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Getting Started
Objectives
To know the sound a letter makes.
To use knowledge of sounds to write new words.
Resources
Laptop, PC or tablet | Mini whiteboard and pen | Big Cat Books: Jump and Fly
📄 Sound Flashcards 1 | 📄 Sound Actions
Vocabulary
Words in bold can be found in the 📄 Year 1 English Glossary.
phoneme | grapheme | PGC | sound | letter | blend | segment
Today's Lesson
Introduction
Watch this lesson's introductory video with your student.
What to Get Ready
Before the lesson, watch the following videos: **Video 1: Sound Cards and Actions,**Sound Flashcards: Set 1, Video 2: Phonics Games and Video 6: Take a Peek.
Video 1: Sound Cards and Actions
Sound Flashcards: Set 1
Video 2: Phonics Games
Video 6: Take a Peek
Print and trim the 📄 Sound Flashcards 1
Login to Big Cat Books. Search for the story Jump and Fly.
Phonics - Quick Fire
On a blank piece of paper, play the game 'Letter Match' with your student (shown in Video 2: Phonics Games). Use the following letters: Z, z, B, b, C, c, A, a.
Phonics - New Learning
Lay the 📄 Sound Flashcards c, t, a, d, g, o out in front of your student. Ask your student to point to one they know and to tell you the sound it makes. Repeat the sound and demonstrate the matching action, asking your student to join in with you. Complete for each of the cards.
Phonics - Watch
WATCH - Heidi Video 1: Talking Like a Robot
This is a game of ‘Heidi Says’; Heidi is saying the names for parts of the body, one sound at a time. Ask your student to listen carefully and to point to the correct part of their body.
When the video has finished, ask your student to take the role of Heidi and to play the game with you.
Phonics - Extra Support
If your student needs extra support, use the following body parts and ask you student to tell you the sounds they hear:
hip (h-i-p); leg (l-e-g); mouth (m-ou-th); toe (t-oe).
Phonics - Extra Challenge
If your student needs an extra challenge, ask them to write down any of the sounds they can hear in a chosen body part. Do not worry about correct spelling, but praise your student where they have written some correct letters. For example, if your student were to write ‘figa’ for ‘finger’, you could praise them for hearing and writing the ‘f’ and ‘i' at the beginning, and a ‘g’ in the middle of the word.
Reading & Writing - New Learning
Tell your student that they are going to be learning how to read a story they haven’t seen before. They will need to make sure they use their letter sounds to help them and they will also need to make sure the story makes sense.
Together, ‘Take a Peek’ (see Video 6: Taking a Peek) at the book together. Talk about what you can see and what the story might be about.
Reading & Writing - Main Activity
Tell your student that first we will be ‘taking a peek’ at the story (see Video 6: Taking a Peek).
Go through the pages of the book again and ask your student what they think the story might be about.
Tell your student that they are going to read the story to you.
Remind them:
Read the words with your eyes and your finger.
Use your letter sounds.
Make sure the story makes sense.
Support your student as they read the story to you.
Reading & Writing - Extra Support
If your student reads a word incorrectly, look at that word together. Offer your student help to read the word correctly. If the word begins with a sound they know, you could ask, ‘What sound can you hear at the beginning?’
Reading & Writing - Extra Challenge
Allow your student to read the book independently.
Reading & Writing - What to Notice
Questions to think about:
Is your student following the words with their finger, reading one word for every word on the page?
Is your student looking at the pictures and thinking about the story when trying new words?
Is your student looking for sounds they know when trying new words?
The answers to these questions can help you to know what reminders or ‘tips’ to give your student when they read a new book. It is also important to praise what your student has done well.