Phase 3 Games

Click on any of the pictures below to play a game and practise Phase 3 Letters and Sounds.

	Poop Deck Pirates Before starting this game you can choose which set of graphemes you want to use from Phase 3 of the Letters and Sounds phonics programme. Then whenever you click New Coin a word will appear. Sound out the word and click the tick if it's a real word or the cross if it's not real. From KentEd.

	Sentence Substitution Game Choose one of the sentences on the first screen and it will then appear as separate words. Alternative words are displayed at the bottom of the screen. All of the words can be dragged around to rearrange the sentence or substitute words. Needs an adult really to check that the sentences make sense. Here are some teaching ideas for the game from Phonics Play.
	Yes/No Silly Questions Choose from four levels. A silly question will appear for you to read. All you have to do is answer the question by clicking yes or no. If you are right, the dinosaur will get some food. From ICT Games.
	Blending Bingo This makes a great game for the whole class using an interactive whiteboard but does need a bit of preparation first. When the game loads you will need to choose the option to print off the bingo cards (in PDF format). Next you can choose which group of sounds you want to work with before starting the game. Click the "pull" button and the letters for one of the words will spin into place. From ICT Games.
	Picnic on Pluto with Obb and Bob You can choose from different sets of GPCs at the start of this game so you can easily tailor it to which letter sets your children have learnt so far. Click the Get Snack button and if the snack has a real word on it, feed it to Bob. If not, feed it to Obb. There are some usefulteaching ideas and printable resources for this game available from Phonics Play.
	Blending Sound Buttons This is not really a game but a useful interactive whiteboard resource for teachers (although children would have fun playing around with it). Choose the sounds you want and drag them into place, then click the sound buttons to hear each sound. Kend Ed.
	Pick a Picture Look at the word on the screen, sound it out and blend the sounds. Click the picture which matches the word. Click for teaching ideas and printable resources to accompany this game from Phonics Play.
	Phoneme Pop Choose the phonemes you want to practise. You will hear and see your target sound then you just have to click the bubbles that match the sound you're looking for. Try to make sure they land on the grey area in the middle so that you get points. ICT Games.
	Dragons' Den Choose which sets of letters you want to work on first of all. Click the button to get an egg. Sound out the word on the egg to see what it says. If it's a real word, feed it to the green dragon. If it's a fake word, feed it to the red dragon. Get it right and the dragon will breathe fire.
	Foam Phonemes The wheel on the right hand side can be rotated to show different selections of graphemes. Click any of the graphemes to fire them out of the cannon and they will land on the water where you can drag them into position to make a word. Whenever you click on a grapheme on the water you will hear the sound it makes. Kent Ed.
	Buried Treasure This game can be customised in lots of ways to enable children to use it at different stages of Phase 3. Put the fake words in the bin and the real words in the treasure chest. The pirate will reward you if you are right with a tune and a dance. Teaching ideas for this game from Phonics Play.

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