Phonics Workshop

SOME DEFINITIONS EXPLAINED: Phoneme This is the smallest unit of sound in a word. How many phonemes can you hear in cat?

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! t ai sh igh Some phonemes can be represented by more than one grapheme: ay ai a-e

https://www. youtube. com/watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYx1CyDMZSc Your turn to have a go- Can you identify the different phonemes on the sound mats?  SAYING THE PHONEMES:

Graphemes Digraphs (2) Trigraphs (3)

SPLIT DIGRAPHS: Vowels- vowel house have 2 sounds (long and short) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TjcT7Gto3U ‘Magic e’ Split digraph- vowel and ‘e’ split by a consonant Exceptions to the rules- ’tricky words.’

SEGMENTING: The skill of ‘Chopping Up’ the word to spell it out. Identifying the individual sounds in a spoken word (e.g. h-i-m , sh-o-p) and writing down letters for each sound (phoneme) to form the words - him and shop.

BLENDING: This is recognising the letter sounds in a written word. For example: c-u-p and merging or ‘blending’ them in the order in which they are written to pronounce the word ‘cup’. Encourage children to segment and blend when they come across an unfamiliar word.

SEGMENTING AND BLENDING PRACTICE frog segment = f – r – o – g blend = frog chop segment = ch – o - p blend = chop shirt segment = sh – ir – t blend = shirt Sound buttons. Your turn! Have a go at segmenting and blending the words on your table 

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD Encourage your child to look out for graphemes as they read- give them time and praise them for having a go. Add sound buttons underneath words. Lots of opportunities to read new words (segmenting and blending) Discuss the meanings of new words.

USEFUL ACTIVITIES Websites: phonics play www.phonicsplay.co.uk phonics bloom www.phonicsbloom.com Reading record Magnetic letters/ phonic cubes (make and read words) Bingo/ pairs Dice- roll, write and read (real and fake words) Handwriting Your turn to have a go 

PHONICS SCREENING In June all Year 1 children will be expected to undertake a phonics check. The children are asked to read 40 words- a combination of 20 real words and 20 pseudo (made up) words. Aim- to confirm whether individual children have learnt sufficient phonic decoding and blending skills to an appropriate standard. Your turn to have a go 

Any Questions?