Phase 3 - oi, ow, ear, air, ure

These phase 3 phonics lesson plans are perfect to break up your phonics teaching throughout the week and taking them outdoors. Getting the children up, moving and exploring will engage any children who might find phonics challenging and the style of our activities mean that you can still provide challenge for you most able readers too.

Lesson Plans

oi

Activities included in this lesson are ‘toilet tag’, ‘giant bingo’ and ‘jump-write’. Watch your children light up as they move around your outdoor space whilst practising their segmenting and blending with the ‘oi’ sound.

Learning objective:

To blend to read words with the ‘oi’ sound.

To segment to spell words with the ‘oi’ sound.

ow

Activities included in this lesson are ‘duck, duck, alien’, ‘run to the word’ and ‘word finding’. Watch your children light up as they move around your outdoor space whilst practising their segmenting and blending with the ‘ow’ sound.

Learning objective:

To blend to read words with the ‘ow’ sound.

To segment to spell words with the ‘ow’ sound.

ear

Activities included in this lesson are ‘real or alien’, ‘natural sound buttons’ and ‘grandma’s footsteps’. Watch your children light up as they move around your outdoor space whilst practising their segmenting and blending with the ‘ear’ sound.

Learning objective:

To blend to read words with the ‘ear’ sound.

To segment to spell words with the ‘ear’ sound.

air

Activities included in this lesson are ‘the silly voice game’, ‘reading ladder’ and ‘partner writing’. Watch your children light up as they move around your outdoor space whilst practising their segmenting and blending with the ‘air’ sound.

Learning objective:

To blend to read words with the ‘air’ sound.

To segment to spell words with the ‘air’ sound.

ure

Activities included in this lesson are ‘sound stamping’, ‘noughts and crosses’ and ‘quick write with the mud’. Watch your children light up as they move around your outdoor space whilst practising their segmenting and blending with the ‘ure’ sound.

Learning objective:

To blend to read words with the ‘ure’ sound.

To segment to spell words with the ‘ure’ sound.

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