Welcome to

At St Luke’s Primary School

Sept 2015

5 Basic Skills

1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Learning 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 and Trigraphs (two or three letters making one sound)

ch sh th ngai ee oa oo ar or ur owoi er ear air igh

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

The cat is on a mat.

Segmenting for spelling

h-a-t

Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip

Sound Sheets

This is the /s/ Sound Sheet from

The Phonics Handbook.

Digraph with Two Sounds: ‘oo’

Reading Tricky Words

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