Miss Lee & Miss Newton November 2015 26/11/2015 Phonics for Parents Miss Lee & Miss Newton November 2015

(‘Letters and Sounds’ Principles and Practice of High Quality Phonics) 26/11/2015 Being able to read is the most important skill children will learn during their early schooling and has far- reaching implications for life long confidence and well- being. (‘Letters and Sounds’ Principles and Practice of High Quality Phonics)

26/11/2015 What is phonics? Phonics is the link between letters and the sounds they make. Using a highly structured programme working through 6 progressive phases, children are taught: The full range of common letter/ sound correspondences. To hear separate sounds within words. To blend sounds together. Although there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are more than 40 speech sounds.

Useful Terminology Phoneme Smallest unit of sound in a word 26/11/2015 Useful Terminology Phoneme Smallest unit of sound in a word (Phone/sound as good way to remember) Sound out CVC words on fingers Show sound buttons e.g. chip CVCs – more than just 3 letter words e.g. sheep Words to practise counting sounds: bright, speed, slight, broom, crayon Sound stamp and jump some words together Grapheme Written representation of a phoneme (graph/picture as good way to remember) Write graphemes e.g. s, sh, ai GPC = grapheme phoneme correspondence Blending Putting sounds together to hear/read word Skill for reading Segmenting Breaking words down to say sounds in word in order to spell Skill for spelling

Useful Terminology Digraph 2 letters that make one sound 26/11/2015 Useful Terminology Digraph 2 letters that make one sound Which are digraphs? br, sh, th, cl, ng Br, cl, nk etc no longer ‘blends’ but ‘adjacent consonants’ Trigraph 3 letters that make one sound E.g. igh, air, ear Split digraph 2 letters that make one sound but are not next to each other You may know this as ‘magic e’ which is okay to use with your child as long as they understand why; however, in school they will be taught ‘split digraph’. Show example using cards of how the digraphs split but still say the same sound ee, ie, oe, ue (a_e doesn’t work in same way but is taught last and children understand concept of others!)

26/11/2015 Phase 1 7 aspects Aspect 1: General sound discrimination – environmental sounds Aspect 2: General sound discrimination – instrumental sounds Aspect 3: General sound discrimination – body percussion Aspect 4: Rhythm and rhyme Aspect 5: Alliteration Aspect 6: Voice sounds Aspect 7: Oral blending and segmenting

Phase 2 the to I no go 24 new sounds 5 tricky words s a t p i n m d g 26/11/2015 Phase 2 24 new sounds 5 tricky words s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss the to I no go

Phase 3 26 new sounds j v w x y z/zz qu ch sh th/th ng ai ee igh oa 26/11/2015 Phase 3 26 new sounds j v w x y z/zz qu ch sh th/th ng ai ee igh oa oo/oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhXUW_v-1s&safe=active

Phase 3 12 tricky words he she we me be was my you her they all are 26/11/2015 Phase 3 12 tricky words he she we me be was my you her they all are

broom splash Phase 4 No new sounds. Extension of Phase 3. 26/11/2015 Phase 4 No new sounds. Extension of Phase 3. Introduces adjacent consonants e.g. br, spl. broom splash

Phase 4 14 tricky words some one said what do were have out like so 26/11/2015 Phase 4 14 tricky words some one said what do were have out like so when there little come

26/11/2015 It iz tiem too gow hoam sed v kator pilla. But ie doat wont 2 gow howm sed th butt or flie. Iy wot to staiy heyr. It is time to go home said the kator pilla. But I dont want to go home said the butter fligh. I want to stay here.

Phase 5 17 new sounds ay ou ie ir ea aw wh ph ew ue oe au i-e o-e e-e 26/11/2015 Phase 5 17 new sounds ay ou ie ir ea aw wh ph ew ue oe au i-e o-e e-e u-e a-e

26/11/2015 How can you help at home? Encourage children to sound out words in the environment e.g. road signs Read with your child daily Read to your child daily Complete phonics homework Spelling homework – linked to phonics Play word games e.g. children’s scrabble, boggle, phonics dominoes Early Learning Centre and Fun Learning have lots of phonic based games

Phonics in the environment 26/11/2015 Phonics in the environment

Some interactive games 26/11/2015 Some interactive games http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks- watch

Your child will be given a Phonics for Parent Booklet tomorrow/ today. 26/11/2015 Thank you for coming! Your child will be given a Phonics for Parent Booklet tomorrow/ today.