Jolliff, Rhiannon / Word Works

*Please note that due to the new Common Core Standards, we are rearranging the order that we study our words. Check your newsletter for the correct list of words and you can find corresponding activities here!*

Miss Jolliff's class is word smart!

On this page you will find:
the weekly phonics rules that we study. I'm currently working on adding all of the word family and sight words as well.
ideas for activities to practice the weekly word wall words at home,
with downloadable practice pages,
links to online activities

Printable practice pages (for extra practice or if you misplaced your spelling packet):
Instruction page
Rainbow Writing
Pyramid Writing
Roll the Die
Word Ladders
Same Beginning, Same Ending
Alphabet Letter Cards (cut out letters and paste to make the word wall words)
Write it, Make it, Change it, Write it

Here is a Powerpoint with sample activities that we do in class to work on our word wall words. Each week the sentences/words change to match our new list/phonics rule.
Sitton Apple Activities
Apple Activities with sh/th Be sure to check the notes section at the bottom of the PPT for instructions/tips!

Cowboys and Chickens sight word game
Hands-On Ideas (Some are messy, but very fun!)
1. Find the words in newspapers or magazines and highlight or cut them out...   OR... cut out letters and glue them together to make the words.
2. Use fingerpaint to paint the words.
3. Roll out play dough "snakes" and bend and twist them to make the letters in each word.
4. Put salt or shaving cream on a plate or table and write the words in the salt or shaving cream.
5. Use Twizzler Pull N Peels to spell the words, then eat them!
6. Spell the words with Alpha-Bits or alphabet letter noodles, then have a tasty snack!

Weekly lists with links to corresponding activties:

Introduction: vowels and consonants:

vowels video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/vowels/load.htm?f
Vowel Boot Camp: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/vowelboot.html

Week 1: short a (-am, -ap, -at)
word family words: tap, map, mat, hat, pat, at, ham, am
sight words: I, to, is, the

If You Can Read... music video featuring -at, -en, and -op families: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/ifyoucan.html

-at make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/at/load.htm?f

short a book: http://www.starfall.com/n/short-a/sa/load.htm?f

Week 2: short a (-ad, -an, -and)
word family words: sad, mad, an, can, tan, and, cat, sat, cap (review -at & -ap)
sight words: he, be, me

-an make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/an/load.htm?f
Lonely vowel (-e at the end word): http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/the-lonely-vowel/load.htm?f

Week 3: short i (-in, -ip, -it)
word family words: pin, hip, it, sit, did, and, hand, sand (review -and family)
sight words: as, the, he, of

-ip make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/ip/load.htm?f

short i interactive story: http://www.starfall.com/n/short-i/si/load.htm?f

Week 4: short a and short i (new family -ig)
Word family words: fat, fan, fast, if, fin, pig, big, dig
Sight words: see, go, or, we
We are still working on: short vowels, adding, deleting, substituting letters to make new words.
For example, here are verbal instructions that would be given and the students would use letter tiles or a dry erase board to complete the activity:

                                       Add a letter to am to make ham.
                                       Change one letter to make ham into hat.
                                       Change the vowel to make hat into hit.
                                       Change the last letter to make hit into hip.
                                       Add a letter to the beginning to make ship.
                                       Take off the sh and add a blend to make slip.

Try this at home with short a and short i words! Make letter cards here.

-ig make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/ig/load.htm?f

Week 5: short o: (-og, -op, -ot, -ox)
Word family words: frog, stop, top, hot, box, fox, fix, six (short i continuation)
Sight words: do, says, have, by

If You Can Read... music video featuring -at, -en, and -op families: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/ifyoucan.html

Music Video, "Sloppy Pop:" http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/sloppypop.html

-og make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/og/load.htm?f

-ot make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/ot/load.htm?f

short o interactive story: http://www.starfall.com/n/short-o/so/load.htm?f

Week 6: -ar (also known as the pirate letters)
When r follows a, a doesn't get to make it's own sound. Instead, it makes the pirate sound!
Word family words: car, bar, far, star, barn, arm, farm, hard
Sight words: are, my, you, was

"The -ar Song:" http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/arsong.html

-ar make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/control-ar/load.htm?f

-ar interactive story: http://www.starfall.com/n/control-ar/ar/load.htm?f

Week 7: short u (-ug, -un, -up)
Word family words: bug, rug, fun, run, up, cup, but, zip (-ip review)
Sight words: me, do, with, this

-ug make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/ug/load.htm?f

short u interactive story: http://www.starfall.com/n/short-u/su/load.htm?f

Grubby Pup short u video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/grubbypup.html

