Phonics Letters and Sounds Workshop

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Introducing Letters and Sounds Phonics is the key to children’s success in reading and writing Automatic reading of all words – decodable and tricky - is the ultimate goal.

Letters and Sounds - some key messages A Six Phase Programme Making a good start – Phase One Systematic high quality phonics – Phase 2 and beyond Multi-sensory learning Use as a core scheme but can supplement with other e.g Jolly Phonics

The role of Phase 1 Laying the Foundations – we must get this stage right! Importance of developing speaking and listening skills Relies on and complements a broad and rich language curriculum Promotes the range and depth of children’s language experience Introduces oral blending and segmenting (very important!) Paves the way for systematic phonic teaching to begin

Phase 1 Seven Aspects Three Strands in each Modelling Speaking and Listening Introduces oral blending and segmenting in Aspect 7 Adult-led activities

Phase 2 Start of systematic phonics teaching Introduces 19 grapheme-phoneme correspondences (letter sounds) Decoding and segmenting(Breaking down words and sounding out) are taught as reversible processes As soon as children have a small number of grapheme/phoneme correspondences, blending and segmenting can start (/s/a/t/p/i/n/) Introduces‘Tricky’ words Typical duration: Up to 6 weeks

Phase 2 Each sound has an action which helps children remember the letter(s) As a child becomes more confident, the actions are no longer necessary Children learn each letter by its sound not its name – Say a as in ant not ai as in aim The letters are not introduced in alphabetical order, rather they are chosen because the children can make two and three letter words from very early in the programme

Phase 2 Blending This is the process of saying individual sounds in a word and then running them together to make the word d –o- g and making dog It is a technique every child will need to learn, and it improves with practice! Some children take longer than others to hear this. Some sounds (digraphs) are represented by two letters, such as sh, ai, ee So rain would be sounded out as r-ai-n

Talking Partners Can you tell your partner how many sounds are in these names? Biff Chip Kipper Floppy

Segmenting This is the process of breaking words up orally into their constituent phonemes so that they can use their knowledge of letter-sounds to spell words. e.g. jam j-a-m sock s-o-ck

Phoneme Frame Can you put these words in your phoneme frame? Fish Train Church Fright

Phase 2 Tricky words Some words in English have an irregular spelling and cannot be read by blending, such as said, was, the one Unfortunately many of these are common words They have to be remembered and we call them ‘tricky words’

Phase 3 The majority of F2 children be secure at Phase 3 at the end of the year Introduces another 25 sounds Most comprising two letters Reading and spelling two syllable words and captions Typical duration: Up to 12 weeks

Phases 4 , 5 and 6 are delivered in Years 1 and 2 All children will do a Phonics Screening Check during June in Year 1. All parents will be informed of their child’s results.

Your child will receive a letter sound mat and letter sound book to support their learning at home. They will also bring home sets of words to learn.

Homework Sets of words to read will be sent home. These will be assessed periodically throughout the term These will be matched to the level at which your child is learning.

Tricky Words Tricky words will be sent out for children to practise reading them at home e.g. I no go to the. If children become secure with reading these they can practise then spelling them and using them within a sentence.

Things to do at home Share stories Listen to your child read Look for letters and sounds in the environment Talk about everyday activities

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