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Phonics: air and ear
Connect P3 Term 1: Unit 4
GoalRead and write words with the sounds air and ear.
New words
air · the sound in hair, chair and pairear · the sound in ear, hear and nearhair · it grows on your headbeard · hair on a man’s facepair · two things that go together
Explanation
Today we learn two sounds. The letters air say air, like in hair, chair and pair. The letters ear say ear, like in ear, hear and near. Look at the letters in each word. Say the word slowly, then say it fast. Clap once for each word you read.
Worked examples
Listen and say the ear words. Find the letters ear in each word.
Near the stairs there is a blue chair. A girl with long hair sits on the chair. She wears a pair of red shoes. She can hear her grandfather near the door. Her grandfather has a white beard.
Now you. Say three words with air and three words with ear. Write them in your notebook.
Class activity
Sound hunt. The child walks around the house and finds things or people with the sounds air or ear in the name: a chair, hair, an ear, a pair of socks, stairs. The grown-up writes each word on a card. The child sorts the cards into two piles: air and ear.
Practice
1
Listen. Which sound do you hear: air or ear?
…
ear (near).
2
Look. Which picture has the sound ear in its name: the ear or the cat?
The ear.
3
Fill in: ch__ (air or ear). You sit on it.
air (chair).
4
Fill in: b__d (air or ear). A man can have one on his face.
ear (beard).
5
Writing: copy ‘a pair of chairs near the stairs’.
a pair of chairs near the stairs