Do your children still struggle to know where to place full stops? Do they understand the differences between the various components of sentences: subjects, verbs, objects, prepositional phrases, adverbs and adverbial phrases, co-ordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions? Can they distinguish between complex, compound and simple sentences? Or between different types of nouns (pronouns, proper nouns, common nouns) and different types of verbs (modal verbs, being verbs, infinitives, continuous verbs etc.)?
All this is covered in this ultimate sentence construction grammar lesson. Help your children begin to really understand what makes a sentence and not just a phrase. Help them understand where to place full-stops and how to use these different sentence components to make their writing more descriptive and interesting.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which contains all the information slides and consolidation activities you need to teach children how to contruct powerful, descriptive and grammatically correct sentences!
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter activity - AFL (Where should the full stops go?)
β Information and explanation slides
β Shared/ whole class consolidation activities for each learning point
β Independent, differentiated activities (3 difficulty levels)
β Activities reviewing relevant prior learning
β Answer slides
β Plenary activity
What does this lesson cover exactly?
A starter activity allowing teachers to assess childrenβs current understanding of where to place full stops.
The subject of a sentence is the one that does the verb. The subject usually (but not always) comes in front of the verb and almost all sentences have a subject (except for commands where the subject may be implied as βyouβ). The subject will be some form of noun (pronoun, proper noun, common noun etc.)
Differentiated consolidation activity - identify the subject in these sentences
All clauses must have a verb (otherwise they are just a βphraseβ). Verbs may be action/ doing words or βbeingβ verbs (is, are, am, was, were, will be etc.) Verbs tell us the tense of a clause. If a sentence has just one clause, it is a simple sentence but clauses can be joined together to make compound and complex sentences using conjunctions.
There are two main types of conjunction: subordinating conjunctions which join a subordinating clause to a main clause to add extra information about the main clause and coordinating conjunctions which join two main clauses together. There are only seven coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, ye
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Homophones Group B, Part 1: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace
Homophones Group B, Part 2: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece
It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach βmainβ on a different day to βmaneβ). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group B; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group B.
Lesson 1 covers: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace
Lesson 2 covers: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece
The lessons include an explanation of what βhomophonesβ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.
The spelling lessons include the following:
β Spelling assessment
β Learning objectives
β Success criteria
β Starter activities
β Review of prior learning
οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½ Teaching inputs and information slides
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mats
β Extension task - writing application activities
β Plenary activities
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
Homophones Group B, Part 1: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace
Homophones Group B, Part 2: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece
This is a full lesson teaching the spelling of the following homophones: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece
The lesson includes an explanation of what βhomophonesβ are, explains the meanings of all these words and includes a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word search, crossword, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids and many more). It also includes a spelling strategies mat of extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.
The spelling lesson includes the following:
β A spelling assessment
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter Activity
β Teaching input - explaining homophones, word meanings etc.
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mat
β Extension task - writing application activity
β Plenary introducing the alternative homophones
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones. There is a separate lesson teaching the alternative homophones for each of these words (plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury) and which should be taught at a different time to avoid confusion.
Do you teach Cambridge Stage 6? If so, this resource will save you bags of time as it includes all the lessons and activities you need to teach the concepts of unit 1 (My World) in an impactful and engaging way.
Lesson 1 - To describe feelings and emotions
Lesson 2 - To use the present perfect tense
Lesson 3 - How to use βyetβ
Lesson 4 - How to use βeverβ and βneverβ
Lesson 5 - To locate countries on a map, using the correct vocabulary
Each lesson is complete with a PowerPoint presentation containing:
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter activity
β Review of prior learning
β Grammar activities
β Speaking games and discussion tasks
β Information slides/ teaching input
β Reading tasks
β Writing tasks
β Mini plenaries and recaps
β Extension and application tasks
β Independent, paired and group activities
β Vocab focus
β Plenary task
β All answer slides
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoints for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
These lessons are also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. They combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Do you teach Cambridge Stage 5? If so, this resource is perfect for reviewing all the key concepts in unit 1 - Talking About People. This is a PowerPoint lesson presentation complete with all the activities required to teach or review the following points from Cambridge ESL Stage 5, Unit 1 (Talking About People).
