JOLLY PHONICS WORKSHOP The Priory School A.Rozak

The five basic skills for reading and writing are: Learning the letter sounds Learning letter formation Blending Identifying sounds in words Spelling the tricky words

THE 42 PHONEMES s, a, t, i, p, n c k, e, h, r, m, d g, o, u, l, f, b ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or z, w, ng, v, oo, oo y, x, ch, sh, th, th qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

Storylines and Actions Learning the /m/ sound: Storyline – Discussion about favourite meal Action – rub tummy and say mmmmmm Objects that begin with /m/ Other words containing the /m/ sound

Letter Formation In the air, on backs, in sand Using playdoh, counters, magnetic letters On the board, painting On paper Possibilities endless!

Pencil Grip Tripod grip Pressure on pencil ‘O’ anticlockwise ‘d’ and ‘e’ start from the middle All other letters start from the top

BLENDING Recognising the letter sounds in a written word and blending them together to pronounce the word. c-u-p = cup s a t p i n Sat it pat tap pan nip

Digraphs Some sounds (digraphs) are represented by two letters Sh sh-i-p ee f-ee-t ai r-ai-n Sound out the digraph, not the individual letters.

Spelling Spell through hearing sounds in words. Initial sound, end sound, middle sound Begin with three-letter words Praise good attempts

Tricky Words Irregular spelling, cannot be read by blending I go they said was Many high frequency words are ‘tricky’ words

Tricky Words Some words begin ‘tricky’ but become decodable out fish boy

Independent Writing The children need to know: The 42 letter sounds How to hear the sounds in words One way of writing the letters for the sounds What they want to say

Reading and writing is fun! Make reading and writing fun Lots of praise and encouragement

USEFUL WEBSITES focusonphonics.co.uk/sound.htm phonicsplay.co.uk starfall.com (click on the ABCs) youtube has The Jolly Phonics songs and actions letters-and-sounds.com topmarks.co.uk