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.
UPDATED - Includes PDF Format of all worksheets, lesson plans and word search solutions.
This colourful resource is a detailed introduction to teaching split digraphs.
There are 5 PowerPoint Presentations - which includes whole class activities.
<strong>Each presentation focuses on a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e split digraphs. </strong>
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5 lesson plans - slides are referred to in the plans - includes objectives and key questions.
Differentiated activities - filling in split digraph letters, write sentences, word searches, correcting misspelt words (highlighted), e.g. hoem, tiem.
Solution to the word searches
Practical activities making split digraph words on laminated strips.
Split digraph strips, letters a-z, consonant digraphs and consonant blends - to be laminated and cut out.
Flashcards for teaching
Teacher’s Notes
If you only require worksheets only, visit:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/split-digraphs-phonics-worksheets-keystage-1-11589999
Goes well with:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phase-3-phonics-consonant-digraphs-vowel-digraphs-trigraphs-presentations-worksheets-activities-11073647
File type: Power Point, Microsoft Word and PDF
Very useful addition to your phonics resources to reinforce spelling and writing of CVC words and reading simple sentences.
Aimed at: EYFS/Year 1
A set of worksheets for children to practise spelling and writing words that have the same rime ending. The children can practise reading sight words and decodable words.
This practical resource contains cut and paste worksheets of 29 onset/rime words.
**The worksheets are differentiated. There are 29 worksheets in each set. **
Onset and Rime 1 Worksheets - The cut/paste activity is in two parts. The student cuts out, sorts and then sticks each letter in the correct order to spell what the picture is.
The second part is to write in the gap to complete the sentence using the rhyming words they have cut out and glued beneath the pictures in the first part of the activity. Includes Answer Sheet for the sentences.
All 29 worksheets are in the same format.
Onset and Rime 2 Worksheets - The cut/paste only sheet has two rhyming pictures with the letters to cut out and stick below the pictures to spell the word. The student then writes the words on the line under the cut out letters.
All 29 worksheets are in the same format.
The students can colour in the pictures.
The onset and rime words used are:-
cat, mat
tag, bag
pan, van
sad, pad
jet, net
hen, pen
peg, leg
ted, bed
dot, pot
pin, bin
pig, wig
bug, jug
run, sun
pip, lip
cut, nut
cap, map
say, hay
fox, box
hop, mop
fit, sit
gum, sum
cub, tub
sob, cob
pod, cod
bud, mud
mix, six
won, Ron
jam, ham
log, dog
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This product relates to alphabet activities for Reception/Year 1, SEN and ESL/EFL/ESOL.
Learning Objectives: To begin to learn about alphabetic order and matching upper to lower case letters. To identify initial sounds.
Content:
• Teacher’s notes
• 2 Sets of Aa-Zz puzzle pieces – Cut/paste
• Aa-Zz -Matching letters of the alphabet to pictures
• Aa-Zz - Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
Description
Cut and Paste to match Puzzle pieces
Place a selection of Aa – Zz puzzle sheets on tables for children to cut out and match upper and lower case letters and stick into workbook or on a separate sheet of paper.
They can trace inside the letters with different colour pencils (rainbow tracing).
For the capital letter part of the puzzle ask children to write words beginning with capital letters such as their name if it begins with that letter, a city, day or month, a place of interest etc and draw pictures.
For the lower case part of the puzzle, ask children to write and draw things beginning with that letter that does not always begin with a capital letter.
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Matching letters to pictures and colour activity
‘Aa is for’ to ‘Zz is for’ activity – tell children they need to colour in the picture that begins with that letter and not to colour in the other pictures.
Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
This alphabet activity is similar to the above except that the children trace over the dots.
File Type: Word and PDF
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For US version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693309
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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I have uploaded two sets of lower case letters a to z to be printed onto card paper and laminate.
A lovely addition to your Alphabet/Phonic station.
Aimed at EYFS/Year 1, EFL/ESL students
Children practise moulding dough on top of the letters with dough/ plasticine.
Children practise writing inside the letters with different colour drywipe pens.
Print out as many times as you like - children can draw pictures beginning with the name of the letters.
Opportunity to use as a teaching resource showing children how to form lower case letters.
Hope this is useful.
For forming capital letters see free resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-capital-letters-formation-and-recognition-11692819
This product contains four different CVC word work and missing CVC words in sentences activities. Students read simple sentences and choose the correct rhyming CVC word, complete sentences with multiple-choice CVC words and read short poems with rhyming words.
Set 1: Worksheets A and B - 10 sentences per sheet
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 and 2: 10 sentences per sheet
Students read each sentence and complete it with a suitable word from the box. There is a choice of three words but only one is suitable to complete the sentence.
Set 3: Worksheets – Read and Spell Activity (1) – (4)
Students read each sentence and then look at the picture representing a CVC word. This is an opportunity for students to sound out each phoneme, blend and then write the CVC word in the space provided to complete the sentence.
Set 4: Worksheets – Poems with missing rhyming words
A fun rhyming activity.
Students can work independently, in pairs or you can make it a small group and/or whole class group activity.
