For Year 1 and Year 2 Parents 1 of 3 sessions

In this sessions we will include: Terminology Why phonics is so important The phases The sounds themselves Tricky and high frequency words Non-sense words A selection of phonics games The importance of reading at home Information about the Year 1 screening test A list of resources you can use

Terminology Phoneme Grapheme Blending Segmenting Di-graph Tri-graph Split digraph GPC CV, CVC, CVCC, CCVC Nonsense words How many of these terms do you know? You have 3 mins.

Terminology – how many did you get? Phoneme - sound Grapheme – written picture of the sound Di-graph – 2 letters, 1 sound Tri-graph - 3 letters, 1 sound Split digraph – (P5) a digraph that is split by a letter GPC – grapheme phoneme correspondance CV – consonant vowel e.g. no CVC – consonant vowel consonant e.g. cat CVCC –e.g. best CCVC - e.g.clap

Why phonics? Simple view of reading: decoding and blending Writing Hear, identify and manipulate sounds 26 letters in the alphabet but there are 44 sounds 5 vowels A phoneme can be represented by one or more letters e.g. sh, th, ee The same phoneme can be spelt in more than one way e.g. rain, may, lake The same spelling may represent more than one phoneme e.g. mean, deaf

The Phases Phase 1: phonological awareness (ongoing) Phase 2: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss Phase 3: j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er Phase 4: read and spell CVCC, CCVC, CCV, CCVCC, CCCVCC Phase 5: alternative graphemes and phonemes (more to come next session) Phase 6: spelling (year 2) By the end of Year 1 the national average is Phase 5. The national average for Year 2 is Phase 6.

Phase 1 Need to have a firm foundation in this to be able to successfully move on. Sound discrimination: listening attentively - Environmental - Instrumental - Body percussion Rhythm and rhyme Alliteration Voice sounds Ongoing

Learning the Sounds Phase 2: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss Be careful of the schwas and modelling especially ‘t’ video

Now it’s your turn Using the Phase 2 sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss Let’s play: I-spy

Learning the Sounds Phase 3: j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er video

Now it’s your turn Using the Phase 3 sounds: j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er Let’s play splat.

Phase 4 – no new sounds to learn To enter Phase 4 you will be able to: represent each of the 42 phonemes by a grapheme be able to blend and segment CVC words Read and spell some tricky words Consolidate knowledge of graphemes for reading and spelling containing adjacent consonants: CV – consonant vowel e.g. no CVC – consonant vowel consonant e.g. cat CVCC –e.g. went, best CCVC - e.g.clap And polysyllabic words e.g. and driftwood

Phase 5 Alternative phonemes - The same spelling may represent more than one phoneme e.g. mean, deaf Alternative graphemes - The same phoneme can be spelt in more than one way e.g. rain, may, lake

Tricky and High Frequency Words These are taught along with the phases HF words: some are decodeable e.g. then (‘th’ not ‘the’) However, There are some words that you just cannot sound out! - the - he - she - said - one

Spellings Look. Cover. Check Motor memory Spelling booklet – activities - Headlines - That’s an Order - Super Sentences - Rainbow Words - Bubble Letters - Make a word search - Magnetic Letters

Phoneme Frames Great for learning your sounds and how to apply them Help with spellings church church

HF words – Phase 2 (spell = phase 3) Decodeable High Frequency Words Tricky High Frequency Words a mum but an dad as had if back in and is get it big of him off has on his can not got up the to I no go into

HF words – Phase 3 (spell = phase 4) Decodeable High Frequency Words Tricky High Frequency Words will that this then them with see for now down look too he she we me be was you they all are my her

HF words – Phase 4 (spell = phase 5) Decodeable High Frequency Words Tricky High Frequency Words went it’s from children just help said have like so do were there little one when

Now it’s your turn How many can you do in 1 minute? Can you put it into a sentence?

What a Load of Nonsense When you know all of the sounds you can sound out anything! jeg wint kly lun groiks fowspring

Making it Fun Freddy Fingers – how many sounds are in a word Cross the river – cross the river if you have ‘ee’ NSEW – 4 sounds/words around the room/garden Rubbish or treasure? - sort words Robot speak What’s in the box? Match the word to the picture Sound hangman – using dots and dashes How many can you read/write in a minute? Make an alien/superhero with a nonsense name! Ask your child – they will know how to play.

The Importance of Reading at Home Research shows that a child should read at home. Reading to your child is just as important! It doesn’t just have to be books... Going back to the simple view of reading – it’s more than just sounding out. Read their reading book? - Look at other materials - Discuss the book: favourite page/character - Phonics detective! What you write can really help.

The Year 1 Reading Screening Beginning of June – date to follow 20 non-sense words 20 real words Spanning the 5 phases 32/40 pass mark Re-sit the following year Please take a look at last years booklet.

Next Week We are offering a 2 nd session to follow on from this one which will mainly focus on Phase 5 and anything from this session you would like me to go over again. This is on Tuesday. There is a 3 rd session scheduled for Thursday It will be with your Year 1 child in class where you can practise what you have learnt by playing some on the games with your child.

Resources School’s website Phonics play Laurence Haines – spld base in Watford. Free letters and sounds resources. Games, activities etc.

Any Questions?

I hope you have found today useful. I hope to see you next time.