This game is part of a larger unit called ‘Decoding Strategies’. Use this game to practise the decoding strategy, ‘Lips the Fish’, matching an initial sound with a picture that begins with that letter/sound.
Use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell words
Understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part
Read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge
Understand how to use knowledge of letters and sounds including onset and rime to spell words
Understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part
Read decodable and predictable texts, practising phrasing and fluency, and monitor meaning using concepts about print and emerging contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge
Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound blends and some sight words to represent known words when spelling
Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
Uses single-letter grapheme–phoneme correspondences and common digraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
Reads decodable texts aloud with automaticity
Know how to use onset and rime to spell words where sounds map more directly onto letters
Read texts with familiar structures and features, practising phrasing and fluency, and monitor meaning using concepts about print and emerging phonic, semantic, contextual and grammatical knowledge