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Bo Bear's Nursery Spelling
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This rewarding Bo Bear activity utilises the ?Look, Cover, Write, Check? technique of practising and reinforcing spellings. Pre-set word lists can be presented or lists can be created to suit the needs of the child. Children are rewarded with a range of appealing characters travelling with Bo Bear on her train.
Subjects Covered

FOUNDATION STAGE, LITERACY.
Age Range

3-4-5-6
Communication Language and Literacy.
Learning Objectives

Write CVC words, Spell common irregular words, Vocabulary, Initial sounds Short vowel sounds.

Reception Curriculum Links

LITERACY
W2 knowledge of grapheme/phoneme correspondences through
Hearing and identifying initial sounds in words
Reading letter(s) that represent(s) the sound(s): a-z, ch, sh, th
Writing each letter in response to each sound: a-z, ch, sh, th
Identifying and writing initial and dominant phonemes in spoken words
Identifying and writing initial and final phonemes in consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, e.g. fit, mat, pan. (assumption here that teachers will create their own lists)

W4 to link sound and spelling patterns by:
Using knowledge of rhyme to identify families of rhyming CVC words, e.g. hop, top, mop, fat, mat, pat, etc..
Discriminating ?onsets? from ?rimes? in speech and spelling, e.g. ?tip?, ?sip?, ?skip?, ?flip?,?chip
Identifying alliteration in known and new and invented words
FOUNDATION STAGE
P52 Extend their vocabulary, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words

P60 Hear and say initial sounds in words and short vowel sounds within words. Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet
Year 1 Curriculum Links

LITERACY
Term 1
W11 Spell common irregular words from Appendix List 1. (Reception list all there, assumption here that teachers will create their own words for other lists)


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