Phonics afternoon with parents

What is phonics? Letter sounds Good phonics = good reading, writing and spelling. Back to basics This is the term used for letter sounds rather than the alphabetical name. An initiative has been set up by the government to raise children’s phonological understanding. A good understanding of phonics enables children to blend sounds together for reading and then breaking them down for spelling.

How we teach phonics Our phonics lessons are taught daily and are 20 minutes long. Phonics for reading Phonics for writing Karen e.g. children are taught to break a 3 letter word down and pronounce each phoneme (sound) for each letter in turn, i.e. ‘cat’ would be broken down into C-a-t. Synthetic phonics for writing is the reverse of the sequence Children are taught to say a word they wish to write, segment it into its phonemes and say them in turn, e.g. d-o-g. the children would write a grapheme (letter) for each of the phonemes heard and then produce the written word ‘dog’.

Letters and Sounds Broken down into phases Children in year 1 will practise the phases 2-5, in year 2 they will move onto phase 6 Duncan New Letters and Sounds document is split into 6 phases.

The Phonic Alphabet The English language has 44 phonemes Children should be taught to write each letter, forming them accurately. Children are taught to produce the sounds as short as possible, e.g. no ‘uh’ on the end of ‘d’ and ‘g’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8&t=204s/ Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

lip went rubbish portrait Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Segmenting and blending buttons and zips Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Segmenting and blending I spy! Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Segmenting and blending Boggle phonics!   ch ea r sh i p a n ck o l oo a x r sh Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Segmenting and blending Boggle phonics!   ch ea r sh i p a n ck o l oo a x r sh Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Segmenting and blending Word sort Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Recognising different phonemes Phoneme spotter stories Duncan British spoken English is generally reckoned to use 44 sounds or ‘phonemes’. Technically a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to a meaning of a word. 20 of these are vowel sounds and 24 are consonant sounds.

Phonics Check – Y1 Statutory ‘light touch’ check on phonics understanding – including use of non-words. Helps to identify which children need support in this area. The check is age appropriate and is given by a teacher who all the children know. Karen

Children will be regularly assessed by their class teacher to ensure that they are making progress Children who need extending or supporting in phonics will benefit from additional intervention groups Karen

Please come and see us if there is anything we can give you How to help at home Practise sounds your child is working on in class. Challenge the children to find objects that begin with a certain sound. Play ‘I Spy’ with phonemes - not letter names. Practise letter formation. Play rhyming bingo, lotto and extend rhyming strings. Play games with word cards. Make sentences with word cards. Please come and see us if there is anything we can give you Duncan

www.phonicsplay.co.uk Duncan

Useful Websites www.bbc.co.uk/home/literacy www.ictgames.com www.teachyourmonstertoread.com www.pinterest.com Duncan

Thank you! Any questions?