Reading Words with the -ed suffix
The aim of this activity is for students to blend sounds orally, without the visual aid of graphemes. By listening to a sequence of sounds and blending them together their ability to recognise and decode sounds sequentially, which is essential for proficient reading.
The aim of blending and phonation drills activity is to provide students with opportunities to independently practice and reinforce the skills of additive and phonation blending, enabling them to develop fluency in blending phonemes and enhancing their reading proficiency.
Morphology Word Families
This lesson helps students build word families by adding the suffixes -ing and -ed to base words. Through hands-on activities, students will explore how suffixes change word meanings (happening now vs. happened before) and practise sorting and spelling words correctly. This lesson strengthens morphological awareness, supporting early reading and writing skills.
Find the Suffix
In this activity, students will identify suffixes (-ing and -ed) in sentences to build their understanding of how suffixes change word meanings. By recognising suffixes in context, students will strengthen their ability to read, spell, and use word families accurately. This activity supports morphological awareness and helps students apply their knowledge of base words and suffixes in reading and writing.
Oral Encoding
Students explore morphemes by identifying base words, final sounds, and the pronunciation of the -ed suffix. Through questioning, air-writing, and spelling, they reinforce phonemic awareness and past-tense verb patterns.
Structured Spelling
The aim of this activity is to assist students in reading full words by providing visual support through dots placed underneath each sound, facilitating the blending process and strengthening their ability to decode words independently.
Single Word Dictation
Single word dictation activities, without scaffolds, aim to assess students' independent spelling and phonics skills. This approach helps identify areas needing improvement and reinforces learned spelling rules through autonomous application.
Word Chaining
The aim of this activity is to strengthen students' phonemic awareness and word manipulation skills by constructing words using tiles or a whiteboard, then challenging them to transform the original word into a new one by replacing or altering a single sound, thereby reinforcing their ability to recognise and manipulate graphemes within words effectively.
Fluency Games
The aim of the games and activities in this link is to enhance students' fluency in reading single words. Through engaging and interactive exercises, students will strengthen their ability to recognize and decode individual words quickly and accurately, ultimately improving their overall reading fluency.
Word Formation & Typing Fluency
The aim of this activity is to enhance students' fluency in both Victorian cursive handwriting and word processing by providing opportunities for them to practice writing words in cursive and typing them on a word processing program, thereby improving their proficiency in both handwriting and digital literacy skills
Heart Word Practice
Heart words encompass irregularly spelled words such as 'said' and 'have.' The aim of this activity is for students to memorize the word as a whole while also understanding its irregular parts
