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1 Let's look together
In some words, three letters work together. Read ear with an adult. Then read hair.
The groups ear and air help us read these words. Listen carefully: ear and hair do not have the same vowel sound in the model your adult gives.
ear — hearair — hairure — pure
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I point to h and air. I blend them to read hair. Then I say the word naturally.
3 Your turn
Which group completes h___ to make hair?
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Let's check together
air.
4 Try it away from the page
Practise one group with your adult: ear/hear, air/hair, or ure/pure. Say a sentence using one word.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Separate sessions; adult modelling essential. Ear also varies in words such as bear. Ure varies markedly by accent. Teach alternatives from the school's scheme rather than imposing one pronunciation.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Connect taught sounds and spellings for decoding.
Practise Year 1 spelling patterns, prefixes and endings.