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Phonics activities at St Bede Weds 14 th Jan Jo Rhys-Jones Primary Languages Consultant

What could these phrases really mean…? Thanks Peter God Festival Le petit téléphone Animal Face The baby cheeses

Why? to improve listening skills which affects all areas of the curriculum to aid pronunciation, which is not the same as accent to help reinforce children’s knowledge of English phonemes/graphemes through comparing & contrasting to link the sounds with the spellings which helps children learn to read in the target language

Won’t it confuse children? No, it’s not the letters & sounds program You might choose to focus on just one or two sounds per term or unit. Use the opportunity to exploit the comparison with English

‘ch’ How many words do we know in English with this spelling? Divide them into groups – what do you notice?

What sound does a cow make with no lips?

Practise making the sound Invent an action together to help kinaesthetic learners Pass the letter bag. Virtual tennis

How could you teach these words? vous nous choux genou Other words you might include or refer to: loup tout souris poule

Listen and pass the object when you hear the ‘ou’ sound O3.1 Listen and respond to simple rhymes, stories and songs Identify rhyming words. Perform finger rhymes and sing songs. Join in with storytelling. Identify specific sounds, phonemes and words. Recognise commonly used rhyming sounds. Remember rhyming words. Use gesture or mime to show they understand.

Savez-vous planter les choux? Savez-vous planter les choux À la mode, à la mode? Savez-vous planter les choux À la mode de chez nous? On les plante avec la main À la mode, à la mode On les plante avec la main À la mode de chez nous On les plante avec… Le pied Le genou La tête

Does it help when you see the words written as lyrics?

Dix dans le lit Ils sont dix dans le lit Et le petit dit Poussez-vous, poussez-vous! Tout le monde bouge Un tombe par terre Ils sont neuf dans le lit…

Dix dans le lit Ils sont dix dans le lit Et le petit dit Poussez-vous, poussez-vous! Tout le monde bouge Un tombe par terre Ils sont neuf dans le lit…

on cochon oncle ongle on ronron Les lettres on sont ensemble pour produire un son nasal.

Ah bon! Du poisson? Non. Du jambon? Non. Des champignons? Non. Du melon? Non! Alors quoi donc? Des cornichons! Ah bon!

Online support with pronunciation in French Goes right up to native speaker level and really tests your own listening skills

Mystery sound cards:

Predict the spelling Using Mini whiteboards Tell the children that you’re going to say a word and they have to try & write it down correctly. They have to really listen to the whole word, not just for the grapheme (use short words!!).

Distinguish between sounds Stick up to 4 pieces of paper with a different grapheme on in the corners of the room. When the teacher says a word in the target language, the children have to point to the right corner to show which sound they’ve heard. Extend this to reading out a poem.

Sound posters Ask the children to choose a specific grapheme & make a poster to help people remember how it sounds They can write down words which use that grapheme & highlight it, put pictures on, etc.

Sounds of the Rainforest Each pair has a set of cards with some French words broken into several parts. The children discuss in groups how to say their collection of letters Then they walk around the room repeating their sound until they find partners to make the complete word.

Extension activities.

Six souris Sans soucis Sortent de leurs six trous. Quand le chat Vit tout ça. S’en fut chercher six chats.

Links to word level Memorising words and spelling strategies Phonics Using syllables Visual techniques – vowels and consonants Cognates/near cognates Cognates/near cognates Rhyming strings Dictionary skills

Dictionary Skills (1) abeille zèbre cochon éléphant pingouin abeillezèbrecochonéléphantpingouin

Dictionary Skills (2) bonnet bille bête banane bulle bananebullebêtebillebonnet

Assessment Opportunity I can sort words into dictionary order by their first two letters I can sort words into dictionary order by their first letter

eu sound ère sound