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Phonics: ng and sp; light and dark
Connect P3 Term 1: Unit 3
GoalHear the sounds ng and sp, and name light and dark colours.
New words
ring · jewellery for a fingerstring · a thin ropespider · a small animal with eight legsspoon · you eat soup with itdark · not light; like the night
Explanation
The letters n and g together say ng, like in sing, ring and string. We hear ng at the end of a word. The letters s and p together say sp, like in spider, spoon, spaghetti and sports. We hear sp at the start of a word. Colours can be light or dark. Add white to make a colour light: light blue. Add black to make it dark: dark blue.
Worked examples
| Colour | Light | Dark |
|---|---|---|
| blue | light blue | dark blue |
| green | light green | dark green |
| brown | light brown | dark brown |
Listen and say. Find sp in each word.
Rania is singing in the kitchen. She has a spoon in her hand. She cooks spaghetti for lunch. After lunch she plays sports with her cousin. A spider walks on a long string near the window.
Now you. Write ng and sp in the air. Then write them three times on paper.
Class activity
Sound hunt and colour mix. Find five things at home with ng or sp in the name (spoon, ring, string, spider, sport) and say the sound. Then mix paint: add white to blue for light blue and black for dark blue.
Practice
1
Listen. Does the word end with ng or start with sp?
…
It ends with ng.
2
Look. Which picture has sp in its name: the spider or the sun?
The spider.
3
Look. Which picture has ng in its name: the ring or the cloud?
The ring.
4
Fill in: __oon (sp or ng?). You eat soup with it.
sp (spoon).
5
Mix white with blue. Is it light blue or dark blue?
light blue.
6
Writing: copy ‘a long string’.
a long string