• Retrieval Charts / Sound Wall – When writing in the early years pin these posters to the wall and encourage students to find the sound they are after.
• Correct Letter Formation – together with students write the correct starting points for letters on the posters. Use a 1 and draw and small arrow in the direction the pencil is to travel. Add a 2 and another arrow when there is a change of direction or a pencil lift.
• Air Letters – Students trace correct letter formation in the air with their finger and say the words represented by the pictures in the same order as the correct letter formation.
• Listening Walk – In pairs students use exaggeration and repetition of the initial sound e.g. u-u-upset to work out the letter represented on the poster.
• I Spy – While looking at the poster give clues, ‘I’m thinking of a word starting with the sound ‘u’. Give clues to the word. E.g. It is another word for ‘sad’.  I sometimes cry when I feel this way.
• Create a Class Book – place all the lowercase posters into a plastic sleeve binder and display it for easy access, reference and exploration.
• For Home – Encourage students and parents to download the posters at home for the fridge or back of the bathroom door by adding the web address to the school newsletter. https://phonics-teaching.com
• Practice ‘auditory chunking’ – up-set, ug-ly etc
• Remember to focus on letter sounds before the letter names as this gives students way more access to the ‘code’ used in reading and writing.
• Syllabification – Clap the syllables they can hear in each word.
• Use repetition and exaggeration of the final sound heard in each word upset-t-t

NB Once the students are familiar with the lowercase letters print out the Capital Letter Posters and place them above or beside the small letters. 

1. Add the u Words Poster to your Cart using the ‘Add to Cart’ Button. NB You can only get the resources 2 at a time. #longstory
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5. Press ‘Place Order’ and then scroll down to ‘Order Details’ and click on your resource there. It will open ready to save, print, cut out and laminate.

How about a Phonics Word Wheel or a Cool Reading Games

or maybe some Phonics Games & Math Games