Spelling the ‘ar’ Vowel Sound – Phonics Story & Activities – 2 Versions US & UK

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Easily learn many ways the ‘ar’ sound can be spelled with a lively story full of focus sound words. 2 versions are included to accommodate different US and UK/Australian pronunciations. Bring joy and life to your spelling time with our innovative story based approach. We combine the magic of stories with the science of explicit phonics to develop phonemic awareness and easily teach how sounds are spelled in many ways. Read the phonics story together to hear the ‘ar’ sound in words and then choose a follow up activity to set the scene for a successful spelling time for all.

Your students will become confident and competent spellers and they build skills in:

1: Phonemic awareness, hearing sounds in words

2: Phonics, learning all the ways to spell sounds words

The US story and activities contain 43 focus sound words showing 10 ways to spell the ‘ar sound: a, aa, air, ah, al, ar, are, au, ear, ia and ear

The UK/Australian story and activities contain 67 focus sound words showing 11 ways to spell the ‘ar sound: a, aa, air, ah, al, ar, are, au, ear, ia and ear

In this pack, (6 files included in total)

32 Page Phonics Picture Book, 2 versions with 2 sizes per version

(number varies as there are less ways to spell ‘ar’ with US pronunciation)

• full of words that show 10/11 ways the ‘ar’ sound in words can be spelled, 43/67 spelling words included. 
• engaging narrative story in picture book style to captivate imagination, the story has more depth than your usual ‘readers’.
• PDF book in 2 sizes, landscape and square, to cater for different displays
• display on smart board or any device, or print out
• all ‘ar’ letters are printed in green to provide a visual clue that these letters are pronounced as ‘ar’. The rest of the words in the story are reasonably simple, enabling students to read quite quickly.
• complements any spelling methodology

Phonics Activities, 2 versions: use sequentially or to suit individual ability, (number varies as there are less ways to spell ‘ar’ with US pronunciation)

• Beginning Sound: 2 or 3 activities to hear beginning sounds in words
• Circle the Picture: 2 or 3 activities to match pictures and words and recognise ‘ar’ grapheme
• Circle the Word: 2 or 3 activities to match pictures and words and recognise ‘ar’ grapheme 
• Circle the Spelling: 2 or 3 activities to recognise correct ‘ar’ spelling 
• Sounding Out: 3 or 5 activities to segment words into phonemes and recognise ‘ar’ graphemes 
• Missing Letters: 2 or 3 activities to choose the correct letters to spell the ‘ar’ sound
• Rhyming Words: 2 activities to recognise words that rhyme 
• Word Lists: 43 or 67 ‘ar’ sound words grouped in grapheme families