Monster Phonics Groups
er grapheme
1. Download the PowerPoint. Use this to introduce the er grapheme. Show the difference in articulation between stressed and unstressed er.
Read the examples and Tricky Witch’s Mint Poem.
er powerpoint
2. Watch the video ‘Monster Phonics Land’. Ask the children to make the Tricky Witch (wave a pretend wand) action each time they hear an er word. How many er words can they recall at the end of the song?
3. Can the children write down as many er words as they can remember from the power point and the video.