Phonics Workshop Friday 24th November 2017

What is phonics? Phonics is… Skills of segmentation and blending Knowledge of the alphabetic code.

At St Michael’s In school, we follow the Letters and Sounds programme. Letters and Sounds is a phonics resource published by the Government which consists of six phases. In Nursery they do the Jolly phonics actions so it is easier to remember each sound.

Daily phonics Every day the children have 20 minute sessions of phonics. • Fast paced approach Lessons encompass a range of games, songs and rhymes and messy play materials. We use the Letters and Sounds planning document to support the teaching of phonics and Jolly Phonics. There are 6 phonics phases which the children work through as a class.

Phase 1 Begins in Nursery- the children learn basic listening skills. They are encouraged to tune into sounds- instrumental, environmental and voice sounds.

Terminology Phoneme- a single sound , a, t, k There are 42 phonemes to teach in total.   Graphemes-A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word sounds E.G th, ng, sh, ea., igh

Digraph- two letters that make one sound Trigraph- three letters that make one sound Split digraph- A digraph is two letters (two vowels or two consonants or a vowel and a consonant) which together make one sound (as in the words tail, boat, found or read). When a digraph is split by a consonant it becomes a split digraph. For example: wrote – the 'oe' here make one sound.

How many phonemes can you hear in Terminology A Phoneme This is the smallest unit of sound in a word. How many phonemes can you hear in cat?

Terminology A grapheme These are the letters that represent the phoneme. Children need to practise recognising the grapheme and saying the phoneme that it represents. The grapheme could be 1 letter, 2 letters or more! We often refer to these as sound buttons: th ai igh

Phase 2 Children will learn their first 19 phonemes: Set 1: s a t p Set 2: i n m d Set 3: g o c k Set 4: ck (as in duck) e u r Set 5: h b l f ff (as in puff) ll (as in hill) ss (as in hiss) They will use these phonemes to read and spell simple “consonant- vowel-consonant” (CVC) words: sat, tap, dig, duck, rug, puff, hill, hiss All these words contain 3 phonemes.

Saying the Pure Sound Saying the sounds correctly with your child is extremely important The way we say sound may well be different from when you were at school We say the shortest form of the sounds Video: You tube search- phoneme articulation

Building words from phonemes to read. Blending Building words from phonemes to read. c a t cat

Segmenting Breaking down words for spelling. cat c a t

TRICKY WORDS These are words that the children are taught to read by sight as they are common words but not yet decodable at the stage of the children’s phonetical knowledge. I to the go no into

Terminology Your children will learn to use the term: digraph This means that the phoneme comprises of two letters e.g. ai, ee, ow, oi

Terminology Your children will learn to use the term: trigraph This means that the phoneme comprises of three letters e.g. igh, air, ear

Phase 3 boat, boot, look, farm, fork, burn, Children will enter phase 3 once they know the first 19 phonemes and can blend and segment to read and spell CVC words. They will learn another 26 phonemes: j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er They will use these phonemes (and the ones from Phase 2) to read and spell words: chip, shop, thin, ring, pain, feet, night, boat, boot, look, farm, fork, burn, town, coin, dear, fair, sure

Blending qu ee n queen xcvcvv xcvcv

Segmenting queen qu ee n xcvcv xcvcv

Sound Button Challenge chip chair tree fish light

Sound Button Challenge chip chair tree fish light

me he be we she my was all they are you TRICKY WORDS me he be we she my was all they are you

I hav got a shighnee goawld coin in my pokit I hav got a shighnee goawld coin in my pokit. Pleez cum to migh partee it will be grait. It is tighm for tee we hav got fish, potaitoas and caruts.

Phase 4 Children move into phase 4 when they know all the phonemes from phases 2 and 3 and can use them to read and spell simple words (blending to read and segmenting to spell). Phase 4 doesn’t introduce any new phonemes. It focuses on reading and spelling longer words with the phonemes they already know. These words have consonant clusters at the beginning: spot, trip, clap, green, clown …or at the end: tent, mend, damp, burnt …or at the beginning and end! trust, spend, twist

The children learn to read and spell words such as: pond bench train lift

said so have like some come were there little one do when out what TRICKY WORDS said so have like some come were there little one do when out what

Phase 5 Teach new graphemes for reading ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ir, ue, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e Learn alternative pronunciations of graphemes (the same grapheme can represent more than one phoneme): Fin/find, hot/cold, cat/cent, got/giant, but/put, cow/blow, tie/field, eat/bread, farmer/her, hat/what, yes/by/very, chin/school/chef, out/shoulder/could/you.

