Bug Club – Phonics Bug
Printed Material
Magnetic Board
Bug Club Buzz
Once logged into the Home Page click onto the Help
Tab and you will have access to the Bug Club Manual
and Quick Start sheet. There are also 3 videos
showing how to add pupils/ create a class/ allocate
books
The Quick Start sheet tells you
how to:
• create pupil accounts
• create individual classes and
groups
• search and allocate eBooks
• check progress
The Bug Club Manual contains 49 pages of more detailed information
relating to the eBook part of Bug Club and has the following sections on
how to …
• Teacher experience - log in/ help
• Home – navigate the home page/ search for eBooks/ interpret search
results/ allocate books/ use teacher eBook tools
• My Class – create and manage classes and groups/ manage pupils’
eBooks/ interpret class reports/ view individual pupil reports/
generate parent reports
• Classroom resources – access classroom resources/ access Grammar
and Spelling Bug
• School Admin – set up pupil/ teacher accounts/ manage licences/
manage year end settings
• Pupil experience – log in/ Bug Club online at home/ navigate My
books/ launch and exit an eBook/ navigate an eBook and plays (KS1)/
answer quizzes/ give feedback on an eBook/ receive rewards/ view
rewards/ view eBooks that have been read
Once logged on as a teacher you have access to the
Classroom Resources Tab. Click on this and you have access to three new
tabs which are:
Phonics Bug – containing Teaching Tools and Assess Tools
Plays to Act – these are brilliant to use with groups
Grammar and Spelling Bug – a separate package
Launch Prepare and Assess Tools tab contains sounds/ letters/ real
words/ pseudo-words games for children to use so that you can assess
their knowledge for specific letters/ blends.
You can access the games part of Bug Club when you are logged on as a
teacher or set up a separate log in (as we have) to access these. Once logged
into this screen click on the Phonics Bug tab and then click on the Launch
Phonics Bug tab
Select either teaching sessions or student games – these are split into unit
numbers 1 – 12 or 13 – 30
Below is a list of each unit and what it contains:
Unit 1 – games not available for these
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12
s, a, t, p
i, n, m, d
g, o, c, k
ck, e, u, r
h, b, f, (ff), l, (ll), ss
j, v, w, x
y, z (zz), qu
ch, sh, th, ng
ai, ee, igh, oa, oo
ar, or, ur, ow, oi
ear, air, ure, er
adjacent consonants
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
Unit 16
Unit 17
Unit 18
Unit 19
Unit 20
Unit 21
Unit 22
Unit 23
Unit 24
Unit 25
Unit 26
Unit 27
Unit 28
Unit 29
Unit 30
(zh, wh, ph)
(ay, a-e, eigh/ey/ei)
(ea, e-e, ie/ey/y)
(ie, i-e, y, i)
(ow, o-e, o/oe)
(ew, ue, u-e, u/oul)
(aw, au, al)
(ir, er, ear)
(ou, oy)
(ere/eer, are/ear)
(c, k, ck, ch)
(ce/ci/cy, sc/stl/se)
(ge/gi/gy, dge)
(le, mb, kn/gn, wr)
(tch, sh, ea, (w) a, o)
(-ing, -ed)
(-s, -es)
(re-, un-, -ing, -ed)
By clicking on the teaching session part and then clicking on the Print
material tab you can then ….
…gain access to the Teaching and Assessment Guides relating to:
• Reception (P1) covering units 1 – 12 (108 pages)
• Key Stage 1 (P2-P3) covering units 13 – 30 (120 pages)
• PCM Templates – access to printable blank templates and pictures which
can be used to make your own worksheets
• Graphemes – printable individual letters or words
Both Teaching and Assessment Guides include the following sections:
• Welcome to Phonics Bug
• Teaching synthetic phonics using Phonics Bug
• Phonics Bug Teaching Software navigation and controls
• Guided independent work
• Phonics Bug decodable readers
• Phonics Bug eBooks and Bug Club
• Phonics Bug components
• Bug Club components
• Key Stage 1 (P2-P3) guide also covers teaching syllables
Assessing Progress section including:
• Before starting
• Assessment and catch-up work in preparation for Key Stage 1
• Assessment sheets
There are also sections for:
• Guide to teaching sessions
• Daily lesson plans
• Alphabetic overlay
When you click on a specific unit PCMs and Resources boxes appear on the
right hand side
• PCMs – a printable worksheet relating to the highlighted session
• Resources – printable words relating to the highlighted session
The Magnetic Board can also be found in the teaching sessions section
Click on the guide on the magnetic board to see how this can be used.
The magnetic board can be used for:
• Free writing and consolidation work
• Accessing the Asset bank – see next slide for further details of this
Click on the Asset bank tab to bring up tabs for words/ pictures/captions/
sentences
The Tour tab gives access to several videos …
Videos are contained in each of these sections.
Using the Software section contains videos on Lesson/ Using the
Software/ Pupil Games/ Print Material/ Magnetic Board
You can find more printable items in The Bug Club Buzz section. A link to
this sometimes shows on the home page but can also be accessed by
typing in the web address: http://bugclubnews.pearson.com/
The tabs at the top cover Home/ Guided Reading Cards/ Free Grammar
Unit/ International / Getting Started/ Useful Stuff
The Useful Stuff section includes printable masks/ certificates for reading/
writing/ speaking and listening/ and printable Bug Club characters
If you click on the Useful Stuff tab – scroll down and click on more useful
stuff you will be able to access the Excel lists for the 557 books within Bug
Club – these are split into sections e.g. Phonics/ Book Bands/ Plays/ Comics
The Getting Started section contains the Quick Start guide/ Bug Club
Manual/ Letter to Parents already previously mentioned.
It also contains Editable Bookmarks/ Technical Support/ Professional
Development