ESL Phonics Lessons: Advanced Phonics (tion / sion)

This advanced ESL phonics lesson features an extensive word list introducing the tion/sion sound, followed by several sentences to practice reading these sounds. This lesson is designed to help students master these common suffixes, improving their pronunciation, reading fluency, and overall phonemic awareness.

ESL Phonics: Lesson Objectives

1. Identify and Use the “tion” and “sion” Sounds: Students will learn to recognize and accurately use the “tion” and “sion” sounds in various words and contexts.
2. Improve Pronunciation: Focus on correct pronunciation to boost reading and speaking skills.
3. Develop Reading Skills: Strengthen reading fluency by practicing words and sentences with these special sounds.
4. Enhance Phonemic Awareness: Deepen understanding of how the “tion” and “sion” sounds function within words and sentences.

Mastering these advanced ESL phonics sounds is an essential step in learning English phonics for ESL students. Explore the resources ESL Phonics section at Stickyball.net to find worksheets, games, and more to support your phonics teaching journey.

The free phonics lesson below introduces an extensive word list featuring words with the tion/sion sounds, followed by several sentences that use many of these words and give students a chance to practice reading these sounds in context. This ESL phonics lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more lesson like this in our textbook Phonics Monster: Consonant Blends and Digraphs.