Every day students in PYP 2 explore letter-sounds, short phonetic words and sight words in different contexts.
Take a look at some pictures from their work:
PYP 2 Beta
Children joining in the reading of the story "The three fat cats"
Group of readers: Pointing words to keep track and check their reading
Building sentences
Sorting out word families
Sounding out words
Reviewing initial sounds
Writing sentences
PYP 2 SIGMA
Short phonetic word puzzle
Identifying middle sounds (vowels) in short words
Reading and matching pictures to words
Popcorn sight word - Pick a popcorn, read the word, write it down and crumple up the paper
Letter cubes - build short words for the pictures
Fish a word, read it and write it down
Alphabet puzzle - order the letters of the alphabet following the picture
Fried egg sight word - Fry an egg, read the word and write it down
Build letters following the instructions
Reading and free writing
Book making station.
Exploring stories in the library.
Listening to stories on the computer.
Reading together in book groups.
Practising Handwriting.
Learning, matching, and writing words from our stories.
Playing beginning sound I-spy.
Using the moveable alphabet.
Making three letter words.
Beginning sound bingo.
Beginning sound match.
Matching pictures to sentences, and writing them.
Drawing and writing.
Word puzzles.