Learning All The Variations Learning that the same phoneme can be represented in more than one way: burn first term heard work

Learning All The Variations Learning that the same grapheme can represent more than one phoneme: meat bread he bed bear hear cow low

Split Digraphs game time cube phone slide

Year 1 Phonics Test Statutory assessment carried out during June in Year 1. Children work 1:1 with the class teacher to read 40 words some real and some pseudo words. Children will either- meet the required standard or not Children who do not meet the required standard will access addition support and be re-assessed in June of Year 2. The children are not aware of the ‘test’ as there is no need to cause pressure or stress for your child- it is part of their every day phonics activity.

Year 1 Phonics Test

Resources http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Phase 6 The focus is on learning spelling rules for suffixes. -s -es -ing -ed -er -est -y -en -ful -ly -ment -ness

How Can I Help At Home? When spelling, encourage your child to think about what “looks right”. Have fun trying out different options…wipe clean whiteboards are good for trying out spellings. tray trai rain rayn boil boyl boy boi throat throwt snow snoa

How Can I Help At Home? Sing an alphabet song together Play ‘I spy’ Continue to play with magnetic letters, using some two-grapheme (letter) combinations, eg: r-ai-n = rain blending for reading rain = r-ai-n segmenting for spelling Praise your child for trying out words Look at tricky words Look for phonic games Play pairs with words and pictures

a

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and round you go. Up, down and kick out a’s toe.

as

a

an

and

b

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and up tall and back down. Then halfway up and all the way round. Add a lead at the end So b can join onto a friend

but

back

big

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and curl the c. C joins other letters easily.

c

can

d

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up halfway and go round Then all the way up and back down. Kick out d’s toe And she’s ready to go.

dad

e

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and curl like a snail And leave an easy joining tail.

f

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in to the top and loop round And then zoom under the ground. Under the line, loop the last part And finish your f near its start.

g

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in, go round to the top. Go down under the line, loop and stop.

get

got

h

had

his

him

i

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up and down, then kick out a toe. Add a dot and i’s ready to go.

in

if

is

it

j

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up then zoom down under the line. Loop the tail then add your dot at the right time.

k

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up tall and back down. Go halfway up and around. Go down and out with a flick. Your k is ready to kick!

l

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and up tall, Down to the ground and make your flick small.

m

Click and watch the pencil. Whoosh in and then down, Up, over and back to the ground. Up, over and down again. Add a flick to finish your m.

mum

n

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and then down. Up, over the hump and flick off the ground.

not

o

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in round you go. Lead out from the top for your o.

of

on

off

p

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and then go down low, Back up to top and round you go. Lead out at the end, So that p can join onto a friend.

put

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and round you go. Then zoom under the line and kick out q’s big toe.

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh to the top to start. Go down and curve the top for your r.

s

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in and curl left. Curl right then lead out of your s.

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh to the top and back down, Then add a flick off of the ground. You need to cross the t, With a straight line on his tummy.

u

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up then down Bend round, go up and down to the ground. Kick out a toe And u is ready to go.

up

v

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up then down into the valley. Zoom back up and across the top to finish your v.

w

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh in, then down and back up. Down again, up and across at the top.

x

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Climb up to the top and then slide down from left to right and have a rest. Jump back to the top, go from right to left and you have an x!

y

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up then down and bend round. Go up then down underground. Loop the tail under the line, Lead the y out and it’s looking fine.

z

Click and watch the pencil to see it write. Whoosh up then to the right. Zig zag down and back to the right.

Phase 3

ck

ff

ll

ss

zz

qu

ch

sh

y

zz

qu

ch

sh

th

ng

ai

ee

igh

oa

oo

ar

or

ur

ow

oi

ear

air

ure

er

z

Set 2 tricky words

the

to

I

no

go

into

Set 3 tricky words

he

she

we

me

be

was

you

they

all

are

my

her

Set 4 tricky words

said

have

like

so

do

some

come

were

there

little

one

when

out

what

Set 5 tricky words

oh

their

people

Mr

Mrs

looked

called

asked

could

Finally… REMEMBER: Phonics is not the only thing needed to become a fluent reader. Please continue to read with your child each night and encourage them to: Sound out Re-read to check it makes sense. Use pictures for clues. Ask questions about the book. And most importantly ENJOY READING!