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Phonics: th
Connect P2 Term 1: Unit 2
GoalHear and say the sound th and find it in words.
New words
three · the number 3tooth · you chew with itmouth · you eat and speak with itbath · you wash in itthumb · the biggest finger
Explanation
The letters t and h together say th. Put the tip of your tongue between your teeth and blow softly: th, th, th. Say: three, tooth, mouth, bath, thumb. In some words th is at the start, and in some it is at the end.
Worked examples
Listen and say. Find the th.
Three children are in the bath. Karim has a clean mouth and a clean tooth.
Now you. Write th in the air. Then write it on paper three times.
Class activity
Tongue game. The child puts the tongue between the teeth for every word with th that the grown-up says. Words: three, bus, tooth, bath, cat, mouth, thumb. Do not move the tongue for the others.
Practice
1
Listen. Does the word have th: bath or bus?
…
bath.
2
Look. Which picture has th: a tooth or a sun?
The tooth.
3
Look. Which picture has th: a mouth or a cat?
The mouth.
4
Fill in: ___ree (t or th?).
th (three).
5
Writing: write th three times. Then copy ‘tooth’.
th th th tooth