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Assessment for Learning Resource Bank Web-based Learning and Teaching Support

Learning and Teaching Activity – Lovely Letter Sounds

Learning objectives:

Text Types
  • cartoons
Vocabulary
Language Items and Communicative Functions
Language Skills
  • Reading
  • Listening
Attitudes
  • develop sensitivity towards language use in the process of communication
Generic Skills
  • collaboration skills
  • creativity
  • communication skills

Related Basic Competencies:

L3-L-1-P6BC: Discriminating between words with a range of vowel and consonant sounds (KS)

L4-L-2-P6BC: Understanding the use of a small range of language features in simple literary / imaginative spoken texts (ES)

L3-R-2-P6BC: Reading aloud unfamiliar words with a range of vowel and consonant sounds in simple texts (KS)

L4-R-4-P6BC: Understanding the use of a small range of language features in simple literary / imaginative texts (ES)

Activity Description Suggested duration (minutes) Available for self - learning?
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AAn interactive activity: A Bad Day for Sunny
Learners are helped to differentiate the voiced th (e.g. that) and unvoiced th (e.g. thief) when they learn the consonant blend th. Learners then watch and listen to a cartoon focusing on two digraphs (i.e. sh and th) and participate in an interactive task to identify some words with the consonant digraphs.
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An interactive activity: Selfish Sandy
Learners watch and listen to a cartoon with the consonant blends (e.g. sk, sl, sw and st) and participate in an interactive task to identify some words with the consonant blends.
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A classroom activity: My Tongue Twister
Learners create their own tongue twisters and practise reading them aloud.
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Key Stage 2 Targets:

To develop an ever-improving capability to use English

KSf - To understand some aspects of how the English language works, including how grammatical features contribute to meaning and how simple texts are organized; and apply this understanding to one's learning and use of the language
ESa - To develop an awareness of the basic sound patterns of English and an enjoyment of imaginative texts through activities such as reciting poems and rhymes, singing songs and presenting short simple plays