I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
This product relates to adverbs of time/frequency. Ideal if you want to review adverbs of time and frequency.
It introduces students to adverbs of time vocabulary and a guide to word order. It outlines where the adverb is usually positioned in a sentence when using the verb ‘to be’, main verb and auxiliary verbs.
Content:
Teacher’s Notes
18 Classroom Visuals - General information on adverbs of time and frequency
50 Vocabulary flashcards - Common Adverbs of frequency
Differentiated Worksheets
There are 6 sets of worksheets for students to practice using adverbs of time.
Worksheet is a sorting activity - Students cut, sort and paste definite and indefinite adverbs of time into the correct boxes. Not all the words need cutting out as some are adverbs of manner. (Answer Key included)
Differentiated Adverbs of frequency worksheets (2 sets) - Easier worksheet - Students sort the jumbled sentences placing the adverb at the end of the sentence. Harder worksheet - The more able students write each sentence out two times placing the adverb at the beginning and also at the end. (Example Answer included)
Adverbs of Frequency Sentence Work - Students construct 6 sentences from using the words from Box 1, 2 and 3. (Example given)
Adverbs of Time Word Order - Students choose 5 activities from the list and adverbs to write complete sentences.
Adverbs of Time (2) Worksheets - This is an easier worksheet. Students choose an appropriate adverb that best fits into each of the 5 sentences and then color in the pictures.
Extension work for more able students - Adverbs Already, Still and Yet. This worksheet focuses on the adverbs already, still and yet and where they are positioned in a sentence.
Classroom displays: If you are doing work on adverbs of time, you can laminate the information cards and put on classroom wall as visual reminders.
Laminate the flashcards - You can randomly shuffle the cards and ask a student to select a card. Whichever card is selected, e.g. ‘sometimes’, students make up a sentence with this word.
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This resource contains two sets of reading comprehension passages relating to the Pilgrims (known as Separatists) and the Puritans (non Separating Puritans) and the Church of England. The aim of each reading comprehension is to show the differences and similarities between these Puritan sects.
You could use this resource as additional information to your Thanksgiving lesson or history lesson on the Puritans in England.
Please note: It does not include the Mayflower Compact or the Thanksgiving Feast with the Wampanoags.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Card 1: Who are the Pilgrims with 12 comprehension questions
Card 2: Who are the Puritans with 7 comprehension questions
Worksheet - Gap filling activity on the Pilgrims
Worksheet - Gap filling activity on the Puritans
Information sheet on the Congregational Way
Also includes PDF fillable spaces which can be completed on digital devices.
UK and US spelling.
The comprehension activities include:
Finding evidence in the reading passages
Vocabulary work
Comparing Card 1 and Card 2
Tick box answers
Students giving their own opinion
Includes specimen answers -
Gap filling activities:
Student A and B work together to complete their worksheets. Student A has the information that is missing on Student B’s worksheet and vice versa. The students are encouraged to read together to complete the activity.
Learning Objectives:
To know the differences and similarities of the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
To know that the Pilgrims and the Puritans settled in different colonies.
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This resource relates to ordinal numbers in figures and words. There is a cut and paste Royal family activity to do - Who is next in line to the throne? There are also matching ordinal numbers to words and cut and paste putting the months of the year in order. These worksheets are great for independent work or group work. You can even send home worksheets for homework and/or distance learning.
Content
• Royal Family worksheet to complete. (Cut/paste activity)
• Royal Photos to cut out sheet
• Differentiated worksheet on Royal family with arrow tags
• A set of colorful ordinal numbers arrows
• Worksheet – Match up ordinal numbers and words
• Worksheet – Ordinal Numbers Missing Gaps 1st to 20th
• Worksheet (x2) – Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers Activity
• Worksheet A– Activities using colors on the position of beads
• Worksheet B – Ordinal Numbers and Counting On
• Worksheet C – Ordinal Numbers and Counting Back
• Worksheet – Following directions to complete ordinal activity
• Worksheet (Cut/paste) – Ordering months of the year
• Worksheet – Line up for lunch activity and answering questions
• Cut/Paste Activity - Ordering Animal Cards using ordinal numbers 21st to 30th. The story to this activity is that Jan has pasted down her 20th animal card and now needs help to sort and glue down the rest of her collection in the correct ordinal order.
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I have included Teacher’s Notes describing the activities. (2 pages)
LO: To be able to read and write ordinal numbers
To know ordinal numbers tell us a position and/or order in a list
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12282464
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In this resource students read sentences with missing rhyming CVC words and choose the correct rhyming word to match the highlighted word in each sentence. They also complete words with missing beginning and ending sounds and blend to read CVC words.
