Phonics: 3 by 4

Teacher’s Notes

Aim: Distinguishing between different vowel and consonant sounds.

Materials: One set of cards from Worksheet 1 per child.

Duration: 15 minutes.

Language focus: The pronunciation of: tea, tree, three, sheep, ship, shop, chip, card, car, cat, bread, bed.

Aim of the game: To lay out cards on a grid of 3 x 4 in the correct order, following oral instructions.

Suggestion:
Play the game with the children a few times, calling out the words yourself, before asking

them to play in pairs.

Introduction:

Give out the set of cards from Worksheet 1 to each child or team of children. Call out

the words at random. Each child or team holds up the corresponding card.

Playing the game

1.  The children arrange themselves in pairs with a folder or a large piece of card

      between them so they cannot see each others desks.

2.   Draw a 3 x 4 grid on the board and number each square in order, as shown below:

3.   Child A lays out his or her cards in random order but within a 3 by 4 grid.

4.   Child A now gives Child B instructions on how to lay out his or her cards in the same

       way, beginning by saying, for example Square 1 is a sheep etc. Child B looks at his or

       her cards, chooses the correct one and lays it in the correct place. (Both players can

       refer to the numbered grid on the board to check the number reference for each square.)

5.  Child A continues giving instructions until he or she has explained where all the

    cards should be placed.

6. The folder is taken away and both learners check to see if they have laid the cards out

    in the same way. It is now Child B’s turn to be the caller.