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Phonics and Literacy

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Phonics

Di- & Trigraphs - With sound buttons An activity to help children spot the digraphs and trigraphs in words to consolidate their learning.	Di- & Trigraphs - No sound buttons An activity to help children spot the digraphs and trigraphs in words to consolidate their learning.	Letter Outlines For children to colour in the letter they are finding particularly difficult to remember. This file includes letters a-g (more to come later!)
Rubbish Words Can use this in Phonics by ‘binning’ the alien or rubbish words. Can also use this resource as a classroom display for the incorrect words your children use in class, such as taked instead of took, etc.	Capital & Lower Letters - matching A simple matching exercise. The sheets are A5 size, so 2 sets/page. Goes from a to z.	oa Phonics Power Point A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.
igh Phonics Power Point A visual aid to show children that trigraphs are 3 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.	oo Phonics Power Point A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.	sh Phonics Power Point A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.
ng Phonics Power Point A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.	Letter b poster To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter d too)	Letter d poster To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter b too)
Jumping Phonics Power Point A Power Point with random letters at different locations on each slide so to look like they're jumping. You can use it as a revision aid.

Literacy

Dear Santa Map Children can use the map to re-tell the story of "Dear Santa" by Rod Campbell. I've made a blank map too so that children can draw (or cut pictures from a catalogue) their own toys to make up their own Dear Santa story.	Look Say Cover Write For the words children need extra help with.	CVC words Success Ladder A poster you can stick in books or on your wall. You can use the statements as 'I can' statements and as an assessment tool.
Initial Sounds - animals You can use this as an assessment tool to check how confident children are with recognising initial sounds. For some children, they can have a go at writing the graphemes too.	Phoneme Frame Writing Set You can use these set of worksheets (4 in total) as an activity or for assessment.	Finger Spaces Cut, laminate, and then stick them onto lollipop sticks for children to use them in their writing (leaving a space between words).
Pirate - Write & Colour Children have to construct and write a sentence for the picture before they can colour it in.	MrWonkasToyShop_PNG.png	Graphemes Sheet - Linear Something you can place on the writing table for when children need a little help remembering the grapheme.
Half Term Holiday Activities A word document so you can edit it to suit your needs.	Graphemes Sheet - Curved Something you can place on the writing table for when children need a little help remembering the grapheme.	For Parents - Helping at home A slip you can edit and sent home for children who are lagging behind/need extra support at home. You can tell parents to sign it (to show they have read it) and return it to you to file in chn's EYFS folders as evidence of Parent Partnership.
HFW flashcards - Parent Partnership For children to take home. Parents are to cut out the words and use them as flashcards to practise reading (by sight) with their child.	Holiday Writing Editable - You can change it to 'Weekend' writing too.	HFW Tracker Sheet Draw a smiley face next to the word when the child can write it independently. Editable so that you can change / add in words of your choice.
Letter d poster To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter b too)	Letter b poster To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter d too)

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Clothes Activity

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Picture of the girl, boy and clothes

Weather cards

Phonics and Literacy

Di- & Trigraphs - With sound buttons

An activity to help children spot the digraphs and trigraphs in words to consolidate their learning.

Di- & Trigraphs - No sound buttons

An activity to help children spot the digraphs and trigraphs in words to consolidate their learning.

Letter Outlines

For children to colour in the letter they are finding particularly difficult to remember. This file includes letters a-g (more to come later!)

Rubbish Words

Can use this in Phonics by ‘binning’ the alien or rubbish words. Can also use this resource as a classroom display for the incorrect words your children use in class, such as taked instead of took, etc.

Capital & Lower Letters - matching

A simple matching exercise. The sheets are A5 size, so 2 sets/page. Goes from a to z.

oa Phonics Power Point

A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.

igh Phonics Power Point

A visual aid to show children that trigraphs are 3 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.

oo Phonics Power Point

A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.

sh Phonics Power Point

A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.

ng Phonics Power Point

A visual aid to show children that digraphs are 2 letters next to each other that make a new sound. Lots of animation.

Letter b poster

To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter d too)

Letter d poster

To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter b too)

Jumping Phonics Power Point

A Power Point with random letters at different locations on each slide so to look like they're jumping. You can use it as a revision aid.

Dear Santa Map

Children can use the map to re-tell the story of "Dear Santa" by Rod Campbell. I've made a blank map too so that children can draw (or cut pictures from a catalogue) their own toys to make up their own Dear Santa story.

Look Say Cover Write

For the words children need extra help with.

CVC words Success Ladder

A poster you can stick in books or on your wall. You can use the statements as 'I can' statements and as an assessment tool.

Initial Sounds - animals

You can use this as an assessment tool to check how confident children are with recognising initial sounds. For some children, they can have a go at writing the graphemes too.

Phoneme Frame Writing Set

You can use these set of worksheets (4 in total) as an activity or for assessment.

Finger Spaces

Cut, laminate, and then stick them onto lollipop sticks for children to use them in their writing (leaving a space between words).

Pirate - Write & Colour

Children have to construct and write a sentence for the picture before they can colour it in.

MrWonkasToyShop_PNG.png

Graphemes Sheet - Linear

Something you can place on the writing table for when children need a little help remembering the grapheme.

Half Term Holiday Activities

A word document so you can edit it to suit your needs.

Graphemes Sheet - Curved

Something you can place on the writing table for when children need a little help remembering the grapheme.

For Parents - Helping at home

A slip you can edit and sent home for children who are lagging behind/need extra support at home. You can tell parents to sign it (to show they have read it) and return it to you to file in chn's EYFS folders as evidence of Parent Partnership.

HFW flashcards - Parent Partnership

For children to take home. Parents are to cut out the words and use them as flashcards to practise reading (by sight) with their child.

Holiday Writing

Editable - You can change it to 'Weekend' writing too.

HFW Tracker Sheet

Draw a smiley face next to the word when the child can write it independently. Editable so that you can change / add in words of your choice.

Letter d poster

To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter b too)

Letter b poster

To help children remember the shape of the letter (there's one for the letter d too)

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Clothes Activity