Phonics Year 2 Phonics Workshop

phonics is Phonics at a glance + skills of segmentation and blending c - a - t knowledge of the alphabetic code +

Terminology Phoneme how it sounds Grapheme how it’s written Digraph two letters, but one sound sh, ch Trigraph three letters, but one sound igh

segmenting shelf sh e l f dress think string sprint flick Word Phonemes shelf sh e l f dress think string sprint flick

segmenting shelf sh e l f dress d r ss think th i n k string s t ng Word Phonemes shelf sh e l f dress d r ss think th i n k string s t ng sprint p flick ck

So what is best fit? What next? Now the children have a spelling for each sound, we can look at alternative spellings using our best fit knowledge. So what is best fit?

Alternative Spellings a ai a_e ay Where do you hear the sound? There are a few rare spellings such as eigh and ey

Alternative Spellings Where do you hear the sound? There are a few rare spellings such as eigh and ey

Where do you hear the sound? Let’s Practise Where do you hear the sound? a ai a_e ay

Let’s Practise quiz, quiz swap relay race This is reading practise. The children are all given a word and have to go around the room reading their word, putting it in a sentence and then swapping. This helps the children see the best fit spelling in the words. This is writing practise. The children will race in a team to finish the words using their knowledge of best fit.

Alternative spellings Long vowel sounds Other alternatives include: au, aw, augh, or oi oy er, ir

Let’s Practise: BINGO a ai a_e ay