Parents Meeting 18th January 2018 Phonics Workshop Parents Meeting 18th January 2018

Everything starts with reading!

A little story…

Can you read this? Doat yoo wont 2 gow howm arskt baju. Noa iy wot too plai chays sed d bran ejock. Oakai staiy heyr ven. Can you read this?

In this sessions we will include: Terminology Why phonics is so important The phonics phases The sounds themselves Tricky and high frequency words A selection of phonics games A list of resources you can use

Why phonics? Simple view of reading: word recognition/comprehension Writing Hear, identify and manipulate sounds 26 letters in the alphabet but there are 44 sounds 5 vowels A phoneme can be represented by one or more letters e.g. sh, th, ee The same phoneme can be spelt in more than one way e.g. rain, may, lake The same spelling may represent more than one phoneme e.g. mean, deaf

The Phases 1 - 6 Phase 1: phonological awareness (ongoing) Phase 2: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss Phase 3: j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er Phase 4: read and spell CVCC, CCVC, CCV, CCVCC, CCCVCC Phase 5: alternative graphemes and phonemes Phase 6: spelling (year 2) By the end of Reception the national average is secure Phase 4. By the end of Year 1 the national average is Phase 5. The national average for Year 2 is Phase 6.

How many of these terms do you know? You have 3 mins. Terminology How many of these terms do you know? You have 3 mins. Phoneme Grapheme Blending Segmenting Di-graph Tri-graph Split digraph GPC CV, CVC, CVCC, CCVC Nonsense words

Terminology – how many did you get?

Split digraph –a digraph that is split by a letter CV – consonant vowel e.g. no CVC – consonant vowel consonant e.g. cat CVCC –e.g. best CCVC - e.g.clap

Learning the Sounds Phase 2 graphemes and phonemes: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss Be careful of the schwas Model carefully video Jolly phonics actions – consolidate Video Alpha blocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu5fzbxOG4U

Tricky and High Frequency Words These are taught along side the phases HF words: some are decodable e.g. then However, There are some words that you just cannot sound out! the he she said one

What should I do at home? We would suggest that you help your child consolidate their previous learning at home Phase 1 – rhyming, alliteration, sounds quizzes Phase 2 – phonemes, CVC words using P2 sounds and tricky words Phase 3 – CVC using P3 sounds and tricky words Phase 4 – P2 and P3 sounds in longer words, spelling tricky words Get creative – see box of resources Letter formation Phonics gym/robot speak Segmenting and blending arms School website - http://www.stbernadette.herts.sch.uk/

Helping your child with decoding unfamiliar words Say each sound in the word from left to right. Blend the sounds by pointing to each letter, i.e. /b/ in bat, or letter group, i.e. /igh/ in sigh, as you say the sound, then run your finger under the whole word as you say it. Try to ensure that you enunciate the sound accurately. Talk about the meaning if your child does not understand the word they have read. Work at your child’s pace. Always be positive and give lots of praise and encouragement.

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