Phonics planning
Phase 1 - Alliteration
This is a detailed weekly breakdown for phase 1 phonics- Alliteration. This unit consists of 4 weeks which can be taught as a whole
class or small group.
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Phase 1- Alliteration
Revise and revisit
Teach
Practise
Apply
Monday
Guess the outdoor sound.
Play different outdoor
sounds e.g. car, traffic
lights, transport.
Pass the ball round the circle.
When each child holds the ball
say the initial of their name
e.g. S for Sam. Get the
children to repeat the game
back to you.
Now play eye spy. Choose a
child in the circle e.g. I
spy…someone beginning with S.
the person with that initial
must stand up.
Repeat the game and get the
children to have a go at being
the lead.
Tuesday
How many different
outdoor sounds can they
think of?
Repeat the game from last
session.
Now say eye spy… someone
beginning with S. chose a child
randomly to go around the
circle and pat the appropriate
child (Sam) on the head.
Repeat the game and get the
children to have a go at being
the lead.
Wednesday
Guess the indoor sounds.
Play different indoor
sounds e.g. oven,
telephone, washing
machine.
Show a collection of random
objects. Can we sort them into
groups starting with the same
letter sound?
Look at each group say the
objects one by one to create
an alliterated string e.g.
scissors, staple, sausage, stick.
Can we have a go at saying
these objects faster and
slower? Explain that it is called
alliteration.
Thursday
How many different
indoor sounds can they
think of?
Show a collection of random
objects. Can we sort them into
groups starting with the same
letter sound?
Look at each group say the
objects one by one to create
an alliterated string e.g.
scissors, staple, sausage, stick.
Can we have a go at saying
these objects faster and
slower? Explain that it is called
alliteration.
Friday
Guess the sound. Play a
collection of indoor and
outdoor sounds.
Look at each pile of objects.
Say the objects one by one to
create an alliterated string
e.g. scissors, staple, sausage,
stick.
Invite the children to sit in a
circle. Show a collection of
objects can the children match
which object starts with the
same letter sound as their
name?
Once everyone has their
correct object, say an
alliterated sentence to link
them with their chosen object
e.g. Sam’s saucy spaghetti
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Phase 1- Alliteration
Revise and revisit
Teach
Practise
Apply
Monday
Repeat silly alliterated
sentences which include the
children’s names e.g. bens
bright, bouncy ball
Place objects into a feely bag.
Explain that some of them start
with different sounds. List the
sounds and ask the children if
they know anything beginning with
that letter sound.
Now take turns to pick an object out of
the bag. Can we start to group the
objects? Once an object has been
selected repeated all the objects found in
that group e.g. well done we have found a
teddy bear, a tomato, a triangle and a
tennis ball.
Now take turns to pick an object out of the
bag. Can we start to group the objects?
Once an object has been selected repeated
all the objects found in that group e.g. well
done we have found a teddy bear, a tomato,
a triangle and a tennis ball.
Tuesday
Repeat silly alliterated
sentences which include the
children’s names e.g. bens
bright, bouncy ball
Set up a small world zoo. Talk
through the different animals. Are
any of the animals starting with
the same sound?
Play ‘Bertha goes to the zoo’ sing Bertha
the bus is going to the zoo, who does she
see as she passes through. Children to
select the alliterated animals e.g. a hen, a
horse, a hippo and a hyena.
Repeat activity with different animals.
Wednesday
Have a selection of objects
and choose which objects
begin with the same initial
sound.
Show a selectin of transport toys
or pictures. E.g. car, aeroplane,
train and a bus. What sound does
it make? Get children to
demonstrate. Now repeat the
sound or make it into an alliterated
chain e.g. toot toot, chufferty
chuff.
Now say the corresponding sound and see
if the children can select the correct
objet.
Place the objects down in a line, and repeat
the alliterated sound it makes, adding one
more object each time until there is a
string of alliterated noises.
