The QU sound
Geraldine Giraffe introduces the digraph 'qu&', by finding words beginning with that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
The OO digraph, as in choose
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the OO digraph (the long sound, as in choose), by finding words that include that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
New phoneme: ZH
Letters and Sounds Phase 5 - Geraldine Giraffe reads words that include the /zh/ phoneme. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning phonemes and graphemes.
The OW digraph
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the OW digraph by finding words that include that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
Geraldine Giraffe Does Christmas!
Mr Thorne's lovely helper, Geraldine Giraffe, celebrates the festive season at home - some pictures to share with your class!
The OR digraph
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the OR digraph by finding words that include that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
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The AI digraph
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe introduces the digraph 'ai&', by finding objects which have names including that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
TION spelling pattern as in 'station'
Geraldine Giraffe finds words that include the 'tion&' spelling pattern. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning phonemes and graphemes.
The OO digraph, as in look
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the second OO digraph (as in look and book) by finding words that include that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
The UE digraph
Letters and Sounds Phase 5 New Graphemes for Reading. Geraldine Giraffe introduces the UE digraph by finding words that include make an /oo/ or /(y)oo/ sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning phonemes and graphemes.
New graphemes for reading: OU as in 'house'
Geraldine Giraffe finds words that include the 'ou&' digraph, when pronounced /ow/. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning phonemes and graphemes.
Alternative spellings: EA as in 'head'
Geraldine Giraffe finds words that include the 'ea&' digraph when pronounced as /e/. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning phonemes and graphemes.
The letter E
Geraldine Giraffe introduces the letter 'e&', by finding objects which have names beginning with that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
The letter T
Geraldine Giraffe introduces the letter 't&', by finding words using that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos, learning letter sounds and digraphs.
The letter L
Geraldine Giraffe introduces the letter 'l&', by finding words using that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
The URE trigraph
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the URE trigraph by finding words that include that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning letter sounds and graphemes.
Alternative Pronunciations: Soft G
Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciations. Geraldine Giraffe introduces the soft g, by finding words using that pronunciation. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds, digraphs and spelling patterns.
Alternative Spellings: SH
Letters & Sounds Phase 5: The sound SH can be spelled in many ways - Geraldine Giraffe researches on the computer to find words with alternative sh spellings. One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
Further graphemes: Split digraph u-e
Further graphemes for reading - Geraldine Giraffe finds words that include the split digraph u-e. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning phonemes and graphemes.
The TH digraph
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Consonant digraphs - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the TH digraph by finding words that include that sound (both hard and soft pronunciations). One of a series of engaging TES videos learning letter sounds and digraphs.
The EAR trigraph
Letters & Sounds Phase 3: Vowel graphemes - Geraldine Giraffe helps introduce the EAR trigraph by finding words that include that sound. One of a series of engaging TES videos to help with learning letter sounds and graphemes.