Helping children understand phonics
Help children get an understanding of the concept of using phonics as a reading strategy before diving into learning phonics.
This short set of slides introduces the concepts of reading and phonics to children.
It includes activities for learning to associate sounds with symbols and an example of how picture symbols became the letters of the alphabet.
Use this as an introduction for children at the very beginning of their training to become word wizards.
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Word Wizard Phonics Expected Sets: Introducing consonants, short vowels and some long vowels
Reading Together with your Child
Print this guide double-sided and then fold it and fold again to create a short guide packed with tips to help parents support their child’s reading development at home.
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Word Wizard Phonics Expected Sets: Introducing consonants, short vowels and some long vowels
With this free activity you can give students a list of words to investigate. Work individually or in teams. Includes a worksheet and a Powerpoint briefing.
FAO: Chief Sheriff
Choose which words are under investigation and issue them to your crack team of Word detectives.
During the investigation detectives may use a dictionary, a thesaurus, story books, newspapers and magazines to investigate:
what each word means
how it is used and then identify similar looking and/or sounding words.
At the debrief each team can share notes and help with unsolved cases.
Display sheets for the letter ‘d’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘c’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘e’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘h’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘f’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘g’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘k’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘j’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Learn to write sentences with the Punctuation Monsters!
Includes:
Level 4: writing sentences with **colons & commas **in Lists
Level 5: writing sentences with apostrophes
Level 6: writing sentences with inverted commas
Usage of apostrophes includes:
how to use an apostrophe for missing letters (omission)
how to use an apostrophe for singular possession
how to use an apostrophe for plural possession
Each level includes:
step-by-step guidance with editable challenges
a writing workbook featuring sentence writing challenges, cut and paste sentences and draw your own punctuation monsters
Design a punctuation monster
A sentence writing certificate
Includes:
29 illustrated writing challenges (as individual activity sheets and editable class powerpoints)
5 step-by-step introductory powerpoints
certificates and additional activities.
Includes versions for US-English and British-English.
A bundle for beginner sentences is available here.
Display sheets for the letter ‘L’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
This free phonics display sheet features the 100 most frequently used English language words including phonetic words and exception words.
The Word Tree is taken from the ‘Speaks Write’ book which includes a Phonics Dictionary.
Part of the Word Wizard Phonics resources.
Display sheets for the letter ‘i’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Display sheets for the letter ‘m’.
Includes deconstructed shapes for the written letter, mouth shape and phonetic word featuring the letter.
For more resources see Word Wizard Phonics and Word Wizard Handwriting
Lettering guides for each of the Word Wizard handwriting schemes including cursive, lowercase print, uppercase and numbers.
The cursive scheme includes variations for some letters so that you can use whichever best suits your needs.
Introducing Sentences with Simple Questions
The Punctuation Monsters help you learn to write questions with easy to understand step-by-step guidance including:
how to write a question mark
where to place a question mark
using words like ‘where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ to begin questions
writing sentences with subject-verb inversion
Have a go at forming sentences with the editable challenges including unpunctuated sentences to rewrite.
Complete the 15 page writing workbook featuring sentence writing challenges, cut and paste sentences and draw your own punctuation monsters.
Cut out the Sentence Line sheets, choose a word or punctuation mark and then have a go at organising yourselves into the order of a sentence.
Design your own punctuation monster.
Includes the Level 2 Sentence Writing certificate.
Includes versions for US-English and British-English