Set 1: Worksheets A to F - (24 sentences)
There are 4 sentences on each page. Students read each sentence and then match the highlighted word with the correct rhyming word. Students choose one out of the three choices in the box.
**Set 2: Worksheets 1 to 5 **
Students are to use their phonic knowledge to complete each word with a beginning and ending sound. Then they write the words out on the handwriting lines.
**Set 3: Worksheets 1 to 5 **
These worksheets are for students who need practice in sounding out letters in CVC words. He/she sound out each letter pointing to the sound buttons beneath each letter. When they have blended the sound to make the word, he/she can then write the word out. This activity is suitable for one-to-one or small group setting activity.
Hope you find these worksheets a useful addition to your phonics lessons.
There are two worksheets sizes: A4 and US Size
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Related free worksheets:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-work-phonics-cvc-words-cloze-worksheets-activity-distance-learning-12304682
This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘pl’ CCVC words.
As with the other consonant blends packs:
it is child-centred
child-friendly and
a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics.
Aimed at: Early Years and keystage 1, SEND and ESL/EFL students.
It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends.
This pack contains:
Flexible Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan.
PowerPoint Presentation 1 (30 Slides)- includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities.
PowerPoint Phoneme Presentation - Optional (Use as reference - some children may still be struggling with segmenting/blending) - I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures) - extension some children may be able to give you other meaning for the words in a sentence. I have highlighed that ‘plot’ and ‘plain’ have different meanings.
Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words to understand its meaning and distinguish between nouns, verbs or adjectives.
Flashcards and words with and without sound buttons and lines.
Set of pictures and words for matching activities (7)
4 Differentiated Activity Sheets - for cut/paste work, writing sentences, reading and matching words to pictures, missing word and vowel activity sheets.
You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use.
See newly created activity sheets in preview pane.
File Type: PowerPoint, MS Word and PDF Format
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Alphabet resource for display and alphabet activities.
This resource contains the following:-
Teacher’s Notes
• Aa to Zz frieze showing pictures beginning with initial letter. Laminate and punch holes and thread through with a string to hang around the classroom or peg onto a washing line across a wall/classroom.
Aa – Zz word strips and related pictures
• Laminate and cut out
• Can be used as an extension activity. Children trace round the initial dotted letter which shows a picture for that letter.
Alphabet cards
• Alphabet cards should be printed off twice, laminated and cut out.
• Children can play alphabet snap
• Other games – lay out 4 or 5 letters in alphabetical order ,e.g. k, l, m, n, o, cover them over. Take a letter away without the children seeing and ask what letter is missing.
• Matching lower case to upper case letters activity.
Practise writing frames using Sassoon dotted font
• These are in upper and lower cases. Each one should be laminated.
• After focussing on e.g. ‘t’, children can practise writing over the dots and then without the dots as handwriting exercises.
Alphabet Mat Practise (trace over dotted letters)
Photocopy these and laminate
• Children can keep it in their trays for reference;
• can practise their handwriting if they finish their work early or for those children who need to practise fine motor skills.
Practise writing frames using Sassoon dotted font
• These are in upper and lower cases. Each one should be laminated.
• After focussing on e.g. ‘t’, children can practise writing over the dots and then without the dots as handwriting exercises.
Alphabet Mat
• Can be laminated and blu tac to the wall in the writing/reading/book corner.
• Can be used to assess a child’s phonic progress.
Alphabet Pictures Games/Assessment
• The pictures represent the start of a letter e.g. ‘g’ for grasshopper. The pictures are not in alphabetical order so that you have to look for the picture.
• Enlarge the A4 size sheet to A3 and the sheet with the alphabet tiles.
• Laminate the Alphabet Pictures grid
• Laminate the Alphabet sheet then cut out each letter for use with Alphabet Pictures grid.
• Children can play in pairs. A timer can be set so that children have a limited time to place the letter on the correct picture.
• Players take turns to ask his/her partner to find the picture beginning with, e.g. ‘s’. The player picks out one of the letters and places it over the correct picture sound on the Alphabet Picture Mat.
US Version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693631
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This resource relates to matching a mixture of CVC words to pictures.
Learning aims: To read and match CVC words to pictures by segmenting and blending.
There are two parts to this resource:
1. Play as a game to practise blending and segmenting;
2. For the teacher to assess children's progress in reading CVC words.
This product contains:
- Teachers' Notes on suggested activities
- 8 phonic CVC Phonic Boards 1 to 8 containing clipart pictures
- 72 word cards
- 24 alien words/pseudo-words
- 8 Phonic CVC Screening Check Sheets
The boards are colour-coded with the word cards. On each board there are 9 cvc pictures and 3 alien pictures.
