Picture and word cards: s, a, t, p
Cut out cards, front and back, mirrored for double sided printing. The first four sounds of a synthetic phonics sequence, in words a five year old can name from the picture. Hearing the first sound in a spoken word comes before reading it.
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- 11 pages
- about 20 minutes
- You need: one copy for each pair, or one for each student where it says so, scissors for the cut pages
- Teacher
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- 4Page 4
- 5Page 5
- 6Page 6
- 7Page 7
- 8Page 8
- 9Page 9
- 10Page 10
- 11Answers
Pages 4 to 11 open when you can download. These are pictures of the real PDF. What you see is what prints.
Why use this
The first four sounds of a synthetic phonics sequence, in words a five year old can name from the picture. Hearing the first sound in a spoken word comes before reading it.
24 cards with the answer on the back. Printed double sided, each back lands behind its front, so students can test themselves.
How to run it
- 1.Show a front, ask for the back, then turn it. Model saying the answer aloud before turning.3 min
- 2.Pairs test each other. A card they miss goes back into the pile.8 min
- 3.Each student writes the three cards they missed most and one sentence about each.4 min
Curriculum link
Australian Curriculum v9.0 © ACARA. Licensed CC BY 4.0. The full attribution is printed in the PDF.
Play it online at antnest.au
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