This literacy teaching pack for Reception aged children in the Foundation Stage gets the class to practise adding the short vowel u phoneme sound to complete different cvc words.

The class can identify and match words with the same sound before adding the short vowel letter to complete a word defined by an example illustration to show its meaning.

Download this teaching pack including lesson plans, classroom activities and interactive presentations to teach the children to practise adding the short vowel u phoneme sound to complete different cvc words

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the spelling of different cvc words with the short vowel u phoneme, cards to identify and group matching sets of different cvc words that contain the short vowel u phoneme sound and a worksheet to practise adding the short vowel u phoneme sound to complete different cvc words and add matching illustrations to indicate their meanings.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the spelling and meaning of different cvc words with the short vowel u phoneme sound.

This lesson can support development in exploring the spelling of different cvc words with the same short vowel sound. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and an interactive presentation to introduce concepts and key skills.

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