phonics at home don’t forget! don’t forget to upload a
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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!
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
s?search_query=geraldine+the
+giraffe
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=
U2HYM9VXz9k
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!