Trigraphs

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English›Phonics & Word Reading|Ages 5—6|ID: mt_roAgL1rQRF

Read and spell words containing trigraphs — three-letter graphemes representing a single sound (igh, air, ear, are)

Mastery Evidence

Read words with trigraphs (e.g. 'night', 'chair', 'near')
Distinguish between different sounds for 'ear' (e.g. 'hear' vs 'bear')
Identify the single phoneme represented by three letters in a word

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] recognise three-letter combinations like 'igh' in 'night', 'air' in 'chair', and 'ear' in 'hear' — knowing that all three letters together make just one sound?”

Curriculum Standards5 alignments

Eng_App1_Y1_41The national curriculum in England

Trigraph: igh

Trigraph: igh.

English · Key Stage 1

Eng_App1_Y1_46The national curriculum in England

Trigraph: air

Trigraph: air.

English · Key Stage 1

Eng_App1_Y1_47The national curriculum in England

Trigraph: ear

Trigraph: ear.

English · Key Stage 1

Eng_App1_Y1_48The national curriculum in England

Trigraph: ear (/ɛə/)

Trigraph: ear (/ɛə/).

English · Key Stage 1

Eng_App1_Y1_49The national curriculum in England

Trigraph: are (/ɛə/)

Trigraph: are (/ɛə/).

English · Key Stage 1

Prerequisites2

Consonant Digraphs
softAges 4—7
Vowel Digraphs
softAges 4—7

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Consonant Digraphs soft
Extends digraph concept to three letters
- Single Letter Sounds hard
  Must know single letters before digraphs
  - Knowing all letters hard
    Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
    - Understanding print hard
      Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
Vowel Digraphs soft
Vowel digraph knowledge supports trigraphs
- Single Letter Sounds hard
  Must know single letter sounds before vowel digraphs
  - Knowing all letters hard
    Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
    - Understanding print hard
      Must understand print direction before letter identification matters

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