Poem activity: In order to fill in the gaps, students look at the picture which rhymes with the word above.
Answer sheets are provided together with worksheets with black and white pictures.
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Suitable for Foundation classes, Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2, SEN and ESL children, individual/smaller sessions for children that need extra support.
This comprehensive resource is a review of the digraphs - sh, ch, th, ng, ck, ph and wh.
It aims to consolidate the pupils learning of the digraphs by saying the sounds, listening, sorting, shared reading and writing activities.
There are practical activities - Just print and laminate pictures, flashcard words and the circles with each digraph onto card paper for repeated use.
The PowerPoint Presentation (20 slides) contains:-
Whole class activities such as slide view animation of the digraph as they whirl in - children say the sounds;
Audio - children listen to the words and decide which digraph each word contains;
Click and drag to sort pictures under the correct digraph heading;
Shared reading text - look for the digraphs and true/false comprehension activity;
There is an extra sorting activity presentation - print off slides 1 and 2 and children can do this activity at their tables instead of the click and drag activity in the main Presentation.
Other resources:-
Lesson Plan (learning objectives, activities and plenary)
-Teachers’ Notes describing what you can do with the resources
Flashcards of words to laminate
Pictures cards to laminate for various activities
Large circles containing each digraph to be laminated for various activities
Cut/paste sorting activities
Worksheets on sorting and listing and writing sentences
Handwriting template sheet to practise digraph joins
Reading strips containing the digraphs - useful for small reading groups. Students search for the digraphs and for additional work they can draw pictures to go with each sentence.
To complement this resource you will find large flashcards at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/digraph-flashcards-wh-ph-sh-ch-th-ng-and-ck-11367425
These are Spring phonics worksheets relating to beginning consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on blends and for writing simple sentences using beginning blends. There are also differentiated multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete one or two words in a sentence.
Content:
Consonant blend worksheets
Writing simple sentences
Missing consonant blends worksheets
Fun colour by Code Activity – great for early finishers
Consonant blends worksheets:
There are 7 consonant blends worksheets containing 9 blends pictures on each sheet with incomplete words. Students select the correct missing blends from the grid using the picture clues.
The blends are:
bl-, br-, cl-, cr-, dr-, fl-, fr-, gl-, gr-, pl-, pr-, sc-, sk-, sl-, sm-, sn-, sp-, st-, sw-, tr-, and tw-.
Writing activity: Worksheets 1 to 3
Students write simple sentences using each of the beginning blends shown in the grid with pictures. They should check their work making sure they start their sentence with a capital/uppercase letter and finish with a full stop.
Missing consonant blends worksheets (differentiated)
Worksheet 1: Students select one correct blend to complete the word in the sentence.
Worksheet 2: Students select two correct blends to complete the words in the sentence.
Colour by Code: Spring flowers (2 versions) – with Solution.
The blends in this activity are colour-coded. The consonant blends are: br, cl, fl, sl, sp, pr and tr.
The image shows words and pictures beginning with consonant blends.
First version: the colours are displayed with the beginning consonants in order to colour the images correctly, students use the colour code to complete the activity.
Second version: Students will need to colour in the crayons before using the code to complete the picture.
Optional paper sizes A4 and US letter size and spelling of colour/color for the consonant blend colour code activity.
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You may be interested in Mixed Consonant Blends Summer Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12869143
This is part of the Spring Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12991386
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
This product contains a variety of resources to get your class speaking, listening, writing and drawing.
There’s lot to choose from:
Use the PowerPoint Generator to randomly choose a name or question. Just type in your class names and adjust the size of the font.
Lay out a variety of questions cards for children to find out about each other
PowerPoint Name spinner - type in your class names and spin to select student
a variety of worksheets to suit all levels of ability
Option for children to create a booklet and to speak about themselves.
You can set up workstations with different resources on each so that students can move around if they wish.
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This resource relates to CVC word families - onset and rime. It contains 30 worksheets in black and white and the same 30 worksheets in colour.
There are three tasks on each worksheet:
Cut and glue the correct missing letters to complete the word family using the picture clues.
Choose the correct missing letter to complete the word or put a cross in the box below the picture that does not belong to the same word family.
Complete the crossword puzzle – the three-letter words go across and down.
A PDF fillable worksheet has now been added which can be completed on computer devices.
These worksheets can be used for:
• extension work
• early finishers
• revision of word families
• homework
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This product is also part of a large CVC bundle which contains a variety of CVC activities.
This resource material is on split digraphs - a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e.
Some teachers only require the worksheets so I have made a separate resource pack. THIS IS PART OF A WHOLE PACK - see below for link to my shop.
There are two sets of worksheets:
Worksheet 1 set
-Students look at the pictures and complete the missing consonant to make the split digraph words.
Choose 3 words and write a sentence using each of the choosen words.
Mini word search to do (includes solutions).
Worksheet 2 - (5 pages) Students read each sentence and unscramble the highlighted words.
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You may be interested in:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-split-digraphs-5-presentations-5-lesson-plans-activity-sheets-practical-lessons-11348539
This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘sp’ CCVC words.
