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New concept p - The Vowel Stealers
Lesson 70: Arthur Ar, the apple stealer
ar as in farm You’ll need PCCs for ‘Quick Dash’ plus g, r, s, t, ar The Vowel Stealers poster Far Beyond ABC and/or Story Phonics software
Vowel Stealers Poster
F o c us o n
In the pages that follow, a remarkable fact about the English language is introduced. Almost every time a single vowel is followed by an r, that r will alter the vowel’s sound. Consider tap but tar, hen but her, fist but first, pot but port, fun but fur. The vowels become rr-controlled and the new phonemes ar, er, ir, orr and urr are created. Letterland explains this phonic fact at a child’s level by depicting all r’s as running robots who capture vowels in their sacks. Display the Vowel Stealers Poster and explain: There is a gang of vowel stealing robots in Letterland. Red Robot is the ringleader. These robots all have a bad habit of running off with vowel sounds! We must become sharp-eyed detectives to spot these robots. Let’s find out what they get up to so they won’t stop us from reading words!
Blends & Digraphs Songs CD Phonics Readers 4a Fluency List P (TGCD) Make ‘Tricky’ Word Cards: who and were Write sentences for Word Detectives on the board
Review previously learned letters and sounds ‘Quick Dash’ PCCs: ā, c, d, ĕ, k, m, n, p, ee, ea, ie, oa, ss, ue
Introducing Arthur Ar, the apple stealer Show the picture side of the ar Picture Code Card. Arthur Ar is a robber who steals apples. When he captures an Annie Apple, don’t expect her to be making her usual ‘a’ sound. Instead you will hear Arthur Ar reporting back to his ringleader, Red Robot, with a tiny radio device in his outstretched arm. He calls in with just one word: his surname “Ar!” Can you say it with me? “Ar!....Ar!”
ar Picture Code Cards
Phonemic awareness and language development Explore the ar scene in the Story Phonics software and/or Far Beyond ABC book. Listen to or watch the animated story of Arthur Ar and ask the children to hunt for items in the scene that include Arthur Ar’s /ar/ sound.
Group activities Blending ar words
Arthur Ar in Far Beyond ABC
Words: car, park, star, smart, dark, darkness, radar, garden* Make these words one at a time with plain letter side of the PCC’s or on screen. For each word, let a child be the Chief Detective. The detective comes forward, points out Arthur Ar and turns the card to the picture side, showing
c ar
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