The lesson covers the following:
Feeling and personality characteristics
Present simple tense and the subject- verb agreement rule
Adjective - preposition pairs
Have, has, is and are grammar rules
Do, does, doesnβt and donβt grammar rules
Interview writing task
Rhyming words
Structural features of poems
The lesson contains all answer slides as well as learning objective and success criteria.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoints for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
These lessons are also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. They combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching how to use the past continuous tense.
The past continuous tense is made from the past tense form of the verb βto beβ (was or were) + the progressive/ continuous form of the verb (a verb with the -ing suffix). It is used to describe background actions and long actions, usually that happened at the same time as something else.
This lesson presentation on the past continuous tense includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity
β Review of prior learning (examining the other tenses and why we use them)
β Teaching input/ information slides (explaining how to identify and construct sentences in past continuous tense)
β Multiple differentiated consolidation activities (fill in the blanks, spot the mistakes, change the sentences to past continuous tense etc.)
β Independent activities and application tasks
β Mini plenaries and extra practice tasks
β Extension of learning challenges
β Reading & writing tasks
β Plenary activity
The lesson covers the following:
Review of other tenses
Structure of clauses in past continuous
Difference between βwasβ and βwereβ (plural and singular subjects)
How to describe the actions of the following types of subjects in the past continuous tense: regular and irregular plurals, countable and uncountable nouns, collective nouns, exceptions and pronouns
Changing verbs into their progressive/ continuous form
Purposes of using the past continuous tense
Distinguishing between long and short actions
Joining clauses in past continuous to clauses in past simple
Using the past continuous tense in writing to describe background actions and set the scene
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching how to use the past perfect tense.
The past perfect tense is made from the word βhadβ plus the past participle of the verb. It is used to:
Set the scene and explain what happened before a story or event took place,
Describe the earlier of two events that happened in the past (in such cases, it is usually joined to a clause in past simple using a conjunction)
This lesson presentation on the past perfect tense includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity
β Review of prior learning (examining the other tenses and why we use them)
οΏ½οΏ½ Teaching input/ information slides (explaining how to identify and construct sentences in past perfect tense)
β Multiple consolidation activities (fill in the blanks, spot the mistakes, change the sentences to past perfect tense etc.)
β Independent activities and application tasks
β Differentiated support sheets for those who need them
β Extension of learning - looking at why we use the past perfect tense
β Writing/ Homework challenge - past perfect tense writing task
β Plenary activity - AOL
The lesson covers the following:
Review of past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous tenses and why we use them
The difference between present perfect and past perfect tense
Regular and irregular verbs in their past participle form
Base tense, past simple and past participle verb forms
How to construct sentences in past perfect tense
Why we use the past perfect tense (to set the scene before decribing a story or event and to describe the earlier of two events that happened in the past)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Group B: he, of, in, I, it
This is the second lesson in my high frequency words course (AKA tricky words/ sight words) for early years children. Some words are not phonetically decodable. That is why we call them βsight wordsβ or βtricky wordsβ because we have to learn them by sight. The first 100 of these are learnt in EYFS and are also called βhigh frequency wordsβ since they appear frequently in the English language.
This is a complete lesson with all the activities required to teach the second five of these 100 high frequency words. This lesson focuses on the second five words (group B): he, of, in, I, it
It also includes a complete high frequency word mat with all 100 words!
The lesson includes:
β Learning Objective
β Success Criteria
β Complete 100 high frequency word list
β Review of prior learning (group A words)
β Word recognition activities
β Reading activities
β Writing activities
β Sentence construction and application activities
β All answer slides
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry
Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury
It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach βmainβ on a different day to βmaneβ). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group A; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group A.
Lesson 1 covers: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry.
Lesson 2 covers: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury
The lessons include an explanation of what βhomophonesβ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.
The spelling lessons include the following:
β Spelling assessment
β Learning objectives
β Success criteria
β Starter activities
β Review of prior learning
β Teaching inputs and information slides
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mats
β Extension task - writing application activities
β Plenary activities
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry
Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury
This is a full lesson teaching the spelling of the following homophones: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury. The lesson includes a review of the previously learned homophones (group A, part 1), explains the meanings of all these words and includes a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and definitions of these words (anagrams, word search, crossword, fill in the blanks, acrostic poems and many more). It also includes a spelling strategies mat of extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings. That is why part 2 (this lesson) should be taught on a different day from part 1 (which can also be found in my TES store).
