PHONICS AT HOME

APPRENTICE LEVEL

WEEK BEGINNING: MONDAY 11TH MAY

Don’t forget!Don’t forget to upload a photo or video of your

phonics learning onto the Evidence Me app!

PHONEMES WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR…

PHASE 2 PHASE 3

TRICKY WORDS WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR…

PHONEMES WE ARE RECAPPING AND LEARNINGTRICKY WORDS WE ARE LEARNING…

Warm Up!We do these at the start of every phonics session

Complete 1 or 2 per day

Musical sounds

Like musical statues! Play your favourite

song and do your best moves! Adult to stop

the music and show a sound.

Can they tell you what sound it is?

Can they think of a word starting with that

sound?

Phonics songshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPVbJ-IaHIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYM9VXz

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Tricky word songshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY

Around the clock

Ask your child to sit on the floor. Write

phase 3 sounds or tricky words onto

separate pieces of paper and place them

in a circle around your child. Adult to call

out a sound or tricky word, child to find it

and splat it with their hand.

Tricky word bowling

Collect different sized containers or

bottles and write tricky words on

them. Can your child use something to knock the

containers over and read the ones they

have knocked over!

Fastest finger first!

Write some sounds onto a strip of

paper with coloured dots underneath

them. You could ask the whole family

to join in with the game. Adult to call

out a sound, and everyone to find it

on their strip of paper. You could ask

your child to call out a sound.

MONDAY Tricky word recap!

Watch-https://www.youtube.com/watc

h?v=R087lYrRpgY

Pause or mute the video. Can your child recognise the tricky word before it

plays!

Tricky word story spotter!

Please see the next page for the tricky word story ‘Rob

the robot meets Roz.’

Can your child first look at the tricky words that are in

the story, which can be found at the bottom of the second page. Can your child

recall them first before trying to find them in the

story. Once they have found a tricky word, can they

underline the tricky word in a coloured pen.

Challenge: Can you read the story after you have found

all of the tricky words?

Tricky word scavenger hunt Please see the next page for the full

version. Adult can you hide the following tricky words around your home. Show your

child the first word on the list and ask them what tricky word it is? Can they find

it?

Tricky words to look for: • he• she• we• me• be• you• are• her• was• all• they• my

How many did you find?

Challenge: Can you make

your own tricky word hunt?

Maybe you could write the tricky words yourself!

TUESDAY

Today we are

recapping… ch sh thCan you write a sentence about this picture?

(fish in the bath)Remember our steps to success:

1. Say your sentence. Count how many words in your sentence.2. Start with a capital letter.3. Write one word at a time, by segmenting the sounds. (Robot arms)4. Remember finger spaces.5. Full stop at the end.6. Read it back, does it make sense?7. Don’t forget to send your sentences on Evidence Me!

Look on the next page, to play ‘circle that word’. Look at the picture, can you find the right

word to match the picture? Don’t forget to use your robot arms to

sound them out! Challenge: Can you read the other words and decide

if they are real words or silly words?

WEDNESDAY

Today we are

recapping…

Can you write a sentence about this picture? (sheep in the rain)

Remember our steps to success:1. Say your sentence. Count how many words in your

sentence.2. Start with a capital letter.3. Write one word at a time, by segmenting the sounds.4. Remember finger spaces.5. Full stop at the end.6. Read it back, does it make sense?7. Don’t forget to send your sentenceson Evidence Me!

Sorting wordsLook on the next page for a bigger version of the activity. Look at the pictures and use your robot arms to segment the sounds. Can you decide

whether it has the ‘ai’ or ‘ee’ sound in.

Challenge: Can you write the words that you find!

ai eeWatch -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p

pb9We6g8BA

https://www.youtube.com/watch

?v=F9oQmsGajmA

THURSDAY

Today we are

recapping…

Watch –https://www.youtube.com/result

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Can you write a sentence about this picture? (shark in shorts)

Remember our steps to success:1. Say your sentence. Count how many words in your

sentence.2. Start with a capital letter.3. Write one word at a time, by segmenting the

sounds.4. Remember finger spaces.5. Full stop at the end.6. Read it back, does it make sense?7. Don’t forget to send your sentenceson Evidence Me!

Sort and write Look on the next page for a bigger version of the game.

1. Look at the picture2. Segment the sounds using your

robot arms3. Do they have the ‘ar’ or the

‘or’ sound in them?

Challenge: Can you write the words?

ar or

FRIDAY

Today we are

recapping…

These both make the same sound.

Ask your child:What is the same? What is different?

Watch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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ur erYou will find a larger version of

this on the next page. Can you ‘roll and read’?

1. Roll a dice – if you do not haveone, you can use an interactive

one online. 2. Read the word that matches

the number on the dice.3. How many words can you read?

Can you write a sentence about this picture? (the sister can surf)

Remember our steps to success:1. Say your sentence. Count how many words in your

sentence.2. Start with a capital letter.3. Write one word at a time, by segmenting the sounds.4. Remember finger spaces.5. Full stop at the end.6. Read it back, does it make sense?7. Don’t forget to send your sentenceson Evidence Me!