Phonics and spelling

PHONICS 

This week children need to focus on the graphemes igh and ar.

Please teach them a sound per day following the links below.

igh Geradine giraffe

ar Geradine giraffe

Please take advantage of Phonics Play!  All parents please log in and we will direct you to the fun and exciting games to support learning,

Phonics Play

Once online - please click on Phase 5 and this will direct you to learning activities to support the phonics for this week.  The children love Ob and Bob, Buried Treasure and Tricky Trucks.

Another useful website with free resources for you to access to support your child's learning is Twinkl. Please use the link below 

Twinkl

Once on line you have access to a wide range of resources to support your child with their phonics and spellings. Use the link below to access common exception words, these are the words your child should be able to read and write confidently by the end of year 1.

common exception words

By the end of the week, can children write some sentences containing these words in their home-learning books. The individual words that are highlighted pink are from the Y1 common exception word list.

The trigraph ‘igh’	The vowel diagraph ‘ar’
right bright light night fright tight high sigh by my	car start park arm garden artist star are were our