There are 9 real word cards and 3 alien/pseudo-words for each picture board.
Learn to read consonant, vowel, consonant(cvc) words via games - children choose any board number (Board 1 to Board 8) which are colour-coded with the word cards, e.g. Board 1 (yellow) with yellow word cards. H/she chooses a board and read the word on the card and cover the picture that matches the word. The alien pictures can be covered with any of the pseudo-word cards.
Children can play in twos/threes - choose the colour of their boards and word cards. Shuffle the set of word cards and lay them face down on the table. They take turns turning over a card. If a card matches their board colour, s/he reads the word and covers the picture for that word. If the colour does not match or s/he cannot read the word, the word card is put back face down on the table.
Using the word cards only - shuffle a selection of cards and the child reads as many words as s/he can.
Additional use to check progress:
For the teacher/assistant - Optional 8 Phonics screening check sheets - On each sheet there is a list of words that correspond to the set of word cards. Select a set of cards and as the child reads each card you complete the phonics screening sheet.
Please see preview pane of a completed phonic board with cards.
Preparation:
For durability laminate onto card paper the Boards 1 to 8.
Laminate each set of word cards and cut out the cards.
File type: Word and Pdf.
An ideal addition to your literacy station resources.
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This presentation pack comprises 5 PowerPoint Presentations.
Aim: To develop children’s knowledge of the alphabet (upper/lower case letters) and sound and letter correspondences.
Just choose a presentation and play.
The 5 presentations all include animation. (Shortcut for Slide View press f5 tab) .
Each presentation can be used as lesson starters, standalone lessons or as a plenary.
Teacher Notes also included.
General description:
Children recite the alphabet as they appear in alphabetical order:
with letters, pictures and words
capitals letters only
lower case letters only
a mix of lower and upper case letters (children name the letters as they appear)
interactive alphabet pictures and words (a-z) with each picture linked to Slide 28 that contains a table of words linking back to each picture on the slides. You can click on the links to go back and forth to pictures and words.
See Preview Panes.
Other Alphabet resources: Learning the Alphabet lesson
Learning the Alphabet includes lesson plan and worksheets
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation
This Presentation relates to mixed CVC short medial vowels a, e, i, o, u.
A lovely time-saving presentation to introduce into your phonic sessions.
<strong>Play in Slide Show.</strong>
Students are asked to think, pair and share.
<strong>Presentation 1 – (6 Slides) (Suitable to assess students’ knowledge of CVC words).</strong>
You can use this presentation to see how many words your children can make with each of the five medial vowels in CVC words. To make it more exciting, I have uploaded a timer set for 2 mins and 5 mins.
Children write as many CVC words as they can with:
• Medial vowel ‘a’
• Medial vowel ‘e’
• Medial vowel ‘i’
• Medial vowel ‘o’
• Medial vowel ‘u’
You can do a vowel a day.
<strong>Presentation 2 – (16 Slides) (Suitable for Middle Ability students)</strong>
In this presentation, students are asked to write CVC words, but they are given clues in sentences to help them. You can show one sentence clue at a time. When they have written the word on their whiteboards or have given an answer orally, you can reveal the answers on the next slides.
Each picture is labelled with its CVC word.
<strong>Presentation 3 – (16 Slides) (Suitable for students learning CVC Words with short vowels)</strong>
In this presentation, children are shown pictures of mixed CVC words. With their partner, they say the word and write it down.
<strong>You can show one picture at a time.</strong>
When they have written their word, reveal the answers one by one by clicking on the slide.
Option: You can choose which presentation you want to play in your phonics session. You may want to concentrate just on medial vowel ‘e’ in all three presentations.
Also included:
Teacher Notes
PowerPoint 2 mins and 5 mins Timer
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This resource relates to adverbs of purpose or reason and is a basic introduction to one word or two word adverbs of purpose.
The sentences are simple and uses common adverbs of purpose. Ideal if you want to do a recap of adverbs of purpose.
It consists of posters or anchor charts which you can display and/or use to teach with.
Content:
Teacher Notes
12 Posters or anchor charts
22 Flashcards of adverbs of purpose (single words and phrases)
Set of 4 worksheets with answers
The worksheet activities comprise of
finding and underlining adverbs of purpose;
completing sentences with appropriate adverbs;
multiple choice question worksheets;
writing ‘why’ questions and working with a partner to answer the questions with adverbs of purpose/reason.
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These worksheets relate to mixed consonant digraphs. It also includes reading comprehension and extension work on medial consonant digraphs.
Content:
Worksheets A to H: 6 simple sentences on each page.
