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The Sandcastle Quiz
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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
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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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Magic Pencil Videos
The OW Phoneme printout |
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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Activity sheets for the Literacy Hour
Give Us A Clue printout |
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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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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