Phase 3 cut, match and stick (Sets 1-5)

What’s included?

This download includes x10 A4 pdf sheets (portrait orientation) which includes an activity sheet and answers for ** all ** sounds in Phase 3 split into x5 activity sets.

What’s it for?

This Phase 3 phonics activity reinforces all sounds - j v w x y z, zz qu ch sh th ng, ai ee ie oa oo oo, ar or ur ow oi ear, air ure er (plus ow, or, ar repeated in the final set (5) to reinforce these three sounds) and has been designed to keep little hands busy and focused, it's a simple, predictable matching activity that promotes independence and helps consolidate learning. This activity is ideal for individuals/groups to be getting on with independently - ideal when calm and focus is needed, e.g. during guided/quiet reading sessions.

Who’s it for?

This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in year one as well as older students needing additional learning support.

How to use it?

Learners cut out x12 ‘phoneme pictures’ and match x2 of these ‘phoneme pictures’ to every grapheme (printed on the left of each sheet). Dotted lines guide where to cut, though picture-squares could be pre-cut for those who struggle with cutting out.

Resource Details

Phase 3 has been split into five sets, one sheet per set. Not all phonemes are ‘initial’ sounds, sets include initial, middle and final sounds - learners may need this pointing out before working on these independently to help remain focused.

Set 1

• j: jeans, jigsaw (piece)
• v: volcano, van
• w: wall, window
• x: box, fox (learners may need help with identifying that the ‘x’ sound is at the end of these two words)
• y: yes, yellow
• z: zip, zebra

Set 2

• zz: buzz (bee), fizz
• qu: queen, quarter
• ch: chocolate, cheese
• sh: shoe, shorts
• th: thumb, three
• ng: ring, wing

Set 3

• ai: train, rain
• ee: sheep, bee
• igh: night, light (and bright!)
• oa: goat, road
• oo (book): book, foot
• oo (moon): moon, spoon

Set 4

• ar: star, shark
• or: fork, corn
• ur: burger, purse
• ow: cow, owl
• oi: oil, coin
• ear: beard, ear

Set 5

Three sounds ‘ow’, ‘or’ and ‘ar’ are repeated from set 4 (using different phoneme pictures) to avoid leaving gaps and provide an opportunity to reinforce these sounds.

• air: hair, chair
• ure: picture, treasure
• er: ladder, finger/s
• ow: brown, clown
• or: torch, fort
• ar: guitar, car

Optional Extension

Adding the word labels is optional and best provided as an extension for more able/quick learners. These tiny labels can be cut out and added under each ‘phoneme picture’, though the phoneme/grapheme matching should be completed first. The word labels are not consistently sound-out-able and learners would need to use their knowledge of the phonemes/graphemes already matched during the activity and look at the initial/final letter sounds to help them.

Matching resources

Other (matching) resources are also available if you like this activity set.

Individual sets:

• j v w x y z Phase 3 cut, match and stick (Set 1 of 5)

• zz qu ch sh th ng Phase 3 cut, match and stick (Set 2 of 5)

• ai ee igh oa oo oo Phase 3 cut, match and stick (Set 3 of 5)

• ar or ur ow oi ear Phase 3 cut, match and stick (Set 4 of 5)

• air ure er ow or ar Phase 3 cut, match and stick (Set 5 of 5)

Phase 2 Set:

• Phase 2 cut, match and stick (Sets 1-4)

Important message

Any issues with these resources please let us know - we are happy to make changes.