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KS1&2 Literacy (National Strategy)- Year One - Term Two

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	Steer your submarine up through a tunnel and find the correct spellings as you go.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: NLS Y1 T1, W4: To discriminate and segment all three phonemes in CVC words; T2, W3: to segment clusters in to phonemes for spelling; T3, W1: the common spelling patterns for each of the long vowel phonemes: ee, ai, ie, oa, oo; W5: to recognise words by common spelling patterns. NC English KS1 Writing: Spelling 4b: use their knowledge of sound-symbol relationship and phonological patterns; 4c: recognise and use simple spelling patterns.
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	Listen to a word, then choose the correct written version on the screen.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: NLS: Y1, T2, W6: to read on site approx. 30 more high frequency words from Appendix List 1. NC KS1 - En2 Reading 1f: read on sight high frequency words and other familiar words.
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	Matching pictures of everyday objects with the initial letter for each object's name.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: ELG Hear and say initial and final sounds in words, and short vowel sounds within words. NLS Reception: Word level 2: Knowledge of grapheme/ phoneme correspondences through hearing and identifying initial sounds in words. Word level 3: Sounding and naming each letter of the alphabet; Y1, T1: word level 2: to practice and secure alphabetic letter knowledge; word level 3: to practice and secure the ability to hear initial phonemes. NC KS1: Phonemic awareness and phonic knowledge b) Sound and name the letters of the alphabet.
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	Matching pictures of everyday objects with their corresponding words.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: ELG Begin to recognise some familiar words. NLS Reception, W5: To read on sight a range of high frequency words. Y1, T1: word level 7: to read on sight high frequency words. NC KS1: Word recognition and graphic knowledge f) Read on sight high-frequency words and other familiar words.
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