Description
Story Based Learning
All words and images are from the included Long O phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’, an original purpose written traditional picture book style story full of words clearly showing 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled: ew, o, oa, oe, oh, ol, ough, ow and o_e.
Benefits of Story Based Learning
- brings spelling to life
- provides context for phonics to make sense
- complements and reinforces any curriculum programme and method
- consolidates word family and phonics knowledge
How to Use These Activities
- read story to bring spelling to life and show how the long O sound can be spelled in many ways
- practice and reinforce spelling and phonics lesson content
- help your ESL students learn that sounds in words in the English language are spelled in many ways
- literacy and rotation groups
- individual student worksheet activities
- laminate or place in plastic sleeve for multiple use
- homework