Wa war wor words – Beware of “w”!
If children have already learned any “wa war wor words” as sight words, e.g. was, want … warn, warm … word, work …, show them how “w” often changes the vowel sound – beware of “w”! “Wa” usually sounds like /wo/ as in was, want …, “war” sounds like /wor/ as in war, warm … and “wor” usually sounds like /wer/ as in word, work … This will help children to both read and spell the words. It will also encourage them to look for these patterns when they are reading new words.
“Beware of ‘w’, ant becomes want.” “Wh” and “qu” do the same – what, squash. This is the last of the four common sounds for the letter “a” – and, acorn, ask, want. Make sure your child can both read and spell “was” easily. Print and read “easy plus books” 6 and 18 that practise “was” as well as the most common sounds of the letters … (http://successwithreading.com/videos-children/ and follow the links to “easy plus” books, easy 1_06 and easy 1_18). Then practise reading some other “wa” words – wash, want, wander, what, squash. Choose as many as appropriate for your child to practise spelling and be on the lookout for extras to add to the list. (Video 1)
“Beware of ‘w’, art becomes wart.” “Wh” and “qu” do the same – wharf, quarter. “W” makes “ar” say /or/ and together they make “war”. The father is keeping the baby warm on a cold, damp day. Again, choose and/or add words to practise reading and spelling – warn (of danger, not worn out), warm, ward (and hence wardrobe), wart, wharf, quarter. (Video 2)
The “w” frightens the “or” so that all it can say is /er…/. “Beware of ‘w’, ord becomes word.” It was a lot of work to fix that floor. Reading and spelling words to choose from or add to – word, worm, work, world, worse, worst. (Video 3)
Phonic Comic 2/33 practises wa war wor words – swan, warm, work, worm. Will the swan be rewarded for his hard work on a cold day? Children will already have learned all the letter-sound correspondences that they will need if they have been following the sequence in Gilead® Success with Phonics. They never have to guess, a very important principle that leads to success in learning to read. (Video 4)
Click on the bottom right hand corner of each video to see it full screen. If you have trouble seeing the videos try wa, war, wor, Phonic Comics 2/33
All illustrations for Phonic Comic books © A. H. M. Wherrett, 2004.
To see the other videos go to Videos for Children
Print the book easy 2-33 back-to-back on A4 paper, cut it across the centre on the line, assemble, fold and staple.
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