Reading comprehension and questions with associated activities
Extra work on digraphs - complete a medial digraph worksheet
Worksheets A to H: Students read the simple sentences and then circle the correct digraph for each sentence and write it in the blank space to complete the word.
Reading comprehension activities: Sections A, B and C
First students should read the text which contains missing digraphs (You will have a Teacher’s Copy). Once they have inserted the missing digraphs, they reread the text and answer 9 questions.
Section C: This is extension work/worksheet for early finishers
The worksheet contains missing medial consonant digraphs with pictures. Students should fill in the missing digraphs.
Optional activity on reading comprehension for differentiation:
In small groups or one-to-one teaching, students could read the text only and fill in the missing digraphs as a group and then discuss the questions.
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This beginning/initial consonant blends resource contains differentiated activities which can be used as an added resource to lessons on consonant blends or clusters. Students trace over blends, match correct pictures and complete cut and paste worksheets.
Content:
Consonant Blends Worksheets A - F: Trace and Circle
Consonant Blends Worksheets A - F: Trace and Colour
Worksheets 1 and 2: Matching Pictures to Consonant Blends
Cut and paste pictures for matching activity (Differentiated)
Answer Sheet for Worksheets A - F
Trace and Circle Worksheets:
Students trace over the consonants blends and then draw a line to one of the pictures that begins with the blends.
Trace and Colour Worksheets:
Students trace over the consonant blends and then draw a line to one of the pictures that begins with the blend and then colour in the picture.
Worksheets 1 and 2: Cut and paste differentiated activity
There are three versions of this activity
Students cut out the colour pictures and match them to the correct consonant blends worksheets 1 and 2.
Version 1: The cut and paste sheet contains b/w pictures only. As with the colour pictures, students should cut out and match the correct consonant blends and then colour in the pictures.
Version 2: The cut and paste sheet contains part of the consonant blend word. Students should write in the missing blends to compete the words and then cut out and glue on the worksheets 1 and 2.
There are two versions of the letters ‘f’ and ‘k’.
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Suitable for US
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This comprehensive teaching bundle contains 13 packs of resources relating to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds CCVC words.
It includes PowerPoint Presentations, flexible lessons plans, flashcards of words with and without sound buttons, pictures and words for group activities.
A variety of worksheets to reinforce learning - cut/paste, missing letters, sentence work and matching pictures to words activities.
Initial blends are:
-bl
-br
-cl
-cr
-dr
-fl
-fr
-gl
-gr
-pl
-pr
-tr and
-tw
For combined Bundle 1 and 2:
For a complete bundle to include s-blends, please visit:
Bundle 2
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Initial Consonant Blends, Lesson Plans, Presentations, Listening audio activities and worksheets/activities
This comprehensive phonics pack relates to beginning or initial consonant blends.
bl- br- cl- cr- dr- dw- fl- fr-gl-gr- pl- pr-sc- sk - sl - sm- sn- sp- st- sw - tr- tw-
Aimed at Keystage 1/Lower KS2.
Ideal for whole, small and one-to-one teaching.
**Content: **
Teacher’s Notes outlining the resources
-Presentation 1 (61 Slides) - bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl words
-Presentation 2 (61 Slides) - br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr and tr words
Presentation 3 (29 Slides) - sw, tw and dw words
-Presentation 4 (61 Slides) - sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st words
Listening activity - All the presentations include the listening activity (on audio) - Odd Word Out
Children listen to 5 words with initial blends but one of the words do not contain the same initial blend. They tell you or write on their whiteboard the odd word out. Alternatively, you can read the words out.
There is Teacher’s answer sheet that goes with the listening activity.
Lesson Plans in the same format - contains learning aims, main activities, plenaries - each PowerPoint Slide is referred to in the lesson plans.
Differentiated extension worksheets (1) cut/paste (2) unscramble jumbled words and writing sentences.
Worksheet activities on each of the blends
Additional revision worksheets
Initial blends letters, vowel and vowel digraph resource to be laminated and cut for practical activities.
Set of pictures and words for matching activities and display.
Consonant blend chart
Just want the worksheets? https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/consonant-blends-or-clusters-initial-consonant-blends-30-worksheets-11607533
File Type: PowerPoint, Word, PDF
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This product relates to the topic on The Good Samaritan.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/2
Curriculum links: Religious education, literacy and PSHE.
Additional worksheets to support children’s literacy skills.
They cover:
Differentiated reading comprehension worksheets. One of the reading comprehension worksheet is in cursive font.
Sorting jumbled sentences so they make sense and adding a full stop
Cloze activity - read text and fill in the missing words using the words from the word bank
Work on homophones - 1. Children write the correct word in the box. 2. Write sentences using the highlighted words.
