Phonics/Spelling

This is our Junior School Phonics/Spelling page.  Please scroll down and you will find Monday to Friday's learning. 



Walt has been busy practising his spelling.  He wanted to share his idea!  You too could use pipe cleaners, straws or string to make your spelling words!

Fun with Spelling!  
This is optional fun!  The activities highlighted in yellow are for any age group.


                                                      Please PRINT for Alphabet Letter Tiles


Monday 6 September

For our amazing Koru 1a students:

PRINT Initial Sounds
Each coloured box makes a word.

For our super Koru 1b students:

PRINT Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Consonant


For our fantastic students reading on the colour wheel:

You can either scroll through the feet and say the words.

OR
  1. Print the feet.  
  2. Place them on the floor in different areas.  
  3. Jump on a foot and say the word.  
  4. Sound it out.  
  5. Spell it out loud.


Magenta 


Red


Yellow


Blue


Green 


Orange


Turquoise


Purple


For our terrific students on Essential Spelling Lists:

List 1
Print 'and' here

List 2
Print 'at' here

List 3
Print 'about' here

List 4
Print 'big etc.' here

List 5
Print 'am' etc. here

List 6
Print 'even' etc. here

List 7
Print 'swimming' etc. here


For our fabulous students above Essential Spelling Lists:
Learning the Spelling Rule...  i before e except after c





Print out the following work...





Tuesday 7 September

For our amazing Koru 1a students:




For our super Koru 1b students:




For our fantastic students reading on the colour wheel:

    MAGENTA
 
    PRINT am here                                                    PRINT 'am' here


    RED
   
      PRINT are here                                                   PRINT 'are' here


        YELLOW


        BLUE


    GREEN
   
        PRINT away here                                            PRINT 'away' here


    ORANGE


    TURQUOISE


    PURPLE




For our terrific students on Essential Spelling Lists:

LIST 1


LIST 2


LIST 3

  

LIST 4


    PRINT 'father' etc. here



For our fabulous students above Essential Spelling Lists:
Learning the Spelling Rule...  when to use -able and -ible
The general rule is...If you remove -able from a word, you are left with a complete word (renewable, renew). If you remove -ible from a word, you are not left with a complete word (sensible, sens).








Wednesday 8 September

For our amazing Koru 1a students:

PRINT Initial Sounds here


For our super Koru 1b students:

PRINT ccvc here


For our fantastic students reading on the colour wheel:


            MAGENTA
                PRINT come here                                PRINT 'come' here
                  
                
            RED
            PRINT but here                                    PRINT 'but' here
        
        
            YELLOW
   PRINT 'out' here

      
         BLUE

   PRINT 'help' here

       
         GREEN
            PRINT asked here                                PRINT 'asked' here


        ORANGE
   PRINT 'never' here

        
        TURQUOISE
   PRINT 'king' here

    
        PURPLE
   PRINT 'grandma' here



For our terrific students on Essential Spelling Lists:
  
        
        PRINT LIST 1 here                                                PRINT LIST 2 here


      
           PRINT LIST 3 here                                        PRINT LIST 4 here


         
            PRINT LIST 5 here                                      PRINT LIST 6 here


               PRINT LIST 7 here



For our fabulous students above Essential Spelling Lists:
Learning the Spelling Rule...  when to use a hyphen
A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark that’s used to join words or parts of words.





Thursday 9 September

For our amazing Koru 1a students:

   PRINT 'hat' here


For our super Koru 1b students:
   PRINT ccvc here



For our fantastic students reading on the colour wheel:

        MAGENTA
   
        PRINT 'dad' here                                        PRINT 'dad' here
           

        RED 
   
            PRINT 'big' here                                                PRINT 'big' here


        YELLOW
    PRINT 'make' here
    
           
         BLUE
   PRINT here's 
    
       
         GREEN
   PRINT 'another' here
    
        
        ORANGE
   PRINT 'things' here


        TURQUOISE
   PRINT 'window' here


        PURPLE
   PRINT 'plants' here



For our terrific students on Essential Spelling Lists:


   
        PRINT LIST 1 here                                         PRINT LIST 2 here


  
            PRINT LIST 3 here                                        PRINT LIST 4 here


   
            PRINT LIST 5 here                                          PRINT LIST 6 here

   PRINT LIST 7 here



For our fabulous students above Essential Spelling Lists:
Learning the Spelling Rule...  words that contain silent letters.





    



Friday 10 September

For our Koru 1 students:
  • Print the 4 sheets below.
  • Cut up the pictures boxes.  
  • Sort the pictures that belong to the letter eg. apple for 'a'.
  • Glue the pictures on.