The spelling lesson includes the following:
β A spelling assessment
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter activity
β Teaching input/ information slides
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word definitions
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mat
β Extension task - writing application activity
β Plenary activity
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones. There is a separate lesson teaching the alternative homophones for each of these words (plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry) and which should be taught at a different time to avoid confusion.
A full lesson complete with activities and teaching the key concepts from Cambridge stage 6 - ESL - Unit 8 - Entertainment.
Success Criteria:
β’I can name and identify different activities done for entertainment.
β’I can use past participle adjectives to describe feelings and qualities.
β’I can describe the negatives of on-screen entertainment.
β’I can describe the history of films.
β’I can use the past simple passive to talk about events
β’I can create a timeline.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter activity designed to engage
β Two vocabulary - definition match activities
β Past participle adjectives grammar activity
β Speaking games and discussion tasks about on and off-screen time
β Information slides - how to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words
β Reading task - Too Much Screen Time?
β Fact discussion - addiction to screens
β Time line task looking at history of film
β Past simple passive - what is it + how and why do we use it?
β Past simple passive grammar consolidation activities (differentiated)
β Extension tasks and writing tasks
β Independent research activity - the history of an invention
β Vocab anagrams activity - alternative words for βsaidβ
β Plenary task
β All answer slides
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry
Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury
This is a full lesson teaching the spelling of the following homophones: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry. The lesson includes an explanation of what βhomophonesβ are, explains the meanings of all these words and includes a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word search, crossword, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids and many more). It also includes a spelling strategies mat of extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.
The spelling lesson includes the following:
β A spelling assessment
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter Activity
β Teaching input - explaining homophones, word meanings etc.
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mat
β Extension task - writing application activity
β Plenary introducing the alternative homophones
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones. There is a separate lesson teaching the alternative homophones for each of these words (plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury) and which should be taught at a different time to avoid confusion.
This is a full lesson teaching how to draw inferences about what characters are thinking and feeling as well as what their motives and intentions are. It also covers making inferences from description, dialogue and action. This lesson is complete with all the activities you need to teach and consolidate this skill.
An inference is an idea that is based on clues and implied details. Authors do not always explicitly state their meaning. Instead they may provide enough details to enable the reader to make an inference. We can make inferences about almost any detail in a story. We may infer what characters are thinking and feeling as well as what their intentions and motives are. We may also may infer the setting from the description, character traits from dialogue or what is happening from descriptions of action. Predictions are also a type of inference made about the future.
This lesson covers all these aspects of making inferences as well as how to support our inferences with evidence from the text. It is suitable for KS2 children and includes differentiated activities including reading and writing tasks designed to enable students to apply their understanding to their own work.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes all the information and activities you need to teach children how to make inferences.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTIONS - The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity
β AFL Questions
β Teaching input - what are inferences and how can we draw them?
β Multiple reading exercises
β Multiple inference-making tasks for inferring feelings, thoughts, motives, intentions, the setting, character traits and events
β Teaching input - predictions
β Multiple prediction-making tasks
β Guided/ whole class consolidation activities
β Differentiated independent application activities (3 levels)
β All answer slides
β Plenary - AOL
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
This is a full lesson teaching students how to identify different examples of figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia) in various texts and then create their own in their writing.
This lesson teaches children how to identify examples of similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia in texts. It teaches them how to explain what each of these features are and also to consider the impact of such figurative language on the reader. It encourages learners to examine the writerβs intent when using such techniques.
As the lesson develops, children start creating their own examples of each figurative language feature and then start using them in their own writing to create various effects.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes all the information and activities you need to teach children how to identify the following figurative language features: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification and alliteration. It also teaches children how to incorporate figurative language into their own writing.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTIONS - The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity - to engage and get children thinking creatively
β AFL Question
β Teaching input - what is each example of figurative language
β Examples of each figurative language feature in reading texts
β Guided/ whole class consolidation activities
β Differentiated review activities
β Differentiated independent consolidation activities (3 levels)
β Application tasks - writing activities involving using figurative language in own writing
β All answer slides
β Plenary - AOL
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
This is a full lesson teaching the spelling of words ending in β-le.β It includes all the information and activities to teach the spelling of these words and achieve this year 2 objective.
