Hello to my super readers! Let’s continue and make even more progress!
Your new sound is the ‘ir’ digraph.
(2 letters, 1 sound)
Whirl and Twirl
Can you read these ‘ir’ words?

How many ‘ir’ words can you find? Comment your answer below.
CHALLENGE: Can you use any of these words in a full sentence?

Done inside my homework book
Girl,twirl,whirl, skirt, bird,swirl,dirty,chired,sir,shirt,swirly,shirley. My bird has a skirt on.
girl
bird
circle
thirty
chirp
firm
skirt
birthday
shirt
we done the work
Good girl Maya! Can you put the word ‘birthday’ into a full sentence?
Shirt
Sir
Dirty
Bird
Chirped
Girls
Swirly
Shirley
Twirl
Whirl
The bird is fluffy.
The shirt is dirty.
Girls like pink colour.
Great work Lewis! Can you extend your sentence? The bird is fluffy and…
There were 12 ir words.
We found 4 sentences with the ir words.
Well done Kinza! Can you tell me 3 of the words you found?
girl
ladybird
twirl
whirl
skirt
swirls
bird
chirped
sir
shirt
Shirley
swirly
dirty
Your shirt has a bird on it.
Great work Emil! ‘ir’ is a digraph. What is a digraph?
1) She is stirring
2) I found 17 “ir” words
Well done Abigail! Can you tell me 3 of the words you found?
I can find many words that have ir .
They are
Girls
Twirl
Whirl
Skirt
Swirl
Bird
Chirped
Dirty
Sir
Swirly
Shirley
Ladybird
Yorkshire
The girl was dancing.
The hall was dirty.
The bird flew high in the sky.
Merlin lives in Yorkshire.
Wow Hasan! What a super long list! I love your sentences too. You used capital letters and full stops brilliantly.
Siyam found 12 ‘ir’ words.
Siyam said: ”my mum is a girl and she loves twirl in her skirt”.
Fantastic Siyam! I am so proud of you engaging with your phonics learning!
1.Bird–There is one bird singing on a tree.
2.Third–My dad is the tallest in my family,second is my mom third is my sister and fourth is me.
3.Twirl–I twirled in delight to show off my new dress.
4.Thirty–There are thirty children in the class-room.
5.T-shirt–My mom brougt me a new t-shirt.
6.Hair–I have long black hair.
7.Birthday–On the 17 th of September is my birthday.
8.Girl–I am a girl.
9.Skirt–I love to wear a skirt.
10.Pair–I have one pair of ballet shoes.
WOW Zoe! You have written so many sentences using words that have the ‘ir’ grapheme. Your challenge tomorrow is to use the word ‘and’ to extend your sentences.