Print 'a' here
Print 'a' pictures here



For students reading on the colour wheel:
  1. Look at the back of your reading book to find out what colour you are reading at eg. blue.
  2. Choose the colour puzzle below.
  3. Print the puzzle.
  4. Colour the puzzle eg. a beach scene.
  5. Cut out the puzzle pieces.
  6. Put the pieces back together, saying the word as you do so.

Print Magenta Puzzle here

Print RED Puzzle here

Print YELLOW Puzzle here

Print BLUE Puzzle here

Print GREEN Puzzle here

Print ORANGE Puzzle here

Print TURQUOISE Puzzle here

Print PURPLE Puzzle here


For students on Essential Spelling Lists:
Complete the word search below.

PRINT NZ Animals here


For students above Essential Spelling Lists:
Complete the word search below.

PRINT The Seven Wonders here



Monday 30 August

For our AMAZING children who read books on the colour wheel:
Listen to the clip that matches your reading book!

Magenta


Red


Yellow


Blue


Green


Orange


Turquoise


Purple




KORU 1 Complete the activity 'I Spy and Read'!
In this activity you draw a line from the word to the picture to show that they match.


For our AMAZING children reading at Gold and above:

Doubling the Final Consonant




Complete these activities:


 




Tuesday 31 August

KORU 1 Complete the 'Initial Sounds'
In this activity you write the initial sound that you hear for each picture.


For our AMAZING children reading at Gold and above:

Spelling Rule for 'nk'



Complete the following activities:





Wednesday 1 September

KORU 1 Complete 'What Letter is Missing'?
In this activity you look at one picture and say the word out loud.  Sound out each letter sound.  What letter is missing?

For our AMAZING children reading at Gold and above:

Spelling Rule for 'ing' and 'ed'





Complete these activities:





Thursday 2 September

KORU 1 Complete 'Say it, Join it, Write it'
In this activity you say the word, draw a pen line to each letter to join them together and practice writing the word.


For our AMAZING children reading at Gold and above:

Spelling Rule for 'es' and 's'



Complete these activities:



Friday 3 September

Try these Word Searches    : )   Click on a link below.  Have fun!









Word Search Fun!
Make a word search using the words from your list. You could ask a family member to solve it! Word Search


Vowels
You will find vowel clips to listen to at the very bottom of this page under the heading 'Vowels'. Listen to one or all three of these clips. Highlight the vowels in the words from yesterday's list. Can you hear the difference in the vowel sounds? For example, the 'a' sound in make and wash. Classify your words into vowel groups, for example, a e i o u using the chart below.

Vowel Chart


Word Lists and Fun with Syllables!
At the very bottom of the Resources page you will find your child's sight words for their reading level. Please print out the sheets that match your child's reading level eg. magenta, and practice the spelling activities.

All other students, please watch the clip below and choose 10 words. Break these words into syllables eg. gov-ern-ment. Clap the syllables.


This clip will help you
 Long + Short Vowels
First, have a listen to this song:


You can either do some of the worksheets provided below or make your own list of words that have long or short vowel sounds!

Colouring Activity

 

MAGIC E

This is when an 'e' at the end of the word has the power to make the vowel in the word say its name, like this: say 'pin' and then say 'pine', see how 'i' makes the short sound in pin but the long sound in pine. 

Here is a short video to watch then scroll down and use the magic e wand to change the words on the list:



Follow the link to a printable list of words and a magic e wand to use with it:
Magic e

 Blends and Digraph Challenge


Your challenge is to find at least 1 thing in your house that starts with or includes each blend from the sheet below. For example, 'bl' could be something Blue and 'Ch' could be a chair. Try and find different examples from the ones on the sheet below.

Take a photo of the list and email it to your teacher!

This is an example of how you could show your findings.


 1.  To extend your self write 3 sentences that make sense using 3 different blends and digraphs in each sentence.

 2.  Make a word find using 10 of the blends and digraphs.  If you want to make it harder make a crossword of 10 blends and digraphs.  Remember you will need to think of clues for each word.  Challenge your parents to see if they can work them out!
3.  Play blends and digraph Bingo!  Print the cards off below.  Cut out the calling cards and grab something you can use as counters!



 Blend and Digraph Songs



 Alphabet Challenge

Your Phonics challenge is to find at least 1 thing in your house that starts with each letter of the alphabet. For example, 'a' could be apple and 'b' could be brownies. Take a photo of the list and email it to your teacher.

Essential spelling lists 1-4
Please find the link to these words lists under the resources folder

 Phonics Songs
Practise singing these songs at home.  How many letters and sounds do you know?

 1.  To extend your learning see if you can find objects around the house that begin with or have the sound in them.  

 2.  Make a list or take photos of the things you found.  Make a visual dictionary!

 3.  Focus on a sound and write a sentence or two that includes words with that sound.
Alphabet








Vowels