Year 1 Phonics workshop

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The key to unlocking the door to reading and writing PHONICS The key to unlocking the door to reading and writing Knowledge Skills

Correct pronunciation sounds Understanding of vocabulary PHONEME

PHONEME The smallest unit of sound in a word. There are 44 phonemes that we teach. Some are voiced and some are unvoiced

The 44 phonemes /b/ /d/ /f/ /g/ /h/ /j/ /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /p/ /r/ /v/ /w/ /y/ /z/ /th/ /ch/ /sh/ /zh/ /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ /ae/ /ee/ /ie/ /oe/ /ue/ /oo/ /ar/ /ur/ /au/ /er/ /ow/ /oi/ /air/ /ear/ /ure/

GRAPHEME Definition…..

GRAPHEME Letters representing a phoneme e.g. ou ai igh Children need to practise recognising the grapheme and saying the phoneme that it represents.

Grapheme spotting! At home: Identify graphemes in words. Think of alternative graphemes that make the same sound (phoneme.) Think of alternative pronunciations

BLENDING

BLENDING Recognising the letter sounds in a written word, for example c-u-p and merging or ‘blending’ them in the order in which they are written to pronounce the word ‘cup’

Blending at home Encourage your child to use their finger to blend. Re read the word fluently once they have blended the sounds. Chunk longer words to aid blending

SEGMENTING

SEGMENTING ‘Chopping Up’ the word into syllables for spelling. The opposite of blending.

pig p i g church ch ur boy curl thorn chick down shirt

TRICKY WORDS Words that are not phonically decodeable e.g. was, the, I Some are ‘tricky’ to start with but will become decodeable once we have learned the harder phonemes e.g. out, there,

mnemonics RHYTHM Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move NECESSARY Not Every Cat Eats Sardines (Some Are Really Yummy)

Letters and sounds phonics phases

Phase 1 Activities are divided into seven aspects, including environmental sounds, instrumental sounds, body sounds, rhythm and rhyme, alliteration, voice sounds and finally oral blending and segmenting.

Phase 2 Learning 19 letters of the alphabet and one sound for each. Blending sounds together to make words. Segmenting words into their separate sounds. Beginning to read simple captions.

Phase 3 The remaining 7 letters of the alphabet, one sound for each. Graphemes such as ch, oo, th representing the remaining phonemes not covered by single letters. Reading captions, sentences and questions.

Phase 4 No new grapheme-phoneme correspondences are taught in this phase. Children learn to blend and segment longer words with adjacent consonants, e.g. swim, clap, jump.

Phase 5 Now we move on to the "complex code". Children learn more graphemes for the phonemes which they already know, plus different ways of pronouncing the graphemes they already know.

Phase 6 Working on spelling, including prefixes and suffixes, doubling and dropping letters etc.

Year One Phonics screening Year 1 phonics screening check is a short, light-touch assessment to confirm whether individual pupils have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard. It will identify the children who need extra help so they are given support by their school to improve their reading skills. They will then be able to retake the check so that schools can track pupils until they are able to decode.

Useful websites www.parentsintouch.co.uk www.jollylearning.co.uk/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents www.jollylearning.co.uk/ www.focusonphonics.co.uk/ www.syntheticphonics.com