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The BIG Book of Long Vowel Games
A BIG book of games to support the teaching and learning of the following long vowel sounds:
a-e (split digraph), ai, ay, ea, ee, -y (long e), ey, ie (long e), i-e (split digraph), igh, ie (long i), -y (long i), uncommon long i, o-e (split digraph), oa, ow (long o), u-e (split digraph), oo (long u), ew, ue, uncommon long u
For each sound there is a selection of games including:
♦ 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)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 'I have... / Who has...' cards)
99 printable resources in total!
The BIG Book of Vowel Phoneme Games
A BIG book of games to support the teaching and learning of the following digraphs and trigraphs:
air, are, ear, or, aw, au, al, ore, er, ir, ur, ou, ow, oi, oy, at, ea (short e), oo (short), ire and ure
For each sound there is a selection of games including:
♦ 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)
♦ Battleships (phonics-based variation of the traditional game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 'I have... / Who has...' cards)
91 printable resources in total!
The BIG Book of CVC, CCVC, CVCC and CCVCC Games
A BIG book of games to support children learning how to blend sounds together. This pack covers:
CVC Words (3 sets), CCVC Words (2 sets), CVCC Words (2 sets) and CCVCC Words
For each set there is a selection of games including:
♦ 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)
♦ Fuel-Up! (2-player roll the dice and complete your grid game)
♦ Loop Cards (32 'I have... / Who has...' cards)
41 printable resources in total!
The 'j' PowerPoint (Phase 3)
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘j’ letter sound. It contains…
♦ Grapheme and picture slides.
♦ Find ‘j’ 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 j…?’ quiz.
♦ An interactive ‘Real or Alien?’ quiz.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics 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 'y' (long i) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘y’ (long i) grapheme as in fly.
♦ Grapheme and picture slides.
♦ Grapheme chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘-fy’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘y’ (fly) grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ A ‘silly sentence’ containing ‘y’ (fly) words.
♦ An interactive ‘y’ (as in fly) or ‘y’ (as in cherry) quiz.
♦ An interactive ‘Real or Alien’ 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 (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.
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.
BUNDLE
Phase 5 New Grapheme PowerPoint Bundle
This bundle included the following Phase 5 PowerPoint files:
ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ir, ue, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, ey
Each PowerPoint includes a range of resources to support teaching/learning of a particular grapheme. These include:
♦ 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.
♦ Slides showing three levels of decodable words.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Silly sentences.
♦ 'How many words can you make…?'
♦ Interactive quizzes.
Words are displayed in a pre-cursive font similar to that used in the Year 1 Phonics Check.
The files are 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 y (long e) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘y’ (long e) 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 (double consonant).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides (long vowel).
♦ A slide showing a set of grouped, decodable y (long e) words.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three silly sentences containing y (long e) words.
♦ An interactive ‘Which spelling is correct?’ quiz.
♦ 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 (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.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 'ou' (as in soup) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ou’ digraph as in ‘soup’.
♦ Grapheme and picture slides.
♦ Grapheme chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘syllable’ slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ou’ (soup) grapheme.
♦ A ‘silly sentence’ containing ‘ou’ (soup) words.
♦ An interactive ‘ou’ (as in cloud) or ‘ou’ (as in soup) 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 (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.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 'ie' (as in shield) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ie’ digraph as in ‘shield’.
♦ Grapheme and picture slides.
♦ Grapheme chart.
♦ Decodable ‘real word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Decodable ‘alien word’ slides (colour-coded and black).
♦ Animated, decodable ‘root word’ slides.
♦ Animated, decodable ‘ie’ plurals slides.
♦ A slide showing three levels of decodable words containing the ‘ie’ (shield) grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing ‘ie’ (shield) words.
♦ An interactive ‘ie’ (as in pie) or ‘ie’ (as in shield) 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 (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.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 'ea' (as in bread) PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ea’ digraph as in ‘bread’.
♦ Grapheme and picture slides.
♦ Decodable ‘real 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 ‘ea’ (bread) grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ A ‘silly sentence’ containing ‘ea’ (bread) words.
♦ An interactive ‘ea’ (as in leaf), ‘ea’ (as in bread) or both 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 (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.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 'ire' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ire’ vowel trigraph. 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 ‘ire’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ A ‘silly sentence’ containing ‘ire’ 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 (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.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 2nd 'oi' Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘oi’ digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 'nk' PowerPoint
Please Note: In this PowerPoint ‘nk’ is taught as a single phoneme as is common in some popular phonics schemes.
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘nk’ blend. 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 ‘nk’ pattern.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘nk’ words.
♦ A ‘How many words can you make…?’ silde.
♦ 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 (PC) 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 'are' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the 'are' vowel trigraph. 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 'are' grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ A 'silly sentence' containing 'are' words.
♦ An interactive 'Which Spelling?' quiz.
♦ 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 (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.
Please note: This resource is designed to be adult-led. It does not contain any sound recordings.
The 2nd 'ou' Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘ou’ digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 2nd 'or' Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘or’ digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 2nd 'aw' Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘aw’ digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 2nd 'o-e' (split digraph) Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘o-e’ split digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 2nd 'u-e' (split digraph) Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘u-e’ split digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 'ey' PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to support teaching and learning the ‘ey’ 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 multi-syllable word slides.
♦ A slide showing lots of decodable words containing the ‘ey’ grapheme.
♦ A set of spelling pictures with a link to the words.
♦ Three ‘silly sentences’ containing lots of ‘ey’ words.
♦ An interactive ‘Which Spelling?’ quiz.
♦ 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.
The 2nd 'i-e' (split digraph) Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘i-e’ split digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
The 2nd 'oo' Games Pack
A selection of games that can be printed, laminated and used to support teaching and learning the ‘oo’ (long u) digraph.
This pack includes:
♦ 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)
♦ Starlight Sudoku (phonics-based selection of 4 by 4 Sudoku puzzles)
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.