This is a great unit to introduce and reinforce the concept of compound words.
Use this unit after sharing the presentation with your class. The unit includes numerous worksheets, as well as a quiz to assess knowledge and understanding at the completion of the unit.
Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words
Understand how to use knowledge of digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words including some compound words
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words
Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters