Post on 02-Jan-2016
Stretton Sugwas Academy
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Who is Phonics for?
A bit of technical knowledge…Phonics = the sounds in language
Phoneme = smallest unit of sound e.g. ‘p’ or ‘sh’
Grapheme = is a letter or letters that spell a sound in a word
Watch our sound pronunciation guide.
Our School PhonicsBased on ‘Letters and Sounds’
program produced by DFESIncorporates elements of
ReadWriteInc and Jolly PhonicsReadWriteInc letter formationJolly Phonics actions
Today’s sound is….
gLetter sound not the letter name
Phase 4 consonant clusters
Tricky words
These are words that cannot be sounded out and have to be learnt by heart.
High Frequency words
Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
The phonics screening check is a short, reading assessment at the end of Year 1.
How do phonics help us read?
We start reading by sounding out letters within words:
“c_a_t”
We then blend:
“cat”
Sound buttons c a t
How do phonics help us read?
We start reading by sounding out letters within words:
“sh_e_ll”
We then blend:
“shell”
Sound buttons sh e ll
Reading BooksOxford Reading TreeSongbirdsFloppy’s PhonicsNon-fiction books
The importance of dialogue!
How phonics helps with writingSegmenting words Fingers for spellingMagnetic lettersRead Write Inc letter formationMulti sensory
The segmenting continues into Year 1
This continues into Year 1
Segmenting words Fingers for spellingHolding a sentenceConcentration of letter formationSky letters, grass letters and ground
letters
Saying a sentence out loud before writing it down
How to help your child at home…
Read favourite stories over and over again
Read Traditional stories e.g. Cinderella, Jack and the
Bean Stalk
Listen to them read their home/ school reading books
and discuss the story with them
Spot phonic sounds they have learnt at school
Read other texts such as road signs, recipes, magazines
and non-fiction books
Look at an Atlas together
To foster a love of reading and an enthusiasm for
books!
Children who read regularly at home, do well at school
• Read fluently• Share ideas• Extend their imagination• Write confidently • Speak articulately
You can practise pronouncing sounds
Remember no ‘fuh’ and ‘luh’!
Other resourceshttp://
www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/276-8675737-8496938?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=readwriteinc+flashcards
www.phonicsplay.co.ukwww.letters-and-sounds.co.ukEducation city https://
ec1.educationcity.com/level/index/1#tab=year-2