Slides and Ladders – Vowel Sounds ai - ay
Designed for students to play in group work, this game helps students understand letter combinations used to make the same vowel sound.
It is a fantastic way explore phonics and spelling, developing the understanding that the pronunciation of the letter combination (sound) can only be known when it is seen in a word. Students are then asked to use the words in sentences, to consolidate their understanding of each word and its meaning within a sentence.
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Learning goals
- 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.
- We are learning to understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations, e.g. the long ‘a’ sound in stay, weight, able, make.
Curriculum alignment
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
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
ACELA1825
8.4
Understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
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
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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