A progression from CVC and CCV to CCVC 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 (35 Slides)- includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words; whole class/group activities to prepare children for their independent activities.
Also includes alien and real word whole class activity.
PowerPoint Phoneme Presentation (13 Slides) - Optional (Use as reference) - some children may still be struggling with segmenting/blending) - I have listed a few 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.
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 (8)
2 Activity Sheets:
Worksheet 1 - Gap filling and Sentence Work - Section A- Children choose a suitable word to complete the gap so that it makes sense. Section B - Unscramble Sp-CCVC word in each of the boxes. Section C - Punctuate 3 sentences by rewriting the sentences on the line provided.
Activity Sheet 2 - Children complete missing vowels and vowel digraphs and draw lines to match the pictures. (Key provided)
2 Word Searches with pictures.
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.
File Type: PowerPoint, MS Word and PDF Format
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This product relates to learning the alphabet names and sounds and upper and lower cases letters.
Learning objectives are to develop children’s knowledge of upper and lower letters of the alphabet and begin to learn alphabetical order.
Contents:
Flexible detailed Lesson Plan includes lesson starter, main lesson and whole class activities and plenary.
PowerPoint Presentation on the alphabet (letters float in as you click through the slides)
Upper and lower case alphabet flash cards to be laminated and cut apart
Editable flash cards
Washing line alphabet activity
Missing letters gap-filling alphabet strips (upper and lower case letters)
Blank alphabet strips
Upper and lower case letters to be cut out for extra activities
Children are introduced to capital/upper and lower case letters, recite the alphabet, to know that the capital A and the lower case a have the same sound.
Washing line activity - questions marks are placed where there should be either a capital letter or a lower case letter. Children are given a selection of laminated letters and have to decide whether the letter they are holding should go where the question mark is.
Reinforcement of what the children have learnt: There is a selection of alphabet gap-filling strips from easy to challenging.
Cut out the gap-filling alphabet strips and stick into workbooks; and/or
Laminate for continuous use
There are 26 upper and lower letters for the children to cut out each time you focus on a letter. The children draw or stick pictures around the letter that begin with the same letter sound.
Whole lesson contained in a zip file - just right click and open and you will see the folder.
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This resource relates to Saint Patrick’s Day. It is an easy reading comprehension for early readers with four questions and associated tasks - labelling, phonics, sight word search, writing initial letters, colouring and completing four sets of three-piece jigsaw puzzles.
Ideal for early learners, English language learners, SEN students.
Can be used for guided reading and the more able early readers can work on their own.
Content:
Saint Patrick’s Day reading with pictures
Worksheet with 4 questions
Labelling a leprechaun activity. This is differentiated in that one sheet is partly coloured in to be labelled.
Literacy work associated with the reading text: Find words in the text and circle, write rhyming words for hat, pot and red
It is a short text. Children are asked to count the full stops and write the number of sentences.
Writing initial letters worksheet (differentiated)
Complete jigsaw puzzles
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Also appropriate for US.
This resource relates to the alphabet Aa to Zz. The uppercase and lowercase are puzzle-shaped for students to colour in together with pictures beginning with the letters. On each worksheet students read the sentence that include the word and then trace over the sentence. The final task is to colour in 3 pictures that begin with the letter.
These print and go worksheets are ideal as extra for early finishers, homework or use to assess your learners on each letter of the alphabet.
Colour the puzzle letters.
Trace the words for the pictures.
Colour in the picture.
Read the simple sentence.
Trace the simple sentence.
Colour in three pictures in the grid that begin with the letter.
There are 3 pictures for each letter Aa to Zz:
ant, apple, arrow, banana, bike, button, cactus, cage, castle, dog, domino, door, egg, elephant, envelope, feather, fish, fork, gate, guitar, gum, hand, hook, house, igloo, ill, ink, jar, jacket, jellyfish, kettle, key, kite, ladder, lamp, leg, medal, megaphone, mouse, narwhal, needle, nose, octopus, onion, origami, peas, pencil, piano, queen, quill, quilt, rabbit, rainbow, ring, scissors, snake, sock, table, teeth, tent, upside down, umbrella, under, van, vase, visor, watch, windmill, window, x-ray fish, x-ray of girl, xylophone, yoga, yogurt, yo-yo, zip, zero and zoo.
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You may be interested in the US Version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12803324
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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’.
Please see preview panes.
Suitable for US
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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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I hope you enjoy using these worksheets.
You may also be interested in:
30 Initial Consonant Blends Worksheets
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
Please click on link for full product description.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-letters-and-2d-and-3d-shapes-worksheets-cut-and-paste-activities-bundle-12149969
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I have uploaded a resource to support children’s learning of the alphabet.
Children draw a line from each picture to the correct beginning letter name.
There are two sets which you can laminate for use with drywipe pens or you use as worksheets.
Two different lower case 'k’s are used.
Full pack link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-letters-activities-matching-pictures-to-upper-and-lower-case-letters-incs-trace-over-dots-11697982
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