Transcript of the "Spell With Phonics" Video Sample
[Funnix programme's computer screen shows the letter combinations ea and ar. This lesson focuses on helping children to make full use of these sounds in knowing how to write words through using phonics.]
You're going to spell words. Some of them have the letter combination ea. Some of them have the letter combination ar.
Listen. Heat. What word? [Children say the word.]
The sounds for heat are /h/ /ee/ /t/. Spell heat. Get ready. [As each letter of the word heat appears on screen, children say the each letter name.]
Listen. Hear. What word? [Children say the word.] Spell hear. Get ready. [As each letter of the word hear appears on screen, children say each letter name.]
Listen. Hard. What word? [Children say the word.]
The sounds for hard are /h/ /ar/ /d/. Spell hard. Get ready. [As each letter of the word hard appears on screen, children say each letter name.]
Listen. Harm. What word? [Children say the word.] Spell harm. Get ready. [As each letter of the word harm appears on screen, children say each letter name.]
[As preparation for the children to write the words by using phonics, a screenshot with a workbook page from the Funnix Workbook appears. The onscreen finger is pointing to the relevant part of the page.]
Find this part of your worksheet. You're going to write some words. Touch line 1 on your worksheet.
Write the word hard on line 1. What word? [Children say the word.] Write it. [Children write in their workbooks. They think of the sounds that make up the word and of the alphabet letters that represent those sounds.]
[Funnix screenshot shows the correct answer.] Here's what you should have. Hard is spelled h a r d.
Write the word hear on line 2. What word? [Children say the word.] Write it. [Children write in their workbooks.] [Funnix screenshot appears with the correct answer.] Here's what you should have. Hear is spelled h e a r.
Write the word heat on line 3. What word? [Children say the word.] Write it. [Children write in their workbooks.] [Funnix screenshot shows the correct answer for children to check after they have used their phonics skills.] Here's what you should have. Heat is spelled h e a t.
Write the word harm on line 4. What word? [Children say the word.] Write it. [Children write in their workbooks.] [Funnix screenshot shows the correct answer.] Here's what you should have. Harm is spelled h a r m.
