Unlocking the Code · Winter Term

Blending and Segmenting

Developing the ability to pull sounds apart and push them together to read and spell simple words.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we break a word into small pieces of sound?
  2. 2What happens if we take one sound away from a word and put a new one in?
  3. 3How does knowing sounds help us read words we have never seen before?

NCCA Curriculum Specifications

NCCA: Primary - Phonic Knowledge and SkillsNCCA: Primary - Word Reading
Class/Year: Junior Infants
Subject: Foundations of Language and Literacy
Unit: Unlocking the Code
Period: Winter Term

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