Build understanding of word formation with this hands-on interlocking letter game. Ideal for creating a range of word-building activities and games, the blocks are colour-coded to indicate whether they are a root, suffix or prefix and can be combined together to form hundreds of different multi-syllabic words. Contains: 45 Tri-Blocks, spinner, game guide. For 2-4 players.

Learning Outcomes:

Year 1 Reading

• read other words of more than one syllable that contain taught GPCs

Year 1 Spelling

• Division of words into syllables

Year 2 Word Reading

• Read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes as above

Year 2 Notes and Guidance

• When pupils are taught how to read longer words, they should be shown syllable boundaries and how to read each syllable separately before they combine them to read the word.

• Pupils should be taught how to read suffixes by building on the root words that they have already learnt. The whole suffix should be taught as well as the letters that make it up.

Year 2 Writing Transcription

• In year 2, pupils move towards more word-specific knowledge of spelling. The process of spelling should be emphasised: that is, that spelling involves segmenting spoken words into phonemes and then representing all the phonemes by graphemes in the right order. Pupils should do this both for single-syllable and multi-syllabic words.

Letters and Sounds Assessment - By the end of Phase 5 children should

• read and spell phonically decodable two-syllable and three-syllable words