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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
PRE-LESSON TASK 11: WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME (PHONICS)
AIM: To practise distinguishing different sounds
MATERIALS: Board (or flashcards)

1. Choose some words that contain the sound(s) you are/have been working on and some other topic words you would like to review.
2. Write the words in chains of three or four on the board, containing one example of the phoneme you are focusing on, e.g. for /r/ cat : dog : fish : rat
3. Ask pupils to guess which word has the sound.
4. Say the words (you can say just the word or you could say it in a short sentence) to let pupils check their answers.
5. Ask pupils to read all the words aloud.

Note: This task can be adapted to have chains of rhyming words or as an odd-one-out (where one is different from the others). Pictures could be used instead of
words to check vocabulary production rather than reading recognition.
Although phonics is a focus of the Year 3 Content and Learning Standards, working with sounds and written words is still valuable to pupils in Year 3 from time to
time, especially with sounds that pupils find particularly difficult to hear or say.
PRE-LESSON TASK 12: PASS IT ON

AIM: To review vocabulary or language to prepare for a lesson
MATERIALS: Word or flashcards

1. Review with the whole class the word or flashcards you are using in this task.
2. Have pupils sit in a circle (or two, if you have a very large class).
3. Show pupils the first card, say the word and give it to one pupil. This pupil says the word and passes it to their neighbour. This pupil says the word and passes it
on, and so on.
4. Meanwhile, repeat for the next word, and the next, so that several words are circulating.
5. Increase the pace and challenge by passing some cards in the opposite direction and/or telling pupils to be much faster.
6. After the words have all been passed around, you might want to review them again.

Note: You can use this activity to support vocabulary learning or reading. You could use short sentences for more proficient groups of pupils.

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