South Africa

P Phonics

• P.1 Identifies rhyming words in well known rhymes and songs such as Humpty Dumpty

  • Which two words have the same ending? (R-F.2)
  • Choose the picture that rhymes with the word (R-F.3)
  • Which word does not rhyme? (R-F.4)
  • Complete the rhyme (R-F.5)

• P.2 Begins to recognise that words are made up of sounds, e.g. the beginning letter(s) of their names

  • Blend each sound in a word together (R-G.2)
  • Identify the first, second and last sound in a word (R-G.3)
  • Put the sounds in order (R-G.4)
  • Which two words start with the same sound? (R-H.1)
  • Find the words that begin with a given sound (R-H.2)
  • Which two words end with the same sound? (R-H.4)

• P.3 Segments oral sentences into individual words

  • Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly (R-C.2)
  • Find a word in a sentence (R-C.3)

• P.4 Divides multisyllabic words into syllables

  • How many syllables does the word have? (R-E.1)
  • Which word has more syllables? (R-E.2)
  • Sort by the number of syllables (R-E.3)

• P.5 Recognises aurally and visually some initial consonants and vowels especially at the beginning of a word

  • Find the vowel in the word (R-D.2)
  • Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review (R-H.8)
  • Which letter does the word start with? (R-H.9)