Phase 3 Resources

Letters and Sounds

I have made some fill the gap and match the pairs resources to help children with reading the digraphs and trigraphs from the Letters and Sounds Phase 3.

	Matching Pairs This is a simple game, basically the children read the word and then match up to the correct picture. I tend to ask the children to be competitive and see who can collect the most pairs. Download here.
	Fill the Gap I’m going to laminate these cards and put Velcro in the space so that when the child puts the sound in the box it will stick in. It’s all about choosing the correct sound for the word. Download here.

These resources are designed to try to encourage the children to read the trigraphs and digraphs as a single sound and not sound out each individual letter. I’m not sure if it’ll work but I am hoping to try it.

Phonics Resources

Working with Di and Tri-Graphs

I’ve noticed while doing phase 3 of the Letters and Sounds scheme that the children are struggling to use the digraphs and tri-graphs from that phase.

For example, when reading words containing that digraph, I encourage the children to sound it out. They are sounding out each individual letter, eg r-a-i-n instead of
r-ai-n. So, to help the children with their reading I’m going to make some phonic resources which I will of course share on here.

I’m thinking of highlighting the graphemes to encourage the children to read them as a collection of letters with one sound. For example:

train          stairs          fork          down

I’m hoping that highlighting these sounds will help the children to read them as a single sound without sounding out each letter.

I’m hoping this will make a huge difference but I have noticed that the Letters and Sounds scheme really works and the children make fantastic progress!

High Frequency and Tricky Words

Bingo Bongo

The best way to teach reading, in my opinion, is repetition. I’m trying to learn to read Chinese and the only way I’m remembering the words is by seeing them over and over again.

For little ones, learning to read is similar. They have the sounds but to translate them into written form is difficult.

Bingo is a fun way to be repetitive. The children see it as a game and don’t realise they’re learning! When I’ve left the bingo out in the classroom, the children have even chosen to play this activity by themselves!

All my resources are available online to download.

	All the High Frequency Words Bingo The high frequency words in Reception are 100 words that children are expected to be able to read by the time they go to Year One. Download the High Frequency Word Bingo
	Autumn High Frequency Word Bingo These are the words children are expected to learn by Christmas. Download the Autumn High Frequency Word Bingo
	Spring High Frequency Word Bingo These are the words children are expected to learn by Easter. Download the Spring High Frequency Word Bingo
	Summer High Frequency Word Bingo These are the words children are expected to learn by the end of the school year. Download the Summer High Frequency Word Bingo
	Tricky Word Bingo Tricky words are those words which cannot be sounded out. Good examples are ‘the’ and ‘what’. Download the Tricky Word Bingo

I hope you enjoy these resources, however if there’s any way I could change them please feel free to contact me.