Jolly Phonics Tricky Word Wall Flowers

Teach and reinforce 72 tricky-to-spell words with these fun word flowers. Stick to your classroom wall to create an attractive display. As each tricky word is taught it can be placed around the tricky word hat. Set is colour coded into 6 sets of 12 tricky word flowers (135mm), to help children identify the word they want.

Reasons to Love:

• Use these Tricky Word Wall Flowers to teach children the common exception words which do not fit the phonic pattern.

• When children are able to read these words automatically, their speed, fluency and confidence will develop as they apply phonics to other words.

• When the words have been taught, they can be added to the working wall, as a reminder of what they have been taught, and as a visual aid for spelling.

Learning Outcomes:

Year 1

• Alongside knowledge of GPCs, pupils need to develop the skill of blending the sounds into words for reading. This will be supported by practice in reading books consistent with their developing phonic knowledge and skill and their knowledge of common exception words.

Year 1 Reading

• Read common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word

Year 1 Notes and Guidance

• Pupils should revise and consolidate the GPCs and the common exception words taught in Reception.

Year 1 writing Transcription

• Pupils should be taught to spell common exception words