Good Morning, Reception.
I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Last week, we were practicing the tricky words and the digraphs ‘ch’ and ‘sh’. Don’t forget to keep looking out for them when you are reading a range of books.
Today, we are going to practice the digraph ‘th’. A diagraph means two letters together which make one sound.
Practice saying the sound ‘th’ and making the ‘th’ action. There are two ‘th’ sounds which sound slightly different. For words such as ‘this’ and ‘that’, you have to stick your tongue out a little bit like a rude clown. For words like ‘thick’ and ‘thin’, you have to stick your tongue out a lot like a very rude clown!
It is very important that your child learns to stick their tongue out to make both ‘th’ sounds otherwise they sometimes say ‘v’ and ‘f’ for these sounds which makes reading and spelling more difficult.
Here is a video for adults who want to practice making the two different ’th’ sounds: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h5LO0hHGfQg
Can you read these ‘th’ words?
Can you write these ‘th’ words?
Challenge: Can you think of any more words beginning with ‘th’?
Can you use the words in a sentence?
I know that Geraldine the Giraffe is very popular so here she is learning the ‘th’ sound too! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6U354eD-hgQ
I am looking forward to hearing all about your phonics today.
Love from Miss Siswick
PRINTABLE VERSION:R Phonics Monday
Good morning Reception, I hope you all had a lovely and safe weekend. Have a great Monday and keep working hard as you always do.
Dear Miss Siswick!! hope you had a good weekend and Happy Monday.
Chiara could read and write the words this morning and loved Geraldine video!! picture sent
I wrote all the words out then I looked around the flat for this and that to write down.
I found – bath, cloth, bathroom, tooth, toothbrush and my thumb (which I still suck).
Written by James.
Good morning Miss,
I practiced saying the sounds ‘th’. It was fun to act as a rude clown ? ! I sent my writing ✍️.
Hello Reception ..enjoy practicing ‘th’..Thank you!!!!?
Well done; Chiara, James and Cesar. You thought of lots more ‘th’ words.
Good morning Miss Siswick! Harlow thought of think, throw, thunder, three and the. She wrote two sentences using th words – we sent a picture.
Good morning! Theo practice writing and reading and he is doing well.
Theo thought about new words and he wrote his name Theo,they,thanks.
also he made one sentence:
This is a pencil.
Good morning
I read and wrote the words by myself. I watched the Geraldine video and practiced the soft and hard th sound
My sentence is – the mud is thick
Reading and writing the TH sounds was fine.
Madeleine recognized the words from the high frequency words list.
Madeleine’s wondering why some of them sound like Z and others like SS.
We found thorn think thank
Just uploaded our work
Good Morning Miss Siswick
We looked at the books on our bookshelf for words with “th” in the titles and we got: Birthday/Birth, Myth, Nothing and Think
Luca’s sentences: “This is lockdown” and “Nothing is there”.
Well done; Harlow, Theo, Ryan, Madeleine and Luca.
Great ‘th’ sentences from all of you.
Good morning,
Maya came up with the words ‘the’ and ‘think’.
I think you can come to my party.
The red flower died.
We will send the writing separately
Amber copied all the words fine. She came up with:
Thinyc (think), bath, and cloths.
Her sentence was There are three red aples.
Sent the work.
Well done, Maya and Amber. You thought of more th words and sentences.
Hi, Marcus was able to read and write the words unaided. Though we struggled a bit with the subtle difference between saying ‘fin’ and ‘thin’, more practice on sticking tongues out needed!
We’ve sent a photo of his own “th” words and sentences.
Well done, Marcus. The only time that you are allowed to stick your tongue out is when saying ‘th’ words!
Hi Miss Siswick
We hope you had a good weekend.
I liked poking my tongue out and saying the th sound.
Hello! We had fun reading this words, Philippa helped me to read them as my first language is Spanish, we were having a laugh sticking our tongue out!
Philippa read all the words and wrote them down! We came up with 2 more words thank you and things. We made a sentence: thank you for the candy!
We sent a picture.
Sounds like you had fun with ‘th’..good work well done!
Well done, Mikey and Philippa. You have to stick your tongue out for this one like rude clowns!
Lots of parents have been asking me for advice with saying the two different ‘th’ sounds.
I have posted a video in the blog and the address is also here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h5LO0hHGfQg
This is not a video for children-it’s for adults who want to make sure that they are pronouncing it clearly before practicing with their children. I hope it is useful.
Thank you miss Siswick!
You’re welcome!
Good afternoon Ms. Siswick,
Nico enjoyed a lot Geraldine the Giraffe. He was able to write all the words.
Well done, Nico.