ar/or Phonic Game

This game will help your children to learn to hear the sounds ‘ar’ and ‘or’ in words and to read words containing these sounds.

Who is it for:

Children who are learning the digraphs ar and or.

Those children working in Phase 3 of Letters and Sounds

Those children working in Speed Set 2 of RWI.

Who can use the ar/or game?

Teachers, parents, private tutors - anyone who needs it!

How to make the game

Print out pages 4 to 9, on card.

Cut out the picture cards (pages 6 - 8).

Cut up the ar/or cards (page 9).

Write ‘ar’ on the back of one baseboard (pages 4/5) and ‘or’ on the back of the other.

Write ‘ar’ or ‘or’ as appropriate on the backs of the picture cards.

Find a bag or small box to put the small letter ar/or cards in.

How to play the game

This is a game for 2 players. It is best if an adult plays with each child individually first and then when each child in a pair is confident, they can play in together.

The game can be played with the picture and word cards alone, without the ar/or cards - as a simple matching game.

This is how it has been designed to be played:

Take a baseboard each. This will decide who is collecting ‘ar’ pictures and ‘or’ pictures.

Choose 6 ar and 6 or cards (you can choose different pictures each time you play). Scatter the picture cards picture side up.

Take it in turns to take an ‘ar’/’or’ letter card from the bag/box. If the player with the ‘ar’ baseboards picks an ‘ar’ card, s/he may choose a picture with the ar sound in. Likewise with ‘or’. Players may only turn the picture card over to check that they are correct. If not, the picture card is replaced. The winner is the first to fill his/her card.

Do: Demonstrate how to sound out a word when it is your go and invite your pupil’s help, so they get even more   

      practice.

      Look at the cards that are left. What sound do they have in them?

      Play again and see if you choose different pictures.

1 PDF file

2 baseboards