Spelling - ir

The educational material provided outlines a series of interactive activities designed to help children recognise and practise the 'ir' sound in words. The lesson begins with visual aids, where children are presented with images of words containing the 'ir' sound, such as 'girl', 'stir', and 'birthday'. Teachers are encouraged to sound out these words with the class, prompting the students to blend the sounds and articulate each word aloud. This phonemic awareness is further reinforced through activities that require the children to add sound buttons to words, a visual method of representing individual sounds with dots for single sounds and dashes for digraphs, where two or three letters make one sound.

Subsequent activities are designed to build upon the children's phonics knowledge. Children are tasked with creating words from a given set of letters, labelling pictures with the correct 'ir' word, and identifying 'ir' words hidden within a grid of letters. In a more challenging exercise, they must fill in missing 'ir' words from dictated sentences, honing their listening and spelling skills. The lesson plan includes a 'caterpillar game' that encourages peer interaction and spelling practice, as well as a 'spell check' where children write out 'ir' words from dictation, allowing for self-assessment. The lesson concludes with reminders for homework practice and includes printable versions of activities for flexible classroom use. Additionally, there are bingo games, challenge cards, flash cards, and even a section on 'alien words' to extend learning and make phonics practice enjoyable.