Flippy Dolphin - Game
This game is part of a larger unit called ‘Decoding Strategies’. Use this game to practise the decoding strategy, ‘Flippy Dolphin’, flipping the vowel sound from short vowel to long vowel sounds.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to use letters and sounds to spell words.
- We are learning to use letters and sounds, including onset and rime, to spell words.
- We are learning that words are made up of meaningful parts, e.g. ādogā has 2 parts: ādogā and āsā.
- We are learning that words are made up of meaningful parts; e.g. ādogsā has 2 parts: ādogā and āsā.
- We are learning to read short, decodable and authentic texts using phonic knowledge and monitor meaning.
- We are learning to read short, decodable and predictable texts with familiar vocabulary and supportive images to make meaning.
Curriculum alignment
AC9EFLY13
9
Use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell words
AC9EFLY15
9
Understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part
AC9EFLY04
9
Read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge
ACELA1438
8.4
Understand how to use knowledge of letters and sounds including onset and rime to spell words
ACELA1818
8.4
Understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part
ACELY1649
8.4
Read decodable and predictable texts, practising phrasing and fluency, and monitor meaning using concepts about print and emerging contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge
ENe-5A
old
Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound blends and some sight words to represent known words when spelling
ENe-4A
old
Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies
ENE-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
ENE-PHOKW-01
new
Uses single-letter graphemeāphoneme correspondences and common digraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
ENE-PHOAW-01
new
Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts
ENE-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
ENE-REFLU-01
new
Reads decodable texts aloud with automaticity
VCELA158
Know how to use onset and rime to spell words where sounds map more directly onto letters
VCELY152
Read texts with familiar structures and features, practising phrasing and fluency, and monitor meaning using concepts about print and emerging phonic, semantic, contextual and grammatical knowledge
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