Bug Club Phonics Classroom Resources
Printed resources
Our printed classroom resources are 100% matched to the Bug Club Phonics progression and resources, meaning you can teach with flexibility and fidelity.
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You can mix and match the resources that you want, or choose one of our easy-buy packs – the most convenient way to get the classroom resources that you need!
- Easy Buy Pack: 1 form entry (1 copy of each of the resources): 9781292463506
- Easy Buy Pack: 2 form entry (2 copies of each of the resources): 9781292731643
- Bug Club Phonics Grapheme Chart Poster Easy-Buy Pack Phases 2–5: 9781292462608
- Bug Club Phonics Grapheme-Sound Cards Easy-Buy Pack Phases 2–5: 9781292442426
- Bug Club Phonics Grapheme-Sound Picture Frieze Cards Easy-Buy Pack Phases 2–5: 9781292442433
Digital resources available via your subscription:
Word Cards
Word cards are used to help children read independently. Within your Bug Club Phonics subscription, take your pick from over 800 word cards including: real words, pseudo words, high frequency words and irregular words. We have created one version of these cards with sound buttons and one version without.
Real Words
One version of these cards in your subscription is marked with dots and dashes to denote where the single letter sounds, digraphs and trigraphs are in a word. Children learn to recognise each grapheme and blend to make the word.
Irregular and High Frequency Words
The irregular cards contain words that have irregular pronunciations; these words are always deemed ‘tricky’, e.g. ‘one’. However, some of the words in the list have regular pronunciations and become fully decodable later as the phonics teaching progresses; for example, ‘like’ becomes completely decodable when split digraphs are taught.
When reading these words, children should be encouraged to use their phonic knowledge to help them decode them as far as possible. The irregular part of each word is denoted in blue so children can recognise this to help them read the word.
We have also included high frequency words.
Pseudo Words
These cards are made-up words that don’t mean anything. They are used to help children practise their decoding skills. One version of these is marked with dots and dashes to denote where the single letter sounds, digraphs and trigraphs are in a word. Children learn to recognise each grapheme and blend to make the word.
Grapheme-Sound Mat Phases 2 and 3
These sound mats can be used to support children using graphemes when they are writing. Children can use the sound mats to help them write independently.
Colour-coded by phase, these mats are 100% matched to the Bug Club Phonics DfE-validated systematic synthetic programme progression and resources, meaning you can teach with flexibility and fidelity.
Grapheme-Sound Mat Phase 5
These sound mats can be used to support children using graphemes when they are writing. Children can use the sound mats to help them write independently.
Colour-coded by phase, these mats are 100% matched to the Bug Club Phonics DfE-validated systematic synthetic programme progression and resources, meaning you can teach with flexibility and fidelity.