The spelling lesson includes the following:
β A spelling assessment
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Spelling rule teaching slides
β Comprehension activities
β Spelling definition/ meaning activities
β Spelling rule consolidation activities
β Spelling strategies mat
β Reading application activities
β Writing application activities
β All answer slides
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of words which end in -le, ensure that they understand the meaning of these words, help them apply their spelling knowledge to reading and writing tasks and also teach them several strategies for learning future spellings.
Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach children to recognise these common digraphs, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained teacher.
Whether youβre an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or your a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child to read and write, our phase 2 phonics lessons have everything you need. These lessons can be incorporated into the order you teach the phase 2 individual letters and sounds or can be taught at the end. These are the first digraphs children usually learn, due to their high frequency in English. You can then follow these with the phase 3 phonics lessons which teach children about many more digraphs and trigraphs.
Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds they represent are introduced, and children learn how to form the letters. It is also where the skills of blending and segmenting are taught. We blend sounds in order to read words and we segment words into their sounds in order to write them down. All of this is covered in these resources and you will find you have everything you need to execute effective, engaging and inspiring lessons.
For those of you who have never taught phonics before, many slides contains directions, hints and tips in the notes section. These explain what each slide is for and often include additional ideas for their execution.
As a teacher, tutor, early-years specialist and head of English at an international school, I have personally used these lessons teach classes of children how to read and write, tweaking and perfecting them annually. They contain:
Reviews of prior learning
Learning objectives and success criteria
Phase 2 phonics sound mats
Video and game links
Activities introducing the letters and the sounds they make
Letter identification activities and texts (poems)
Activities for identifying the initial, middle and final sound in CVC (consonant- vowel- consonant) words
Letter formation activities and video links
Activities for blending sounds to read CVC words
Activities for segmenting words into their sounds to write CVC words down
These resources teach children the sounds and letters based on the order of their frequency of use in English:
Lesson 1 - S
Lesson 2 - A
Lesson 3 - T
Lesson 4 - P
Lesson 5 - I
Lesson 6 - N
Lesson 7 - M
Lesson 8 - D
Lesson 9 - G
Lesson 10 - O
Lesson 11 - C
Lesson 12 - K
Lesson 13 - CK
Lesson 14 - E
Lesson 15 - U
Lesson 16 - R
Lesson 17 - H
Lesson 18 - B
Lesson 19 - F
Lesson 20 - FF
Lesson 21 - L
Lesson 22 - LL
Lesson 23 - SS
Segmenting and blending activities begin from lesson 3 onwards. Lessons should be taught in the above order as they follow on from each other, building on prior learning and they also include a recap of previous learning at the start of each lesson.
These lessons will get children reading and writing words. You can then follow these lessons with the Phase 3 lessons (also available in bundles) which will get children reading and writing sentences.
Please check the notes sections on each slide for extra details, directions, hints, tips and ideas.
Environmentally friendly!
No printing is required for any activity in any lesson. Children can work on white-boards or in notebooks. The lessons can also be easily used to teach children online, especially with interactive apps such as Pear Deck, Seesaw, Nearpod etc.
This is the twenty-third lesson in this complete phonics course teaching children how to read and write! Focusing on the letters βssβ, this lesson introduces the letters, the sound they make and how to identify the initial, middle and end sound and letter of words. It is the twenty-third and final lesson of phase 2 phonics and includes all the information and activities you need to introduce this letter and the sound it makes.
In phase 2 of phonics, children meet the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. They learn how to identify the initial, middle and end sound in CVC (consonant - vowel- consonant) words in preparation for learning how to segment and blend. From lesson 3, they start to decode words into the sounds they know in order to start reading as well as encode sounds into letters in order to begin writing. As they progrss through phase 2 of phonics, they will start writing simple sentences composed of phonetically decodable and high-frequency words.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 2 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 2.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective and success criteria
β Phase 2 phonics sound mat
β Review of prior learning
β Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
β Activities for identifying initial sounds and letters
β Activities for identifying middle sounds and letters
β Activities for identifying final sounds and letters
β Letter formation practice
β Decoding activities (preparation for reading)
β Encoding activities (preparation for writing)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach children how to read and write, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained qualified teacher.
