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The Sandcastle
Quiz
The Sandcastle printout
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Requires the Flash 4 plugin and a multimedia
computer (i.e. with sound).
The player must fill in the gap in each
word displayed in the sand by clicking on
the sandpie with the correct vowel phoneme
spelling.
Print
out your sandcastle
At the end of the game the player can print
out the sandcastle with the words displayed
on it. The print out suggests that the player
picks out all the vowel phonemes in the
words on the sandcastle.
Using
the game
The game reinforces the common spelling
patterns for the nine vowel phonemes featuring
in the Year 2 word level objectives in the
National Literacy Strategy. Players are
given opportunities to choose and try alternative
patterns with correct choices being rewarded.
It may be used as independent work within
the Literacy Hour, offering word level work
relevant to these objectives from the NLS
Framework for Key Stage 1, Year 2:-
The common spelling patterns for vowel phonemes
and
word recognition.
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Write
a Postcard
The Postcard printout |
Requires the Flash 4 plugin and a multimedia
computer (i.e. with sound).
The player picks out the vowel phonemes
and chooses the right spelling variation
for words with vowel phonemes on alternate
sentences until the postcard is complete.
Print out your postcards
At the end of the exercise the player can
print out the completed postcard and can
highlight all the vowel phonemes again.
Using
the game
This is an exercise in identifying, reading
and spelling the nine vowel phonemes from
the National Literacy Strategy year 2 word
level objectives in context. Single and multisyllabic
words are included.
It may be used as independent work within
the Literacy Hour, offering word level work
relevant to these objectives from the NLS
Framework for Key Stage 1, Year 2:-
The common spelling patterns for vowel phonemes.
To disciminate, spell and read phonemes. |
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A set of 10 Realvideo clips from the Words
and Pictures TV series that demonstrate
joined up writing with phrases that concentrate
on the vowel phonemes.
Practice
Each clip has a print off sheet that offers
activities that encourage children to practice
that phrase and vowel phoneme.
Use
This area may be used for independent work
within the Literacy Hour. It offers word
level work relevant to this objective from
the NLS Framework for Key Stage 1, Year
2:-
to begin using and practising the four basic
handwriting joins
to practise handwriting in conjuction with
the phonic and spelling patterns being taught.
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Some of these printable activities combine
a number of vowel phonemes while others
focus on individual phonemes.
Activity sheets for the Literacy Hour
10 new activity sheets - 9 of which focus
on an individual phoneme vowel while the
10th covers all of them. These activities
are intended for independent group work
and require a minimum of adult supervision.
The Race to the Lighthouse There
are clues that must be solved as the players
race each other around the board. This game
provides practise in reading and useds all
the vowel phonemes.
Give us a Clue! This word lotto
covers all the vowel phonemes. The players
have to recognise the words on the lotto
card from the clues that are read out.
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The Crankophone
The Crankophone printout
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Requires
the Shockwave 7 plugin and a multimedia
computer (ie with sound).
The
player is first introduced to two vowels
and the sound they make. They then listen
to a series of CVC words and must
decide which of the two vowels they can
hear in the middle of each word.
Teacher's
Control Panel - can be used to configure
the game to focus on specific vowels.
Print your words - at the end of
the game the player can print out a record
of their game. The sheet includes the player's
name, the words that were collected and
the words that were missed with an opportunity
to sort these words into the correct lists.
Using
the game
The game is an exercise in auditory discrimination
of medial vowels. It may be used as independent
work within the Literacy Hour, offering
word level work relevant to these objectives
from the NLS Framework for Key Stage 1,
Year 1 Term 1:
to
discriminate and segment all three phonemes
in CVC words
to
represent in writing the three phonemes
in CVC words
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Whirlyword
machine
The Whirlyword printout |
Requires
the Shockwave 7 plugin.
A
fruit machine that makes 3 letter CVC words.
Level
1 - the player spins the 1st reel to
make new words with the same word ending.
The player must sort the words into real
and not real word lists.
Level
2 - the player spins the 1st or 3rd
reel to make real words built around the
same medial vowel.
Level
3 - the player spins any reel to try
to make words that fit a given description,
e.g. animals (dog, pig).
Teacher's
Control Panel - can be used to configure
the game to focus on specific word endings
and medial vowels.
Print your words - at the end of
a game in any level the player can print
out a record of their game. The sheet includes
the player's name, the words that were collected
and the words that were missed with an opportunity
to now write these words into the correct
list.
