Junior Infants .
Group 5
(Sounds and Blending Activities)
Ideas for Parents:
1. Encourage your child to say the relevant sound
on the slide three times. Click on the speaker
symbol to hear the sound.
2. Begin to encourage your child to find the sound
in either the beginning, middle or end of each
word e.g. /bin/...where is the /i/? (in the middle)
where is the/n/? (at the end).
3. Encourage your child to sing the song to
accompany the letter.
4. Revise all sounds regularly.
Can you make this sound?
oa
Action: Bring a hand over your
mouth, as if something has
gone wrong, and say oh!
Song: (Tune: The Muffin Man)
Oh, did you see the billy goat?
/oa/-/oa/-/oa/-/oa//oa/-/oa/.
Oh, did you see the billy goat
under the old oak tree?
Can you make this sound?
ie
Action: Stand to attention and salute
saying /ie/-/ie/.
Song: (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
The captain said, “/ie/-/ie/ !”
The captain said, “/ie/-/ie/ !”
“Stand up straight!
Don’t be late!”
The captain said, “/ie/-/ie/ !”
Can you make this sound?
ee or
Action: Put your hands on your head
and flap them up and down like the
ears of a donkey, saying eeyore,
eeyore.
Song: (Tune: Twinkle Twinkle)
See the donkey in its stall.
“Eeyore! /ee/-/or/!”
Is its call.
Can you make this sound?
z
Action: Put your arms out at your
sides and flap them like a bee,
saying /zzzzzzz/
Song: (Tune: Did you ever see a
Lassie?)
Did you ever hear a bee buzz, a bee
buzz, a bee buzz?
Did you ever hear a bee buzz “/zzz/!”,
like this?
Can you make this sound?
w
Action: Blow onto your open hand,
as if you are the wind, and say wh,
wh, wh.
Song: (Tune: He’s got the whole
world in his hands)
I see the clouds moving,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
I see the kites flying,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
I see the trees bending,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
The wind is blowing strong!
Vowel Diagraphs.
 We have learned these diagraphs. Please practice them
regularly with your child.
ai
ie
oa
ee
or
Blending.
Ideas for Parents.
1. With blending, the first sound needs to be said
louder than the other sounds.
2. Parents should make the sounds in the word on
the slide first e.g. /r/ /a/ /t/ and then say the
complete word.
3. Encourage your child to repeat what you have
just done.
4. Begin to encourage the children to blend
silently.
Can you sound out the word?
jam
Can you sound out the word?
swim
Can you sound out the word?
west
Can you sound out the word?
goat
Can you sound out the word?
swam
Can you sound out the word?
for
Can you sound out this word?
feed
Please encourage your child to make these words
using their sound cards. Encourage them to
sound out the words they have made.
zap
wind
web
went bee
jug moat
brain drum
Reading Sentences.
The children will need lots of help and encouragement
at this stage. You can help your child by sounding out
the words in the sentence and then reading the full
sentence aloud. Please use your finger to point at the
individual words in the sentence. I have included some
words from the children’s reading books in the
sentences. These words can be read without sounding
them out.
Can you read these sentences?
The bee can buzz.
Can you read these sentences?
I can paint.
Can you read these sentences?
Zap the zebra.
Can you read these sentences?
It is a wigwam.
Can you read these sentences?
I like to swim.