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1 Let's look together
Read care with your adult. In this word, are works together for its vowel sound.
Now read share. Keep sh together at the start, then read the are spelling. We can share by letting someone use something too.
c + are → caresh + are → sharebarespare
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I read share after my adult. I point to are. I say, 'We can share the crayons.'
3 Your turn
Which three letters finish spare?
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Let's check together
are. Read spare after your adult; spare can mean extra.
4 Try it away from the page
Read care and share, then choose spare or square with adult help. Point to are in each word.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Model the local pronunciation; do not call the r universally silent. The standalone word are has a different usual pronunciation. Square needs previously taught qu and adjacent consonants. Follow the child's taught phonics sequence. An adult reads the instructions, models the sounds and explains unfamiliar vocabulary. Revisit a few words over several days; do not guess words from pictures.
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.
Blend and reread words matched to taught sound-spelling knowledge.
Practise Year 1 spelling patterns, prefixes and endings.