Week 8: short e (-en, -et)
Word family words: let, wet, yet, help, lock, clock, duck, deck
Sight words: for, said, they, have

If You Can Read... music video featuring -at, -en, and -op families: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/ifyoucan.html

-en make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/en/load.htm?f

-et make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/et/load.htm?f

short e book: http://www.starfall.com/n/short-e/se/load.htm?f

Sven Sent short e video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/svensaid.html

Gawain's word: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/gawain.html
Now we have learned all of the short vowels! Here are some review activities:

If You Can Read... music video featuring -at, -en, and -op families: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/ifyoucan.html

Between the Lions Blending Bowl (like Gawain's word): http://pbskids.org/lions/games/blending.html

Between the Lions Chicken Stacker: http://pbskids.org/lions/games/stacker.html

Between the Lions Pounce- http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html

Making words with Clifford the Big Red Dog:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/vowels/index.htm
Hint: You can drop new vowels over the words you already made to make new words.

Short vowel Memory: http://www.starfall.com/n/matching/short-vowels/load.htm?f

Week 9: sh and th
When s and h are together, they don't make their own sounds. Instead they work together to make the quiet sound. We put our left index finger up to our lips and make the "sh" sound to remind us!

Word family words: this, that, thin, with, shark, shop, fish, wish
Sight words: what, when, for, are

sh video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/sh/load.htm?f

sh song/video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/shush.html

When t and h are together, they make a new sound, too. Put your left thumb on your chin... it's like a button that pushes your tongue between your teeth to make "th." Th can be voiced (like the) or not voiced (thin).

th video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/th/load.htm?f

Week 10: ch
To make the ch sound, make a c with your left hand and make it "chug" across like a train. Ch-ch-ch-ch!

Word family words: chin, chip, chick, lunch, inch, much, shell, math
Sight words: she, her, his, from

ch video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/ch/load.htm?f

Dixie Chimps ch song: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/dixiechimps.html

Cha Cha cha video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/chachacha.html

Week 11: silent e (working on long a families -ake, -ale, -ate)
When e is at the end of a word, it can jump back over one consonant and boss the vowel (a,e, i, o, or u) around. It makes that vowel say its own name. Bossy e is so tired after all its bossing that it is too tired to make its own sound.

Word family words: ate, gate, cake, rake, made, whale, shape, tape
Sight words: were, you, one, what

silent (but bossy) e video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/silent-e/load.htm?f

long a make-a-word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/silent-e/load.htm?f

long a picture hunt: http://www.starfall.com/n/picture-hunt/long-a/load.htm?f

long a picture hunt: http://www.starfall.com/n/picture-hunt/long-a/load.htm?f

long a game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-a-e.html

Week 12: soft c (sounds like s) and hard s (sounds like z), long i (-ide family)
When c and e are together, they make the s sound (nice).
When se is at the end of a word, they make the z sound (nose).

Long i and long o: mice, nice, hide, ride, nose, rose, drove, vote, like
Sight words: (like), all, yes, no

Two Sounds Made By C video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/twosounds.html

long i: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-i-e.html

long i story: http://www.starfall.com/n/long-i/li/load.htm?f

make-a-word long i: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/long-i/load.htm?f

Week 13: hard s, u_e (u followed by a consonant, then bossy e), ee
Remember the rules for hard s (se sounds like z) and bossy e (jumps back over one letter to make the vowel say its name).

This week we learn that when vowel teams go a walkin' the first vowel does the talkin.'
(We talk about how the 2nd vowel is just holding the first vowel's hand and helping it... the 2nd vowel does not make a sound!)
This is a VERY important rule that will help us read and write SO many words!

Here's videos and some games:

Vowel Boot Camp video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/vowelboot.html

Two Vowels Go Walking video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/twovowels.html

video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/two-vowel/load.htm?f

song/video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/doublee.html

double ee make-a-word game: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/long-e/load.htm?f

double ee interactive story: http://www.starfall.com/n/long-e/le/load.htm?f

ee game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ee-2.html

ee: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ee.html

Week 14: vowel teams: ea   (also 3 letter blends and qu)
Remember that when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking!

Vowel sorting game: http://www.starfall.com/n/sorting/two-vowels/load.htm?f

ea game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ea-2.html

ea: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ea.html

Challenge!
ee/ea discrimination: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ee-ea.html

Q without u song/video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/qwithoutu.html

Week 15: -y as long e, ai, ay
Our new rule this week is that when y is at the end of the word, it acts like a vowel. This means instead of making the y sound (like yellow), it sounds like a long vowel. This week we are working on y as long e like in baby.

