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Phonics: ph and wh
Connect P3 Term 1: Unit 5
GoalRead and write words with the sounds ph and wh.
New words
ph · the letters p and h say f, like in phonewh · the letters w and h say w, like in whaledolphin · a clever animal that swims in the seawheel · a car or a bicycle has wheelsphoto · a picture that you take with a camera
Explanation
Two letters can make one sound. The letters ph say f. Say: phone, elephant, dolphin. The letters wh say w. Say: whale, white, wheel. Question words also begin with wh: when, where, what. Listen to the first sound, then look at the letters.
Worked examples
Listen and say the wh words. Find the letters wh in each word.
Where is the white whale? When we go to the sea, we see a dolphin. I take a photo with my phone. The dolphin has a big smile.
Now you. Say three words with ph and three words with wh. Write them in your notebook.
Class activity
Sound sort. The grown-up writes ten words on small cards: phone, photo, elephant, dolphin, alphabet, whale, white, wheel, when, where. The child reads each card aloud and puts it on a ph side or a wh side of the table. Then the child makes a sentence with two of the words.
Practice
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Listen. Which sound is at the start: ph or wh?
…
wh (whale).
2
Look. Which picture has the sound ph in its name: the dolphin or the tree?
The dolphin.
3
Fill in: ele__ant (ph or wh). It is very big.
ph (elephant).
4
Fill in: __ere (ph or wh). We ask: ___ are you?
wh (where).
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Writing: copy ‘a white whale’.
a white whale