Includes Answer Sheets.
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This product relates to final consonant blends or clusters endings. Please see worksheet activities.
Content:
• Endings Blends Match (3worksheets)
• Making Words with Ending Blends (3 worksheets)
• Colouring activity – Which Word? (3 worksheets)
• Differentiated Cut and paste activities (4 worksheets)
• Cut and paste activities - Consonant Final Blends Sort (4 worksheets)
• Completing sentences with the correct word (2 worksheets)
• Two Word Searches with Solution
The final blends used in this product are:
ct nd ft nk lp nt lk pt lt sk ld sp mp st lf
• Endings Blends Match (3 worksheets)
Students look at the picture and then draw a line from the beginning of the word to the picture and then to the ending blend to spell the word. See the first example on the worksheet.
• Making Words with Ending Blends (3 worksheets)
Students can choose any of the final consonant blends to complete the words below the boxes. Once they have made word, the students draw a picture to go with the word because two words can be made with be__ , i.e. best or bend. Both are correct as they are real words.
• Colouring activity – Which Word? (3 worksheets)
Students sound out the word that goes with the picture in the centre and then colour the correct word that goes with the picture.
As an extension activity, on a separate sheet, students can write a sentence with the words that are not coloured in.
• Differentiated Cut and paste activities (4 worksheets)
The first set of worksheets do not contain pictures.
Students cut out the ending blends and match it to the correct starting letters to make a word.
When they have made a word, they write out the word neatly on the handwriting lines.
Some of your students may need pictures to help them join the ending blends to the letters to make a word. For each word the students make, they can sound out the letters.
** • Cut and paste Consonant Final Blends sort (4 Sheets)**
Students sort the pictures into the correct column. They finish off the word with the correct final blends.
• Completing sentences with the correct word
(Differentiated worksheets)
Students read the sentences and then choose the correct word so that the sentences make sense.
2 Word Searches with pictures to colour in.
File Type: Word and PDF
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30 Initial Consonant Blends Worksheets
UPDATED with 26 extra worksheets for differentiation.
Aimed at Keystage1/Lower Keystage 2.
These worksheets are based on the 22 initial consonant blends. It is part of a large resource pack - see below.
You may only require the worksheets which can be used in the classroom, as homework or as revision.
The worksheets include:
Cloze activities on all the initial consonants - children read each sentence and choose the appropriate to complete the sentence so that it makes sense - A choice of two words. There is a mini word search at the end.
Worksheet (1 page) Matching words to pictures by drawing a line.
Worksheets - Making words from a set of consonant blends, e.g. children will see missing gaps in a word - e.g. __ __ am. They can choose any of the initial consonant blends in the box below to make a word, e.g. slam or pram or tram.
Matching initial consonant blends to pictures
Trace over initial consonant blends and match to the correct pictures
Revision worksheets to consolidate their learning.
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This worksheet resource is part of a larger pack:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-initial-consonant-blends-presentations-plans-listening-audio-worksheets-activities-11607482
Aimed at: EYFS/Year 1 and children who are still finding blending and segmenting CVC words challenging.
Content:
Black and white puzzles with and without pictures for children to make CVC words. They can cut out the pieces and glue into their workbook or on separate sheet of paper. When they have made the word they trace inside the letters with different colour pencil.
Green puzzles - best to laminate and cut out. Children can practise putting the pieces together and then write the word on their whiteboards.
You may be interested in:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-cvc-word-families-making-words-puzzles-cut-stick-activities-rhyming-lesson-eyfs-ks1-11869596
Time-saving flashcards for phonic work.
The digraph being learnt is highlighted in red.
The writing is in print and joined up.
Foundation/Keystage 1, SEN and ESL/EAL pupils.
Just print and laminate these large digraph picture cards.
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Revision of digraphs sh ch th ng ck ph and wh
Digraphs Ph and Wh
This is a free sample of upper and lowercase A, B and C letters only with 2D and 3D shapes.
A, B and C alphabet playdough mats for modelling letter shapes. The mats show pictures in colour and b&w.
The letters are on whole pages in two sizes - A4 and US letter size 8.5 x 11".
Fun learning activity colouring in shapes and background of letters and making letter shapes.
Content:
Lowercase letters a b c with 2D shapes
Uppercase letters A B C with 2D shapes
Lowercase letters a b c with 3D shapes
Uppercase letters A B C with 3D shapes
Alphabet playdough mats A, B & C
Alphabet playdough mats with pictures labelled
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-letters-and-2d-and-3d-shapes-worksheets-cut-and-paste-activities-bundle-12149969
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