Phonics. Moving onto digraphs. Good Morning, Parents Please can you sign your name on our register sheet? 22.02.17 Mrs Bushell Miss Clark Mrs Humphreys

Schemes of work used:

Phonemes Phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word. Although there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are more than 40 speech sounds. Grapheme is what we write to represent a sound/ phoneme – for some phonemes, this could be more than one letter.

Digraphs Two letters which make one sound. A consonant digraph contains two consonants next to each other, but they make a single sound. e.g. sh, ck, th, ll ship chat thin A vowel digraph contains at least one vowel but the two letters still make a single sound e.g. ai ee ar oi car for burn cow coin

Understanding Phonics http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-teaching-two-letters-one-sound/ (1.23)

Sound buttons and lines book th i s

Tricky Words Let’s not forget the words that can’t be sounded out, e.g. she, was We learn this words by looking for the tricky part then spelling the word out rather than sounding it out. Look out for them in any books you read or signs you see outside.

Helping at home Practise every day and play games Use sound cards to make real and nonsense words E.g. a-t = at a-g = ag i-s = is o-n = on e-p = ep When tricky words are seen in reading books at home help your child recognise them by sight and where able begin to write them correctly. Share books and make sure your child can see you reading for pleasure.