Using
the game
This game may be used as independent work
within the Literacy Hour, it offers word
level work relevant to these objectives
from the NLS Framework for Key Stage 1,
Year 1 Term 1:
phonic
and spelling investigations and practice;
exploring
and playing with rhyming patterns; generating
rhyming strings, e.g. fat, hat, pat
blending
phonemes to read CVC words in rhyming and
non-rhyming sets
representing
in writing the three phonemes in CVC words
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Wordblender
Wordblender
printout
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Requires
the Flash 4 plugin and a multimedia computer
(ie with sound).
A new game that encourages children to build
words by blending together a start sound
(onset) and end sound (rime). The game can
be configured to focus on specific start
and end clusters, and can be played at three
different levels of difficulty. Includes
an optional printout sheet that shows a
player's progress in a given game.
Using
the game
This game may be used for independent work
within the Literacy Hour, it offers word
level work relevant to these objectives
from the NLS Framework for Key Stage 1,
Year 1 Term 2:
to
investigate, read and spell words ending
in ff, ll, ss, ck, ng;
to
discriminate, read and spell words with
initial and final consonant clusters, e.g.
bl, cr, tr, str.
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10 more
Realvideo clips from the Words and Pictures
Plus TV series that demonstrate the correct
letter formation and the spelling of 10
different clusters.
Practice
- each clip has a print off sheet that offers
several activities.
Use
This area may be used for independent work
within the Literacy Hour, it offers word
level work relevant to this objective from
the NLS Framework for Key Stage 1, Year
1 Term 2:
to
form lower case letters correctly in a script
that will be easy to join later
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Activity
sheets for the Literacy Hour
19 new activity sheets each focussing on
a different group of clusters or final phoneme.
These activities are intended for independent
group work and require a minimum of adult
supervision.
Words and Pictures Scrapbook
10 activity sheets that may need a little
more supervision, including making word
slides and word wheels. These sheets can
be fixed together along with a front cover
to make this term's scrapbook.
Write
your own poem
10 worksheets with a short framework to
help children write a poem of their own
using words containing consonant clusters.
Cluster Buster
A new game that focuses on initial s
blends. Players spin the arrow on the board
and try to match the picture cards.
The Pyramid game
Players must match the start sound and the
word ending to try and make real words to
write onto their score sheet.
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Poem pack
(Flash version)
the Poem pack without shockwave has the Read
it, Find the word and Print it options only. |
Requires
the Flash 3 plugin. Html version also available
(no plugin required).
Ten
'interactive poems' each featuring a different
long vowel phoneme (-ee-, -ea-, -ay-, -ai-,
-a-e-, -y-, -igh-, -i-e,-oa-, -oo-).
Each poem gives children practise with an
individual phoneme through a range of activities:
Hear it - children hear the poem
read by an actor and see the text highlight
line by line.
Read it - having heard the poem,
children read it out themselves.
Sound search - children locate and
click the relevant long vowel phonemes from
the poem text.
Find the word - a cloze activity
that encourages reading for meaning. Children
choose the correct word to fill gaps in
poem lines.
Print it - offers a black and white
print out of the poem and an activity sheet
with a short framework to help children
write a poem of their own.
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A timed
game where children drag the correct long
vowel phoneme into a gap in a word, (the timer
can be adjusted to suit ability).
there are two levels of difficulty.
Level 1 - children use a picture clue
to help them spell the word.
Level 2 - no picture clue, but children
see the word flash up and disappear.
Phonemes covered
(-ee-,-ea-,-ay-,-ai-,-y-,-igh-,-oa-,-oo-)
Using
the games
These games may be used for independent
work within the Literacy Hour, offering
word level work relevant to these objectives
from the NLS Framework for Key Stage 1,
Year 1 Term 3:
Phonological
awareness, phonics and spelling - the common
spelling patterns for each of the long vowel
phonemes:
ee ai ie oa oo
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Children
can submit their writing to the Gallery giving
them opportunities to write for an audience.
Send us a sentence - children submit
sentences that use words from any of their
other activities.
Post up a poem - children submit a
short poem that uses words from any of their
other activities.
The 'Write your own poem' activity sheets
from the Print and Do sections offer a framework
to help with this.
Important note for entries
We would like to post as many pieces of children's
work as possible. As work will be presented
in a typed format (not the original) we can
only include work that has been checked for
spelling and grammatical errors. This ensures
that readers are presented with correct models
and provides incentive for young writers to
complete the process of drafting and proof
reading. Teachers can submit further details
for pupils who are working to lower levels
of attainment.
We reserve the right to correct work submitted
with errors.
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(This
section)
This is a resource area for teachers and parents
that offers:
Lesson
plans for the Literacy Hour
Easy
access to the print off poems (A4 and a
version for enlargement for shared reading)
TV
Listings
Details
of links with the National Curriculum
A
guide to further resources from the BBC
Help
with downloading plug-ins
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