Trigraphs
Read and spell words containing trigraphs — three-letter graphemes representing a single sound (igh, air, ear, are)
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Can your child recognise three-letter combinations like 'igh' in 'night', 'air' in 'chair', and 'ear' in 'hear' — knowing that all three letters together make just one sound?
Read and spell words containing trigraphs — three-letter graphemes representing a single sound (igh, air, ear, are)
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- Read words with trigraphs (e.g. 'night', 'chair', 'near')
- Distinguish between different sounds for 'ear' (e.g. 'hear' vs 'bear')
- Identify the single phoneme represented by three letters in a word
“Can your child recognise three-letter combinations like 'igh' in 'night', 'air' in 'chair', and 'ear' in 'hear' — knowing that all three letters together make just one sound?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Phonics & Word Reading
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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