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Date:

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Task 1 - How many letters are there in the alphabet?

Task 2 – Using your memory, write the alphabet out below.

1 14

2 15

3 16

4 17

5 18

6 19

7 20

8 21

9 22

10 23

11 24

12 25

13 26

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Task – Match the alphabet letter name with the starting

sound of each picture.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Sequencing means putting things in the correct order. You need to

practise this to help you spell words.

Task 1 – Sort the days of the week. Number the days of the week to show their correct order.

Task 2- Sort the months of the year. Number the months of year to show their correct order.

April June

September January

February July

November March

August October

December May

Monday Sunday

Saturday

Thursday

Tuesday

Wednesday Friday

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Words that sound similar are described as rhyming. Practising rhyming

helps you get to grips with the main sounds that make up words.

Task 1 – Connect the pictures that rhyme.

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Task 2 – Connect the words that rhyme.

bug boy

cat hug

bin cow

run hog

big far

hut pin

toy bat

how bun

pan ban

jog cut

did pig

jar kid

boat foil

seat coat

toad beer

jeer heat

rail snail

boil load

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Task 3 – Think of words that rhyme with at, ot, et, and it.

at

ot

et

it

hat

cat

hot

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There are five vowels in the alphabet – and one that can sometimes

become a vowel. These vowel letters make up the main sound in all words.

Task 1 – Colour the five main vowels in red, the consonants

in blue and the letter that can be both in purple. Then

read them out loud.

Task 2 – Put the missing vowel between the consonants to

make a word.

n_t

p_n

b_g

h_g

r_t

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Task 3 – Put the missing consonants around the vowel to

make a word.

_ a _ _ a _ _ a _

_ e _ _ e _ _ e _

_ i _ _ i _ _ i _

_ o _ _ o _ _ o _

_ u _ _ u _ _ u _

Which set of words rhyme?

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Each vowel can make two main sounds. We call these short and long vowel

sounds. Practising these will help you get to grips with reading and

spelling most words.

Task 1 – Spot the short vowel sounds.

There are five short vowel sounds –

.

Using five different colours, sort the bubbles into groups for each sound.

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Task 2 – Spot the long vowel sounds.

A long vowel sound is a sound which is the same as, or very similar to the

letter name of one of the vowels.

Spot the long vowel sounds in the following words.

cat cap cab cake

lip lit line lid

hut cute nut cut

bet feet leg bee

hop jog hole joke

What letter helps make a long vowel sound?

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Task 1 - Colour the five main vowels in red, the consonants

in blue and the letter that can be both in purple. Then

read them out loud.

Task 2 – Blend consonants to make a new sound.

Read each consonant separately first, then read the ‘voiced’ combination.

Try to think of an example that could go with each one.

f + l = fl

b + l = bl

s + l =

c + l =

p + l =

b + l =

g + l =

s + l = sl

s + t =

s + n =

s + p =

s + w =

s + m =

s + c =

g + r =

t + r =

f + r =

c + r =

b + r =

d + r =

p + r =

s + p + r =

s + t + r =

s + c + r =

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Task 3 – Spot the blends wordsearch

Find ten words that begin with consonant blends.

s p r i n g a d y u

q r t j d s a g g t

d e i r c b m r j r

r e h f e q t o u e

i s g c k p o k k e

p z f r o g n l v e

a p o a l d m c i b

r y n b m e x f b u

c q t s r p l a n e

s n a k e f b u r g

Clues

_ _ e e _ _ o k e _ _ a b _ _ og _ _ ane

_ _ _ ap _ _ ub _ _ _ ing _ _ ip _ _ ake

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Some consonants blend together to make a single new sound. We call

these consonant digraphs or ‘unvoiced’ combinations.

Task 1 – Highlight the consonant digraphs in the words. Connect the

words that are related using different colours.

chip

ship

phone

photo

chin

chap

shop

thumb

shed

thug

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Task 2 – Spot the digraphs wordsearch

c h a t h f a r q t

g d b h i h b s p s

e s a a y s h o n h

e c h t s h u t o i

s t z o j a c h n n

a h x d t m d e f u

h y o m z t e c v s

p r u z k h h l m h

s h r i y i b e d o

c h o p x s z w m u

chat shut the them

this chop chum shin

shot phase that sham

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Task - Put the alphabet in order by writing the correct

number next to each box.

Ss Uu

Aa 1 Ww

Tt Bb

Ee Rr

Pp Dd

Mm Cc

Qq Ii

Vv Nn

Hh Ff

Ll Oo

Gg Jj

Xx Zz 26

Kk Yy

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Task – Using your memory, connect the months of the year

from start to finish.

January February

May March

April June

July

August

September

October

November December

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Booklet title:

I started the booklet on _____________. I finished the booklet on

_____________. It has taken me roughly _______________ to

complete it.

I have completed all of the tasks.

I have completed most of the tasks.

I found the booklet: Easy 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 - 10 Hard…

The easiest task was…

The most difficult task was…

The most important thing I learnt from the tasks was…

Overall, the booklet was…

great good tiring horrible

Or…