Whether youβre an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or youβre a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child how to read and write, this bundle contains everything you need.
Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds they represent are introduced, and children learn how to form the letters. It is also where the skills of blending and segmenting are taught. We blend sounds in order to read words and we segment words into their sounds in order to write them down. All of this is covered in these resources and you will find you have everything you need to execute effective, engaging and inspiring lessons.
For those of you who have never taught phonics before, many slides contains directions, hints and tips in the notes section. These explain what each slide is for and often include additional ideas for their execution.
As a teacher, tutor, early-years specialist and head of English at an international school, I have personally used these lessons teach classes of children how to read and write, tweaking and perfecting them annually. They contain:
Reviews of prior learning
Learning objectives and success criteria
Phase 2 phonics sound mats
Video and game links
Activities introducing the letters and the sounds they make
Letter identification activities and texts (poems)
Activities for identifying the initial, middle and final sound in CVC (consonant- vowel- consonant) words
Letter formation activities and video links
Activities for blending sounds to read CVC words
Activities for segmenting words into their sounds to write CVC words down
These resources teach children the sounds and letters based on the order of their frequency of use in English:
Lesson 1 - S
Lesson 2 - A
Lesson 3 - T
Lesson 4 - P
Lesson 5 - I
Lesson 6 - N
Lesson 7 - M
Lesson 8 - D
Lesson 9 - G
Lesson 10 - O
Lesson 11 - C
Lesson 12 - K
Lesson 13 - E
Lesson 14 - U
Lesson 15 - R
Lesson 16 - H
Lesson 17 - B
Lesson 18 - F
Lesson 19 - L
Segmenting and blending activities begin from lesson 3 onwards. Lessons should be taught in the above order as they follow on from each other, building on prior learning and they also include a recap of previous learning at the start of each lesson.
These lessons will get children reading and writing words. You can then follow these lessons with the Phase 3 lessons (also available in bundles) which will get children reading and writing sentences.
Please check the notes sections on each slide for extra details, directions, hints, tips and ideas.
Environmentally friendly!
No printing is required for any activity in any lesson. Children can work on white-boards or in notebooks. The lessons can also be easily used to teach children online, especially with interactive apps such as Pear Deck, Seesaw, Nearpod etc.
This is the twenty-second lesson in this complete phonics course teaching children how to read and write! Focusing on the letters βllβ, this lesson introduces the letters, the sound they make and how to identify the initial, middle and end sound and letter of words. It is the twenty-second lesson of phase 2 phonics and includes all the information and activities you need to introduce this letter and the sound it makes.
In phase 2 of phonics, children meet the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. They learn how to identify the initial, middle and end sound in CVC (consonant - vowel- consonant) words in preparation for learning how to segment and blend. From lesson 3, they start to decode words into the sounds they know in order to start reading as well as encode sounds into letters in order to begin writing. As they progrss through phase 2 of phonics, they will start writing simple sentences composed of phonetically decodable and high-frequency words.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 2 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 2.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective and success criteria
β Phase 2 phonics sound mat
β Review of prior learning
β Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
β Activities for identifying initial sounds and letters
β Activities for identifying middle sounds and letters
β Activities for identifying final sounds and letters
β Letter formation practice
β Decoding activities (preparation for reading)
β Encoding activities (preparation for writing)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
This is the twenty-first lesson in this complete phonics course teaching children how to read and write! Focusing on the letter l , this lesson introduces the letter, the sound it makes and how to identify the initial, middle and end sound and letter of words. It is the twenty-first lesson of phase 2 phonics and includes all the information and activities you need to introduce this letter and the sound it makes.
In phase 2 of phonics, children meet the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. They learn how to identify the initial, middle and end sound in CVC (consonant - vowel- consonant) words in preparation for learning how to segment and blend. From lesson 3, they start to decode words into the sounds they know in order to start reading as well as encode sounds into letters in order to begin writing. As they progrss through phase 2 of phonics, they will start writing simple sentences composed of phonetically decodable and high-frequency words.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 2 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 2.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective and success criteria
β Phase 2 phonics sound mat
β Review of prior learning
β Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
β Activities for identifying initial sounds and letters
β Activities for identifying middle sounds and letters
β Activities for identifying final sounds and letters
β Letter formation practice
β Decoding activities (preparation for reading)
β Encoding activities (preparation for writing)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.