This week's words:
Y as long e: lady, baby, pony
Y at the end of a word serves as a long vowel, either long e or long i. It also makes the other vowel long if there is only one consonant between them.
ai: rain, mail, pail, play, say
Remember that when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and it says its own name!
sight words: once, come, was, with

y as a vowel video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/y-vowel/play.htm?f

y as e picture hunt: http://www.starfall.com/n/picture-hunt/y-as-e/load.htm?f

y as e story: http://www.starfall.com/n/y-as-e/y-as-e/load.htm?f

Review rule from weeks 13 and 14 and apply to ai and ay:
Remember that when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking!

Vowel sorting game: http://www.starfall.com/n/sorting/two-vowels/load.htm?f

ay game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ay.html

ai: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ai.html

Challenge! a_e and ay discrimination:
http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-a-e-ay.html

Week 16: igh and -y as long i

igh: high, right, night, sight
y as long i: try, cry, dry, fly, why, by
sight words: why, they, this, by

Now when we read, we should know to try either long i or long e when we see a word that ends in y! Trying both vowel sounds is one of our reading strategies to help us with accuracy!

-igh game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-igh.html

Play another fun game to help you:
http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-igh-y.html

i_e and igh: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-i-e-igh.html

y as i: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-y.html

Week 17: ow/oa/oe/o
These letters all make the long o sound.

Here is a game to help you: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oa-ow.html

Vowel sorting game: http://www.starfall.com/n/sorting/two-vowels/load.htm?f

Lonely vowel video: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/the-lonely-vowel/load.htm?f

oa game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oa-2.html
another oa game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oa.html

ow: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ow.html

Challenge!
oa/ow discrimination: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oa-ow.html

Dixie Chimps sing long o: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/dixiechimps.html The video is after ch and oo.

Week 18: ow/ew/ue
-Ow makes the long o sound like snow, but it can also make the sound like you are hurt... "Ow!"

ow: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ow-2.html

Week 19: ou/au/aw
house, mouse, shout, about, August, because, hawk, paw, draw, saw, were, who
Last week we learned that -ow can make the sound like you hurt yourself- Ow! So can -ou... ouch! Ou likes to be at the beginning or middle of a word/syllable, while ow likes to be at the end of a word or syllable. For some reason, -ow also likes to be before just -n or lust -l like grown or growl. Don't ask us why!

Here is a game to help with ou/ow discrimination:
http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ou-ow.html

ou: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ou.html

aw: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-aw.html

More links:
Get Cando Home (au)
Get Cando Home (aw)
For more dipthong activities, click here and scroll down to the combination you would like to practice!

Week 20: oo/ue/ew
These letters all make the same sound. Oo likes to be in the middle of a word or syllable, while ue and ew like to be at the end.

"Cool" video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/twovowels.html

Sam Spud oo video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/samspud.html

"Double o, oo" Video: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/doubleo.html

Make sure you read the words to a grown-up as you play these games!
oo: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oo-2.html and
     http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oo.html

ew: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ew.html

Challenge!
oo/ew discrimination: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ew-oo.html

Week 21: oo as in look
Last week we learn the oo sound in food. This week, we learned that we can try two sounds for oo.

Week 22: oi/oy
Oi and oy make the same sound. Oi likes to be at the beginning or middle of a syllable, oy likes to be at the end of a word/syllable.

oi: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oi.html

oy: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oy.html

Challenge!
oi/oy discrimination game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-oi-oy.html

Week 23: ph/wr
Ph makes the f sound and wr makes the r sound (the w is silent).

Week 24: adding suffixes -er and -ed

Week 25: er/ir/ur (r controlled vowels)

-er make a word: http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/control-r/load.htm?f

R-controlled vowel interactive story: http://www.starfall.com/n/control-r/r/load.htm?f

R- controlled word sort: http://www.starfall.com/n/sorting/r-controlled/load.htm?f

er game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-er.html

ir game: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-ir.html

Challenge!
er/ir discrimination: http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-er-ir.html

or (another r-controlled pair): http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/long-vowel-phonemes-or.html

Week 26: -dge

Week 27: i by itself as long i

Week 28: variant vowel o- -alk, -all

Week 29: adding -ing

-ing song: http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/withouting.html

Week 30: soft g (like George)

Music Video from Between the Lions:, "The Two Sounds of G: " http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/twosoundsg.html

Week 31: y as a vowel; changing y to i (-ies, -ier, -iest)

The Good, Better, Best Trampolini Game: http://pbskids.org/lions/games/
This game explores the concept of comparison, which is tied to adding -ier and -iest. Click on the man with the drums to start the game.

Week 32: -le

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