Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to delete and change sounds in words when writing poetry. 

I can hear and name sounds in a word.

I can take away a sound and add another to make a new word.

I can discuss how I have manipulated sounds to make new words. 

VOCABULARY

Sound manipulation

Sound manipulation is the act of rearranging or changing individual sounds (phonemes) in a word to create new words (real or made-up).

For example in the words “fit, sit, bit” we are changing the first sound to make a new word.  

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Children can make a list of words and make new words by deleting or substituting a sound they hear. 

• Hat - Bat (first sound changed)
• Bat - Bot (middle sound changed)

Bot - Bob (Last sound changed)