a (ar)
By now your student may have realised that letters sometimes don't make the obvious sound - i.e. the initial sounds they learnt for the alphabet rhyme.
We have left these until last to cause as little confusion as possible. Here we will focus on a letter that may not be a problem for you if you are northern UK, but for us southerners they need special attention. Northerners can just read and spell these words as if they were short vowel 'a' words.
Southerners will need to know that in these words, 'a' is making an 'ar' sound.
Do not make a flashcard. Just let your child sound them out and see if they can work out how they would say it and just explain that in these words we need to change the 'a' to 'ar'. Explain about differences in dialect around the country. Maybe you know someone who pronounces some words differently to yourselves
By now your student may have realised that letters sometimes don't make the obvious sound - i.e. the initial sounds they learnt for the alphabet rhyme.
We have left these until last to cause as little confusion as possible. Here we will focus on a letter that may not be a problem for you if you are northern UK, but for us southerners they need special attention. Northerners can just read and spell these words as if they were short vowel 'a' words.
Southerners will need to know that in these words, 'a' is making an 'ar' sound.
Do not make a flashcard. Just let your child sound them out and see if they can work out how they would say it and just explain that in these words we need to change the 'a' to 'ar'. Explain about differences in dialect around the country. Maybe you know someone who pronounces some words differently to yourselves
Level 1 ask bath path class grass fast last past after father |
More words to read half flask nasty glass class rather banana grandfather |
Odd Words for reading:
eight
eighteen
eight
eighteen
Dictation: Revise /ow/:
On Thursday Tom joins a crowd on a train going to town. He is going to see his sister. He has to sit on his heavy case as he cannot sit down. He has five cakes for her in a brown bag.
Teaching Notes:
·· For some dialects, this family may sound as as per /a/ as in /cat/, especially for those towards the north of the country. For those further south we list it as a new sound. explain to your pupils that in these words, the ‘a’ is saying /ar/. So we make an /ar/ sound in these words.
· You may need to revise /ar/ words this week ad sort the words into the correct family.
· Remind the pupil of the comma after thoughts: He can cut the lawn for her, he thinks.
· Assess past lessons and check particularly for these words: dinner, bread.
On Thursday Tom joins a crowd on a train going to town. He is going to see his sister. He has to sit on his heavy case as he cannot sit down. He has five cakes for her in a brown bag.
Teaching Notes:
·· For some dialects, this family may sound as as per /a/ as in /cat/, especially for those towards the north of the country. For those further south we list it as a new sound. explain to your pupils that in these words, the ‘a’ is saying /ar/. So we make an /ar/ sound in these words.
· You may need to revise /ar/ words this week ad sort the words into the correct family.
· Remind the pupil of the comma after thoughts: He can cut the lawn for her, he thinks.
· Assess past lessons and check particularly for these words: dinner, bread.
Sentences to practice reading
Sam and Pam will ride their bikes along the path by the river.
I was the last one in the line to go in.
At half past eight we have breakfast.
I was the last one to get home.
I will ask Father about the bird we saw on the lawn.
Are you next after me?
Is the bath water hot yet?
Sam and Pam will ride their bikes along the path by the river.
I was the last one in the line to go in.
At half past eight we have breakfast.
I was the last one to get home.
I will ask Father about the bird we saw on the lawn.
Are you next after me?
Is the bath water hot yet?