Phase 4a Daily Lesson Planner

1. ‘Sound-talk’ and blend the first three graphemes (e.g. t-e-n ten).

2. Ask the children to do the same.

3. Sound-talk the word again, t-e-n and as you say the n then add the final consonant /t/ and say -t tent.

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /m/, /d/, /g/,  /o/, c 

Teach: Blending for reading cvcc words

Blending: d-e-n-t, f-e-l-t, g-u-l-p, l-a-m-p, w-i-n-d, l-a-n-d, h-u-m-p, c-a-m-p, t-e-n-t 

Tricky word: there

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘I lost my best hat.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /k/, ck, /e/ /u/, /r/, /h/, /b/, /f/, ff, /l/, ll, /ss/ 

Teach: Segmenting for spelling cvcc words

Blending:  w-e-n-t, h-e-l-p, j-u-s-t, t-e-n-t, b-e-l-t, h-u-m-p, b-a-n-d, b-e-s-t   

Tricky word: so

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘It is fun to camp in a tent.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /v/, /w/, x,  /y/, /z/ zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/

Teach: cvcc words that include consonant digraphs

Blending:  ch-a-m-p, sh-i-f-t, ch-e-s-t, sh-e-l-f, t-e-n-th, th-e-f-t, th-u-m-p   

Tricky word: were

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘It is fun to camp in a tent.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/

Teach: cvcc words that include vowel digraphs

Blending:  j-oi-n-t, b-oo-s-t, r-ao-s-t, t-oa-s-t, b-ea-s-t, p-ai-n-t, b-ur-n-t

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘He had burnt toast for lunch.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: Blending for reading polysyllabic words  

Blending: ch-i-l-d-r-e-n, sh-a-m-p-oo, h-e-l-p-d-e-s-k

Tricky words: he, she, we

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘She had a sandwich in her lunchbox.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: Blending for reading polysyllabic words  

Blending: ch-i-l-d-r-e-n, sh-a-m-p-oo, h-e-l-p-d-e-s-k

Tricky words: he, she, we

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘She had a sandwich in her lunchbox.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /m/, /d/, /g/,  /o/, c 

Teach: Blending for reading ccvc words  

Blending:  f-r-o-m, g-r-i-p, s-t-o-p, g-l-a-d, s-p-o-t, t-w-i-n, f-r-o-g, s-t-e-p, p-l-u-m, p-l-a-n 

Apply: Read/write the sentence  ‘I went with my twin to get the frogs.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /k/, ck, /e/ /u/, /r/, /h/, /b/, /f/, ff, /l/, ll, /ss/ 

Teach: Segmenting for spelling ccvc words

Blending:  g-r-a-n, s-w-i-m, t-r-i-p, c-l-a-p, g-r-a-b, d-r-o-p, s-p-i-n, f-l-a-g

Tricky word: like

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘I like to go on a trip with my gran.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /j/, /v/, /w/, x,  /y/, /z/ zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/

Teach: cvcc words that include consonant digraphs

Blending:  g-l-a-ss, s-p-e-ck, t-r-a-ck, f-r-e-sh, 

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘I had a glass of fresh milk.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/

Teach: ccvc words that include vowel digraphs

Blending:  g-r-ee-n, f-l-air, c-l-ear, s-p-ee-ch, t-r-ai-l, t-r-ai-n, s-m-ear, s-t-ee-p, c-r-ea-m 

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘I took a trip on a train.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: Blending for reading polysyllabic words  

Blending: t-r-ee-t-o-p, s-t-ar-l-igh-t, f-l-oa-t-i-ng, f-r-e-sh-n-e-ss 

Tricky words: was, you

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘The sunlight lit up the treetops.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /m/, /d/, /g/,  /o/, c 

Teach: Blending for reading ccvcc words  

Blending:  s-t-a-n-d, c-r-u-s-t, c-r-i-s-p, t-r-a-m-p, t-r-e-n-d  

Tricky word: have

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘Brent spent a week in Spain.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /m/, /d/, /g/,  /o/, c 

Teach segmenting for spelling ccvcc words:

s-t-a-n-d, c-r-u-s-t  

Blending: g-r-u-n-t, t-r-u-s-t, c-r-e-p-t, s-p-e-n-d, d-r-i-f-t      

Tricky word: what

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘I can hear twigs snapping in the wind

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /j/, /v/, /w/, x,  /y/, /z/ zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/

Teach: ccvcc words that include consonant digraphs

Blending:   c-r-u-n-ch, d-r-e-n-ch, t-r-e-n-ch, G-r-i-n-ch, th-r-u-s-t

Apply: Read/write the sentence  ‘The thrush nest had three eggs in it.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: Blending for reading polysyllabic words  

Blending:  d-r-i-f-t-w-oo-d, t-w-i-s-t-i-ng, p-r-i-n-t-er

Apply: Read/write the sentence  ‘The driftwood floated in the pond.’

1. Point to the first letter and all say it together (e.g. ssssss). 

2. Point to the next consonant and slide them together and continue to sound-talk and blend the rest of the word.

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /m/, /d/, /g/,  /o/, c

Teach: Blending for reading ccvcc words

Blending: s-t-r-a-p, s-c-r-a-p   

Tricky word: some, come

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘A frog jumped out of the scrub.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: cccvcc words that include vowel digraphs

Blending: s-p-r-i-ng, s-t-r-i-ng, s-t-r-ee-t        

Tricky word: do

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘Come and see my scrap of string.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /j/, /v/, /w/, x,  /y/, /z/ zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/

Teach: cccvcc words that include consonant digraphs

Blending:   s-c-r-u-n-ch 

Apply: Read/write the sentence  A light started flashing on my printer.’