Lesson 5 • the word and sound at

Learning objectives Extra assistance

Children will: When making word family lists, teach pupils to run
• identify the sound a. through the alphabet and try each letter as a starting
• recognise the rime at and the word at. sound, looking for the “real” words. For example:
• identify words that contain the rime at. at bat cat dat –> this is not a real word

Statutory Framework for EYFS Classroom activities

The Early Learning Goals in Literacy How does it end?
Word Reading ELG Give the pupils a letter each (b, c, f, h, j, m, p, r or s),
• Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at either written on a card or a magnetic letter. Write
least 10 digraphs. the sounds at and am on the top of the board. Each
pupil comes to the board and writes the words they
Writing ELG
can make using their initial letter and one or both
• Write recognisable letters, most of which are endings. Discuss their words together.
correctly formed.
Letter Pictures
Sight words Provide the pupils with a piece of paper that has a
at, a, I, am large a in the middle:
• trace over the a with a pencil
Word family • draw things that start with a around the letter a
bat, cat, fat, pat, rat, sat, mat, hat and colour them in

Vocabulary words
apple, ant, alien, axe, ambulance, ankle, arrow, astronaut

ESL/ELL
Pupils who speak Spanish, Tagalog or Russian at
home may mispronounce /a/ as /ar/ as in last. Give
them opportunities to practise their pronunciation
with matching pairs of words, like tap and tarp, fat
and father, cap and car.

Reading Eggs TEACH PRACTISE APPLY

Lesson sequence Content and skills Children will:
Hear: Introduce the rime at through identify and read the rime Worksheet 1
Animated Lesson words and the song What at in isolation and in words. Word family
you lookin’ at?

Find: Recognise a word using the find the words mat and I in a Worksheet 2
Catch the Fish and Honey Bees rime at and the word I. group of words. Sight words

Match: Match pictures to words. read key vocabulary and Worksheet 3

Label It and Tiles Identify letters to make a word. match letters to make words. Phonics

Vocabulary: Build vocabulary skills: blend sounds to read and Worksheet 4

Blend a Word and Make a Blend sounds into words. recognise words. Choose the Read and write
Sentence Recognise correct word order correct words to make
for a sentence. a sentence.

Read: Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and Reading Eggs Alphabet book
Book read along. a

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Name

Word families
Lesson 5 • Worksheet 1

1 Match to a picture.

sat cat mat bat

2 Write at words. Complete the matching picture.

cat
bat
sat
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Sight words
Lesson 5 • Worksheet 2
1 Trace and write.
1

2 Read. Tick where you are.

I am at home.
I am at school.
3 Match the words to a picture.

I sat mat

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Name

Phonics
Lesson 5 • Worksheet 3

1 Label each picture. Write the word.

2 Draw a fat cat.

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Name

Read and write

Lesson 5 • Worksheet 4

1 Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

Sam fat
I am
I am

rat hat
I am a
I am a

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aa
a Draw Trace Write
apple

aa
• •
ant

aa
•
alien

aa
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axe

aa
•
ankle

aa
• •
arrow

aa
• •
astronaut
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Activity 1 Activity 2
Write an a each time you read the book. Clap each word as you read.
I read a _____ times!
I counted _____ a words.

Activity 3 Activity 4
Draw an alien eating an apple Find two fruits at the supermarket
with an astronaut. that start with a.
I know words that start with a. I can read the letter a!

Able to read independently

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Aa
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Level Word count Lexile

0 8 BR

Vocabulary words

apple ambulance
ant ankle
alien arrow
axe astronaut

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