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Superheroes
Objectives
To name the letters of the alphabet in order.
To re-read what they have written to make sure it makes sense.
Resources
Laptop, PC or tablet | Mini whiteboard and pen | Pencils | Pens | Colouring pens | Sticky notes
Big Cat Books | Sound Flashcards Sets 1-8 | 📄 Blank Flashcards | 📄 Word Bank | 📄 Word Group Flashcards | 📄 Word Group Sentences Step 35 | Superhero ABC (YouTube) | Set 8 Sound Flashcards and Actions
Vocabulary
Words in bold can be found in the 📄 Year 1 English Glossary
sounds | sound out | blend |split | flexible | pace | check | Reading Detective | storyteller | story | capital letter | letter | alphabet
Today's Lesson
What to Get Ready
Make sure you have access to your student's library of familiar books and are logged in to Big Cat Books.
Select six words from the 📄 Word Bank and write these onto 📄 blank flashcards.
Print the 📄 Word Group Flashcards, trim the flashcards and have those needed for today’s lesson ready to use (see New Learning).
Print out the 📄 Word Group Sentences Step 35.
Phonics - Quick Fire!
Quick reading of words from **📄 Word Bank**written on flashcards.
Quick reading of a selection of the Word Groupwords learnt so far.
Phonics - New Learning
Write the letters ‘augh’ on the mini whiteboard. Tell your student that in a few words the letters ‘augh’ make the sound ‘or’ (as in ‘caught’).
Say, ‘You have a group of three words to learn. Keep the sound ‘or’ in your head as you read them.’
Show your student the flashcards with the letters ‘augh’ in them – ‘taught’, ‘caught’, ‘daughter’.
Ask your student to read the words quickly, one at a time. You can go through the words two or three times.
Phonics - Blend to Read
Show your student today’s sentences on the 📄 Word Group Sentences Step 35. Show the sentences one at a time by placing a blank sheet of paper on top of the sentences below. Ask your student to read each sentence.
Phonics - Split to Spell
Ask your student to write each of today’s Word Groupwords into a sentence and then read it back to you. Use the mini whiteboard for this activity.
For example:
An author writes books.
Phonics - Extra Support
Have the flashcards on the table for your student to refer to if they need to. Try to encourage them to look at the flashcard but to turn it over before they write the word so that they write the word from memory.
Phonics - Extra Challenge
Challenge your student to make up a silly sentence with lots of the Word Groupwords in.
Phonics - Apply
Ask your student to write the following word onto the mini whiteboard:
daughters
Keep the 📄 Word Group Flashcards used in today’s lesson and add them into the Quick-fire! activity in the next lesson.
Reading & Writing - Read
Read last lesson’s choice from Big Cat Books. Ask your student to read ‘like a storyteller’, making the reading sound smooth and interesting. Tell them to read at a good pace, not too fast and not too slow.
Now choose a new book from Big Cat Books to read together. Take some time to answer the questions at the back of the book.
Reading & Writing - What to Notice
Is your student getting quicker at reading the texts? Remember to use the prompts.
‘Make it quick’ and ‘Make it smooth.’
Is your student able to read accurately when their pace increases? Are they reading with expression as their pace increases?
Reading & Writing - Introduction
Watch Superhero ABC.
Then watch it again, pausing on some specific pages, for example: ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘P’ and ‘W’.
Talk about how the author has invented different superheroes to go with each letter of the alphabet.
Ask:
- Can you remember the whole alphabet?
Reading & Writing - Main Activity
In Superhero ABC, the author uses consonants for effect.
For example:
The Firefly fights felons in the forest.
Explain that this can give writing a fun effect almost like a tongue twister. This is called ‘alliteration’.
Look at other examples on the video clip of alliteration.
For example:
Danger man does daring deeds every day.
Ask your student to have a go at making their own up!
For example, for ‘V’ they might write:vast, violent, vain, vicious.
Reading & Writing - Extra Challenge
Can they write an example for the letters in their own name?
Reading & Writing - What to Notice
While they are doing this activity, remember to praise your student for the skills they are using.
For example:
‘You are thinking of words that start with the letter and go with that superhero!’
Handwriting and Spelling
Ask your student to go on a Word Hunt and to spot these words in a book (a reading book, bedtime book or a favourite one):
look, too, he, she, we, me, be, was, you, they.
Now write these in a list, using their best handwriting.