Writing And Comprehension Practice: Zoggy Can Fly In His Craft (4-8 years)

Gr blend practice for Zoggy Can Fly In His Craft: children trace gr, copy grin, grab and grip, then complete a short story passage with words like skims, vanishes and craft.
Year levels
Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 1
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Updated Aug 01, 2021

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Phonics Practice, Comprehension Worksheets
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E1LY11 — use short vowels

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About this resource

This is an essential teaching resource ideal for early learning, nursery, and Foundation to Year 1 educators. This tool engrosses students with engaging phonics writing practice and comprehension worksheets associated with the accompanying resource Zoggy Can Fly In His Craft.

This educational asset provides follow-up activities that seamlessly build on the phonic sound work established in Zoggy's story. To broaden learning scopes, this material also offers a simple comprehension task based on Zoggy's inventive narrative.

The Teaching Practice: Zoggy Can Fly In His Craft (4-8 years)

This comes as a valuable part of the progressive 'Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme geared towards helping young learners attain initial reading and spelling abilities.

  • The programme outlines seven fascinating levels defined by different colours of the rainbow.
  • The engaging character at the centre of this educational journey is an innovative alien named Zoggy from a distant planet showcasing unparalleled aptitude for technical skills unmatched in problem-solving tasks.
  • You'll take your students through exploring initial sounds within his narratives while progressively teaching double consonant blends as well as vowel digraphs.

As your students rise through these vibrant rainbow levels, their ever-increasing repertoire of phonic skills becomes instrumental tools that significantly foster future learning for its users.

Mission Spelling Zero

On top of bolstering reading capabilities, Mission Spelling Zero also accommodates their budding writing expertise.

  • Young learners are presented with fun games that not only cultivate handwriting practice but further engage them in fashioning first sentences thus solidifying their understanding even more deeply through hands-on implementation.

Usability and Access

This tailored approach proves effective whether employed within whole group sessions or applied to smaller groups or even assigned homework assignments offering flexible usability options depending on teachers' unique classroom dynamics. The file is readily available for download in a PDF format, making it easily accessible for educators globally.

This truly redefines educational exploration in the English subjects realm, especially phonics.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read and write words that begin with gr

  • Recall story events by filling gaps with words from a word bank

Skills covered

  • Blend tracing — forming gr inside outlined letters before copying words

  • Cloze reading — placing tablet, steps and spots in the right story gaps

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E1LY11 — use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words

Core concepts

  • Consonant blends

  • Gr blend

  • Cloze passage

  • Handwriting

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