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What’s included?
x10 sheets (x10 picture/CVC word cards) focusing on the x5 vowels sounds. All sheets are portrait orientation, pdf format. These cards are designed to be used with a Function Machine, but can be used without.

Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one as well as older students needing additional learning support.

What’s it for?
Learners can use these cards to practise sounding out simple CVC/CCVC (Phase 2/3 phonics) words.

Using cards with a Function Machine
Learners sound out the graphemes on one side of each card to read each word then push the card into the top function machine slot (word side facing up) and can see if they are correct when the picture pops out of the slot below (picture side up!)

Using cards without a Function Machine
Learners sound out the graphemes on one side of each card to read each word then flip it over to see if they were correct - looking at the picture on the other side.

What is needed to make these?

• x10 sheets of white A4 card (for the printer)
• decent scissors
• a metal ruler (for ‘scoring’)
• scoring tool (to help fold the card accurately)
• a glue stick

How to use it?
An adult needs to print the sheets onto card and follow the instructions (included on every sheet) to make these cards double-sided/back-to-back.

All/a set/s of back-to-back cards can then be placed on a carpet/table top, for learners to use on their own/with adult support.

Phoneme ‘dots’ have been included under every grapheme so that learners know how many sounds to say as they read (sound out) the words.

Resource Details…
Each set is a different colour to avoid cards becoming mixed up.
Red (Set 1 - ‘a’)
The words/pictures included use sounds from Phases 2 and 3. Only v is from Phase 3.

• bag
• bat
• cap
• cat
• crab
• hat
• map
• mat
• pan
• van

Orange (Set 2 - ‘e’)
The words/pictures included use sounds from Phases 2 and 3. Only sounds w and y are from Phase 3.

• bed
• bell
• dress
• hen
• peg
• pen
• red
• ten
• web
• yes

Yellow (Set 3 - ‘i’)
The words/pictures included use sounds from Phases 2 and 3. Only sounds w and z are from Phase 3.

• bin
• fig
• lips
• pig
• pin
• pink
• pip
• stick (not to be confused with ‘twig’ !)
• wig
• zip

Green (Set 4 - ‘o’)
The words/pictures included use sounds from Phases 2 and 3. Only sounds x and sh are from Phase 3.

• box
• dog
• clock
• cogs
• fox
• frog
• pot
• rock
• shop
• socks

Blue (Set 5 - u)
The words/pictures included only use sounds from Phases 2.

• bug
• bun
• cup
• duck
• hut
• mug
• plug
• slug
• sun
• truck

Important message…
Any issues please let us know - we are happy to make changes.