Phonics

What is phonics? It is a way of teaching children to read quickly and skilfully.

Children are taught to: Hear and recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes Say the sounds – ‘pure’ sounds Phoneme Identify the sounds that different combinations of letters make e.g. ‘sh’ or ‘igh’ – grapheme/digraph/trigraph Blend these sounds together L-R to make words e.g. sh-o-p blended together reads shop. De-code new words Segment e.g. ‘team’ has three phonemes /t/ea/m

Phonics Letters and sounds Starts in nursery with phase 1 Reception- phase 2 and 3 Year 1- phase 4 and 5 Children in year one will be working confidently and securely at phase 5 ready for the National screening check

Phase 3 Grapheme Sample word ch chip sh shop th thin/then ng king ai rain ee feet igh night ear dear

Complex The same sound can be pronounced in different ways, e.g. lunch school chef

Phonics screening check What will it involve? June 2018 1-2-1 with class teacher- no time limit Reading 40 words. 20 simple words/20 more complex Both real and nonsense words

Sample pages

What happens with the results? The results are published nationally. You will receive a copy alongside your child’s end of year report. Screening check repeated following year.

Successful in phonics Daily discrete 20 minute phonics lesson Very pacey and interactive New sounds – hear and say it, read it, write it. Reading and writing Phonic games Beyond the phonics lesson Track progress half termly

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How you can help at home? Lots of encouragement and learn to enjoy reading and books Regular daily reading – little and often Phonic/spelling home learning book Drop-in-session Websites- www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.oxford owl.co.uk

Make the sounds and words from plasticine or dough. Fun Activities Build a sound or spell a word with magnetic letters. sh fish Speedy sounds– read through the sound mat as fast as you can. The neatest letters ever! Write your sounds or tricky words as carefully and beautifully as you can! Treasure hunt Find objects that begin with a sound or end with a sound. Magic paintbrush Write your sounds and words in the air. Ha, Ha, Ha! Say your sounds in a funny voice and make someone laugh! Rainbow write – First write each sound/word in pencil. Then trace over each sound three times. Each time you trace, you must use a DIFFERENT colour crayon. Trace neatly and you will see a rainbow! Three times! Write each sound/word three times. First, write each sound in pencil. Second write each sound in crayon. Third, write each sound in marker. Try to write neatly! Use a variety of objects to spell the sound/word – cotton buds, buttons, Smarties. Take a photo! Spelling shapes Count your spelling words. Draw one shape for each word. Then write your spelling words inside each of the shapes. Example: Make the sounds and words from plasticine or dough. Use bubble writing. Paint it Sound/word detective Read a newspaper, comic or magazine. How many of your sounds/words can you find? Highlight or underline them. For extra fun use a magnifying glass! Robot voice Use your best robot voice to sound out words in your reading book. Write the sounds/words in glue, and then sprinkle with glitter! Write a list of words using a sound e.g. oa coat boat goat throat Sing a sound! Instead of ‘twinkle, twinkle little star’, ‘ow ow ow ow ow ow ow’ Go fishing with a friend! Place the sounds/words you need to practice in a box. Take turns to close your eyes and pull out a sound/word. Read it correctly then keep it but if you don’t, then put it back in the box. The player who collects the most sounds/words wins! You could decorate the box and write each sound/word on fish shaped paper. Create an activity! Can you think of a really fun way to practice your sounds? Then go for it! Be sure to explain your activity so that I can share it with the class! go

Daily task Flashcards – quickly read through the sound mat. This can be done alongside your child’s reading. How the homework might look Each week select one or two activities from the ‘Fun activities’ sheet. Record in the note book. 11.1.16 Max played the fishing game with his sister. He recognised these sounds very well ch, oa & ai. It will be given out on a Monday. Please return by the following Monday. Have fun! Useful websites- www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.oxford owl.co.uk

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