Welcome to

At St Luke’s Primary School

2014

Reading Books to Children

5 Basic Skills

1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Letter formation

3. Blending

4. Segmenting

5. Tricky words

Letter Sounds1) s a t p

2) i n m d

3) g o c k

4) ck e u r

5) h b f, ff l, ll ss

6) j v w x

7) y z, zz qu

8) ch sh th ng ai

9) ee igh oa oo ar

10) ar or ur ow oi

11) ear air ure er

Mr Thorne does phonics

Digraphs (two letters making one sound)

ch sh th ngai ee igh oaoo ar or urow oi ear airure er

Storylines and Actions

Learning the /s/ sound

Action: Weave your hand like a

snake, making an ‘s’

shape, saying ssssss

Letter Formation

• On the board

• In the air

• Multisensory rehearsal

Blending for reading

dog

Blending for reading

sun

Blending for reading

fish

Segmenting for spelling

h-a-t

Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip

• ‘Froggy legs’

movement

Sound Sheets

This is the /s/ Sound Sheet from

The Phonics Handbook.

Digraph with Two Sounds: ‘oo’

This is the ‘oo’ Sound Sheet from

The Phonics Handbook.

Reading Tricky Words

Alternative Vowel Sounds

Introduced as: Alternatives taught later:

(rain) (play) (flame)

(feet)

(boat)

(leaf)

(snow) (bone)

(these)

Independent Writing

The children need to know:

• The 44 letter sounds• How to hear the sounds in words• One way of writing the letters for the sounds • What they want to say

In Year R children choose their own learning