, read the words and try to get four in a row)
♦ Moon Mountain (2-player, leave the last word to win)
♦ Nebular Noughts & Crosses (phonics-based tic tac toe game)
♦ Planetary Pick-Up (2-player roll around the board collecting things/aliens)
♦ Solar Squares (phonics-based boxes game)
♦ Phonics Fuel-Up (2-player dice game)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
♦ Short Bingo
Please note that the games available vary from pack to pack.
The 'ai' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ai (long a) grapheme. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Vowel phoneme sound chart slide.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘syllable’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ai’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘ai’ words.
♦ A ‘How many words can you make…?’ slide.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Other graphemes available to purchase soon!
The 'ck' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ck’ consonant digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘-cket’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ck’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘ck’ words.
♦ A ‘How many words can you make…?’ silde.
♦ An interactive ‘Which spelling is correct…?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
The 'igh' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘igh’ (long i) grapheme. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Vowel phoneme sound chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘syllable’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘igh’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘igh’ words.
♦ A ‘How many words can you make…?’ silde.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
The Set 2 Phonics Games Pack (Read, Write, Inc. Set 2 Sounds)
A selection of games that can be laminated and used to support teaching and learning Set 2 sounds as presented in the RWI scheme. Great for intervention and consolidation before moving onto Set 3.
Each game contains words with the following sounds: ay, ee, igh, ow (snow), oo (boot), oo (look), ar, or, air, ir, ou (cloud), oy
Games include:
♦ Bingo (calling card + 32 game cards)
♦ Race to the Moon (track-based dice game)
♦ Rocket ‘n’ Roll (single or multi-player grid-based dice game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 ‘I have… / Who has…’ cards)
♦ Jigsaw Puzzle (match the pictures with the words)
♦ Tarsia (join the triangles so that the words are alongside the correct pictures)
♦ Falling Star Four in a Row (2-player, read the words and try to get four in a row)
♦ Moon Mountain (2-player, leave the last word to win)
♦ Nebular Noughts & Crosses (phonics-based tic tac toe game)
♦ Planetary Pick-Up (2-player roll around the board collecting things/aliens)
♦ Solar Squares (phonics-based boxes game)
♦ Fuel-Up (two-player dice game)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
Most of the resources contain a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
The 'ure' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ure’ grapheme. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Vowel phoneme sound chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides covering ‘ure’, ‘-sure’ and ‘-ture’ words.
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ure’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘ure’ words.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Year 1 Literacy Mat
UPDATE:
Upper case letters moved so they in line with their lower case equivalent. Handwriting lines added over letters. Punctuation moved to its own box.
Designed to be printed double-sided.
One side contains:
Year 1 Exception words grouped into those with similar spelling patterns where possible.
Lower case and upper case letters on handwriting lines.
‘bed’ pictures to support children who reverse b’s and d’s.
Examples of common -s and -es plurals.
Examples of common -ed and -ing verbs.
Examples of common -er nouns.
Examples of common -er and -est adjectives.
Examples of common un- words.
Examples of some common compound words.
The other side contains graphemes grouped according to their phoneme.
We may produce a Year 2 version depending on popularity.
The 'au' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘au’ vowel digraph. It contains…
♦ Sound and picture slides.
♦ Vowel phoneme sound chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable multi-syllable word slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘au’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ A ‘silly sentence’ containing lots of ‘au’ words.
♦ An interactive ‘Real or Alien Word?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The file is in .pps format and will work in PowerPoint from 2003 onwards. If you’re not sure if it will work on your system, please download our free a-e (split digraph) sample to check.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
'What do they look like?' Describing Word Mat
A writing aid created to help children add more detail when describing what characters look like.