Initial Blends Dominoes
The Initial Blends Dominoes were made by request and feature easily recognisable pictures for each blend.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to use vowel sounds, consonant blends and digraphs when writing and reading one- and two-syllable words.
- We are learning to use vowel sounds, consonant digraphs and blends when writing and reading single syllable words.
- We are learning how to spell one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns.
- We are learning how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patterns.
- We are learning to use most letter-sound matches including vowel diagraphs, less common long vowel patterns, e.g. ight, consonant clusters and silent letters, e.g. knife, thumb, when reading and writing words of one or more syllables.
- We are learning to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words, including some compound words.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E1LY11
9
Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words
AC9E1LY13
9
Spell one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns
AC9E2LY10
9
Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words
ACELA1458
8.4
Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant digraphs and consonant blends when writing, and blend these to read single syllable words
ACELA1778
8.4
Understand how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patterns
ACELA1471
8.4
Understand how to use knowledge of digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words including some compound words
EN1-4A
old
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
EN1-5A
old
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
EN1-PHOKW-01
new
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
EN1-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
VCELA181
Recognise short vowels, common long vowels and consonant digraphs, and consonant blends
VCELA182
Understand how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patterns
VCELA218
Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
VCELA226
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words
VCELA239
Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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