Revisit and Review Lets Phonics revisit last play

Revisit and Review Let’s Phonics revisit last play week’s or flash focus cards words…

Teach please

Teach once

Teach friends

Teach Today, we are learning to read and spell words containing dge saying /j/.

Teach Kit and Sam were back to school after the summer holidays and were now in Mr Philips’ class. They liked Mr Philips – he made learning fun.

Teach Mr Philips had brought a new girl into the class with him. She had beautiful long white hair and pink glasses. “This is Lily, ” said Mr Philips.

Teach The children gathered around to welcome Lily. “Your glasses are cool!” said Sam. “Thanks, ” said Lily, “I’m visually impaired so they really help me to see better. ”

Teach “You’ll notice a few little changes in our classroom this year, ” said Mr Philips, “like braille on our signs. I’ll also be using this dark pen on the whiteboard. ” “OK!” said the children.

Teach Mr Philips is writing words with his black pen on the whiteboard for today’s lesson. All the words have dge saying /j/ in them. Sometimes, dge can make the /j/ sound at the end of a word. Read the words on the whiteboards. The grapheme ‘dge’ is used for the phoneme /j/ X when the word contains a short vowel sound in the middle, e. g. ‘hedge’ or ‘badge’. Click me for Kit’s teaching tips!

edge

hedge

badge

bridge

fridge

nudge

dodge

sledge

Practise dge Match-Up Mr Philips gives the children some word and picture cards. Match each dge word to the correct picture.

Practise hedge

Practise badge

Practise bridge

Practise fridge

Practise sledge

Practise fudge

Practise wedge

Apply At playtime, Sam and Gabi chatted to Lily. They liked her a lot. “Have you always been visually impaired? ” asked Gabi. “Yes, ” said Lily, “so it is quite a big challenge for me to start a new school. ”

Apply “But I have lots of things to help me, ” continued Lily, “like this braille sign! Shall we read it together? ” “Yes, sure!” said Sam and Gabi.

Apply Text Detectives Read the words on on the sign and spot any dge saying /j/ words. Read

Apply Monitors who have a badge can cross the bridge at the edge of the hedge by the lodge. Remember, children must not eat fudge in school! Check

? ? X Why does Gabi say that Lily has a superpower? “Wow, Lily, you have a superpower!” said Gabi, impressed. “Girls…” said Sam, thinking, “I know somewhere we could go and have real superpowers but you must promise not to tell anyone…” Apply

Today, we have learnt… dge