Thursday
Have a selection of objects
and choose which objects
begin with the same initial
sound.
Repeat game from last session
Repeat the game from last session
Repeat the game from last session
Friday
Have a selection of objects
and choose which objects
begin with the same initial
sound.
Show the children some words
cards of escribing words e.g.
slithery, terrible, loud, and
buzzing.
Can the children match the words with
the correct alliterated animal? E.g. the
slithery snake, the terrible tiger.
Now say these sentences and act out the
animal.
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Phase 1- Alliteration
Revise and revisit
Teach
Practise
Apply
Monday
Match words and animals
together see last session.
Show the children
different sets of objects
which begin with the same
sound. Explain that they
must guess which object
should go in which pile.
Place a collection of objects in a
bag and play pass the parcel.
When the music stops an object
must be pulled out. Which set of
objects does it belong?
Repeat all the objects each
time one more is placed in that
pile to reinforce the
alliteration.
Tuesday
Match words and animals
together see last session.
Repeat the game from last
session but use animals
Repeat the game from last
session but use animals
Repeat the game from last
session but use animals
Wednesday
Clap out syllables in their
own name.
Explain that we are going
to sort all the objects in
the bag into correct groups
beginning with the same
initial sound e.g. ball, brick,
bell
Play pass the parcel with the
collect of objects inside the bag.
Once the music has stopped an
object must be taken out. Each
time the children must decide
whether it belongs in the same
pile or a new one.
Play pass the parcel with the
collect of objects inside the
bag. Once the music has
stopped an object must be
taken out. Each time the
children must decide whether
it belongs in the same pile or a
new one.
Thursday
Clap out syllables in their
own name.
Repeat last session using
different collection of
objects.
Repeat last session using
different collection of objects.
Repeat last session using
different collection of objects.
Friday
Clap out syllables of
random objects in a bag.
Repeat last session using
different collection of
objects.
Repeat last session using
different collection of objects.
Repeat last session using
different collection of objects.
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Phase 1- Alliteration
Revise and revisit
Teach
Practise
Apply
Monday
Have a variety of noisy
objects in a bag, play the
objects and guess which
sound it is. E.g. crisp packet,
bell, and squeaky toy.
Introduce a sound box, explain that
there are different objects inside.
Model taking out an object and
saying what it is emphasising the
first sound e.g. sssssssnake
Now allow the children to take
out an object one at a time. Pass
the object around and each say
the name with the emphasised
sound.
Now allow the children to take out
an object one at a time. Pass the
object around and each say the
name with the empathised sound.
Tuesday
Have a variety of noisy
objects in a bag, play the
objects and guess which
sound it is. E.g. crisp packet,
bell, and squeaky toy.
Repeat the game from last session.
Repeat the game from last
session.
Repeat the game from last session.
Wednesday
Have a variety of noisy
objects in a bag, play the
objects and guess which
sound it is. E.g. crisp packet,
bell, and squeaky toy.
Repeat the game but now use all
objects beginning with the same
initial sound.
Repeat the game but now use all
objects beginning with the same
initial sound.
Repeat the game but now use all
objects beginning with the same
initial sound.
Thursday
Have a variety of noisy
objects in a bag, play the
objects and guess which
sound it is. E.g. crisp packet,
bell, and squeaky toy.
Repeat the game from last session.
Repeat the game from last
session.
Repeat the game from last session.
Friday
Have a variety of noisy
objects in a bag, play the
objects and guess which
sound it is. E.g. crisp packet,
bell, and squeaky toy.
Now that the children are familiar
with their sound box ask them to go
around the setting and select their
favourite object from the room.
Then place it inside the bx.
Pass the box round and allow
the children to select their
favourite chosen object, can
they start the game off by
saying the name with the
emphasised sound?
Pass the box round and allow the
children to select their favourite
chosen object, can they start the
game off by saying the name with
the emphasised sound?
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