Mrs Proudley year 10 h.proudley@dovehouse.hants.sch.ukEnglishPhonics challengeTo be completed with an adult as you will need help reading the activity. .

Phonics – what can you spot?

In our English lessons, we spend a lot of time practicing our phonics. Phonics practise helps us to be better readers and writers. We look at sentences and see which phonics we can spot. You will need your phonics mat to help you with this activity. It may also be helpful to have a highlighter pen too. Look at the sentence and see which phonics you can spot, for example….

Mark and Jill got wet in the rain.

1. Read it first.2. Pick up your highlighter.3. Look at each word and see if you can see any phonics.4. I have spotted 3 different phonics.

I can see ar as in card.

Please feel free to email Mrs Proudley and share how you found this activity. You could take a picture of your work or ask a parent / carer to write about how you got on. We love to hear how you are progressing with your English tasks.

I can see ll as in jelly. I can see ai as in rain.

Try this sentence…Use your highlighter to spot all the phonics.

I can see a pair of boots on the mat.

Look on the next page for the answers…

I can see a pair of boots on the mat.

Did you spot ee as in leek?

Did you spot air as in chair?

Did you spot oo as in moon?

Did you spot th as in hard th?

We call it a ‘hard th’ because of the hard / tickly sound your tongue makes behind your teeth. A ‘soft th as in thumb’ makes a quiet soft sound as your tong comes out; thank you, thistle, thumb, thin….)You may have spotted other phonics from phase 2 sound mat which is perfectly acceptable. For example, you may have spotted c as in carrot.

Try these sentences and then check your answers.

1) The farmer got up at six in the morning.

2) Bow down to the king and queen.

3) I can hear an owl hoot at night.

4) I can hear an owl hoot at night and it is spooky.

5) Jan is sitting in her rocking chair.

6) It has been hot this year.

7) Jill has fair hair but Jack has dark hair.

8) The carpet had a stain on the back.

9) His flower got damp in the storm.

10) Slap the paint on the shed.

Answers:

1. The farmer got up at six in the morning.

2.Bow down to the king and queen.

3. I can hear an owl hoot at night.

4. I can hear an owl hoot at night and it is spooky.

(sp and nd are from phase 4 phonics mat)

5. Jan is sitting in her rocking chair.

6. It has been hot this year.

7. Jill has fair hair but Jack has dark hair.

8. The carpet had a stain on the back.

9. His flower got damp in the storm.

10. Slap the paint on the shed.