Phonics Phase 5 au Sound Game in the Phonics Factory

Teacher Specific Information

Children can practise and apply their phonics knowledge by playing this Phonics Phase 5 au Sound Game. They need to identify the images which include the sound ‘au’, either at the beginning or in the middle, and move them into the box.

This game features the following words with the ‘au’ sound: astronaut, autumn and August.

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Development Matters

40 – 60 Months
(L-R19) Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together and knows which letters represent some of them.
(L-R20) Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet. 

Early Learning Goal
(ELG9) Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.

National Curriculum

Year 1
Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words