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1 Let's look together
Read when with your adult. The w and h work together at the start. Listen to the sound your adult models.
Now read which. It starts with wh too. We can use these words to ask: 'When can we go?' and 'Which book shall we read?'
wh + en → whenwh + i + ch → whichwh in wheel
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I point to wh in when. I blend the sounds after my adult and ask, 'When is lunch?'
3 Your turn
Which two letters start both when and which?
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Let's check together
wh. Read each whole word after your adult.
4 Try it away from the page
Say a question starting with when. Then say one starting with which. Your adult can write them and help you find wh.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Respect accents that distinguish /w/ from /ʍ/. Who has a different usual initial sound; it is not in this practice set. Whizz has doubled z; white and whale need taught split spellings. Follow the child's taught phonics sequence. An adult models unfamiliar sounds, reads instructions and explains meanings. Revisit a few words at a time; do not guess 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.