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What’s included?
x2 sheets (x10 picture/CVC word cards) focusing on the ‘a’ sound. Both 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.

This activity has been designed to be a simple, interactive, predictable activity to promote independence and consolidate learning. This activity is ideal for individuals to be getting on with independently.

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!)

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?

• x2 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 both sheets) to make these cards double-sided/back-to-back.

The set 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…
Red (Set 1 - ‘a’)
The words/pictures included use sounds from Phases 2 and 3. Only v is from Phase 3.

The words included in this set are -

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

Sets for ALL vowels (doubled sided/back-to-back) are also available. Each set is a different colour to avoid cards becoming mixed up.

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