Phonics Training Workshop What is phonics? Terminology How we teach phonics The phonics screening check Resources

What is phonics? Phonics is a way of teaching children to read which involves learning the sounds that letters make words. (It is not the same as letter names) c-a-t Children learn sets of sounds and then practice blending them together to read words. They also learn to segment them in order to write words.

Phonics Terminology Phoneme – speech sounds Grapheme – letters that makes the phoneme (sound) (igh, i-e, ie) Blending – Merging the phonemes c-a-t into the word cat READING Segmenting – Taking a spoken word (e.g. him) Identifying the individual sounds h-i-m WRITING Pure sound – the smallest possible sound. ( ‘t’ not ‘tuh’)

Children learn sets of sounds: How we teach phonics Children learn sets of sounds: 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  

Children learn sets of sounds: Phase 3 How we teach phonics Children learn sets of sounds: Phase 3 ighs creem j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur oi ear air ure er  

How we teach phonics Last set has alternative ways of writing sounds they have already learnt. Children learn sets of sounds. Phase 5: ice cream ea ou e i ie i_e ir aw ow o_e ay a­_e oo ew ue u_e au oe ore e_e oy

Pupils learn to blend sounds together to read words: How we teach phonics Pupils learn to blend sounds together to read words: p-i-n ch-ai-n d-ay-d-r-ea-m

How we teach phonics They also do the opposite: segmenting words into sounds to write words: p-i-n (three sounds) ch-ai-n (three sounds) d-ay-d-r-ea-m (six sounds)

Irregular words are taught differently Phase 2 words Phase 3 words Phase 4 words Phase 5 words I go no into the he she me be we was you they all are my her said have like so do some come were there little one when out what Oh their Mr Mrs looked called asked could water where who again thought through work mouse many laughed different because any eyes once please the

Phonics Screening Check The phonics screening check has been introduced by the Department of Education to check the phonics knowledge of children across the country. The check takes place during the month of June.

Phonics Screening Check

Preparing Children for the Phonics Screening Check Our pupils are used to reading to adults and having an adult check their understanding. We do our best to make sure the test is not stressful for the children. We do lots of preparation in class for the test, in the form of our usual phonics work.

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Resources Sound charts Alien word sheets Parent letter