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Phonics
Phonics
It is a way of teaching children to read quickly and skilfully.
What is phonics?
Hear and recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes
Say the sounds – ‘pure’ sounds Phoneme Identify the sounds that different combinations of letters
make e.g. ‘sh’ or ‘igh’ – grapheme/digraph/trigraph Blend these sounds together L-R to make words e.g. sh-o-p
blended together reads shop. De-code new words Segment e.g. ‘team’ has three phonemes /t/ea/m
Children are taught to:
Letters and sounds
Starts in nursery with phase 1
Reception- phase 2 and 3
Year 1- phase 4 and 5
Children in year one will be working confidently and securely at phase 5 ready for the National screening check
Phonics
Grapheme Sample word
ch chip
sh shop
th thin/then
ng king
ai rain
ee feet
igh night
ear dear
Phase 3
The same sound can be pronounced in different ways, e.g.
lunch school chef
Complex
June 2017
1-2-1 with class teacher- no time limit
Reading 40 words.
20 simple words/20 more complex
Both real and nonsense words
Phonics screening check What will it involve?
Sample pages
The results are published nationally.
You will receive a copy alongside your child’s end of year report.
Screening check repeated following year.
What happens with the results?
Daily discrete 20 minute phonics lesson
Very pacey and interactive
New sounds – hear and say it, read it, write it.
Reading and writing
Phonic games
Beyond the phonics lesson
Track progress half termly
Successful in phonics
Lots of encouragement and learn to enjoy reading and books
Regular daily reading – little and often
Phonic/spelling home learning book
Phonic drop-in-session
Websites- www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.oxford owl.co.uk
How you can help at home?
Phonic Activities
Build a soundwith magnetic letters or plastic/wooden letters. Can you make a word? sh fish
Speedy sounds– read
through the flash cards as
fast as you can.
The neatest letters ever! Write your sounds as carefully and beautifully as you can!
Treasure hunt
Find objects that
begin with a sound or
end with a sound.
Read and draw Child draws a picture to match a word or a sentence.
Say your sounds in a funny voice and make someone laugh!
Rainbow write – First write each sound in pencil. Then trace over each sound three times. Each time you trace, you must use a DIFFERENT colour crayon. Trace neatly and you will see a rainbow!
Three times! Write each sound three times. First, write each sound in pencil. Second write each sound in crayon. Third, write each sound in marker. Try to write neatly!
Use a variety of objects to spell the words – cotton buds, buttons, Smarties. Take a
photo!
Chalk sounds – write them outside on the pavement and then take a photo!
Make the sounds from plasticine or
dough.
Use bubble writing.
Paint a sound
Read a newspaper, comic or magazine. How many of your sounds can you find? Highlight or underline them.
Robot voice Use your best robot
voice to sound out words in your reading book.
Write the sounds in glue, and then sprinkle with glitter!
Write a list of words using a sound e.g. oa
coat boat goat
throat
Sing a sound! Instead of
‘twinkle, twinkle little star’,
‘ow ow ow ow ow ow ow’
Go fishing with a friend! Place the sounds you need to practice in a box. Take turns to close your eyes and pull out a sound. Read it correctly then keep it but if you don’t then put it back in the box. The player who collects the most sounds wins! You could decorate the box and write each sound on fish shaped paper.
Create an activity!
Can you think of a really fun way to practice your sounds?
Then go for it!
Be sure to explain your activity so that I can share it with the
class!
HHaa,, hhaa,, hhaa!!
was said what
Tricky words
Daily task
Flashcards – read through the sounds.
How the homework might look
Each week select one activity from the phonics sheet and one
from the spellings sheet.
Record in the note book.
11.1.16 Max played the fishing game with his sister. He recognised these sounds very well ch, oa & ai.
It will be given out on a Friday.
Please return by Thursday.
Have fun!
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