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Reading Books to Children

5 Basic Skills 1. Learning the letter sounds 2. Letter formation 3. Blending 4. Identifying sounds in words 5. Tricky words

Letter Sounds

Digraphs (two letters making one sound)

Storylines and Actions Learning the /s/ sound Action: Weave your hand like a snake, making an ‘s’ shape, saying ssssss ?v=ybiJTZNLvTI

Letter Formation Modelled on our Interactive Whiteboard Programme On the whiteboards In the air

Reading (blending)

Writing (identifying sounds in words)

Pencil Hold Tripod grip ‘Froggy legs’ movement

Sound Sheets This is the /s/ Sound Sheet from The Phonics Handbook.

Big Sound Books

Letter Sounds Group 1

Blending Words

Games

Letter Sounds Group 2 Group 3

Digraphs (two letters that make one sound)

/ai / Words

Letter Sounds Group 4 Group 5

Digraph with Two Sounds: ‘oo’ This is the ‘oo’ Sound Sheet from The Phonics Handbook.

Letter Sounds Group 6 Group 7

Dictation Dictate letter sounds CVC words Write sentences using cvc words and known HFW

Resources to prompt and support use of sounds

Jolly Phonics Steps 2 and 3 Teach new graphemes for reading (Grapheme means- the spelling of a sound) ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ir, ue, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e Once children are confident (Year 1) we will use the Jolly Grammar Programme and website Phonicsplay to teach. Learn alternative pronunciations of graphemes (the same grapheme can represent more than one phoneme): Fin/find, hot/cold, cat/cent, got/giant, but/put, cow/blow, tie/field, eat/bread, farmer/her, hat/what, yes/by/very, chin/school/chef, out/shoulder/could/you.

Reading Tricky Words

Some words used in Level 1 Level 1 Jolly Readers Tricky words, Level 1

By end of Year 1/ Year 2 Children will focus on spellings and learning rules for spelling alternatives. Children look at syllables, base words, analogy and mnemonics. Children might learn about past tense, rules for adding ‘ing’ and irregular verbs ‘tion’ and ‘sion’ words..\Phonics\T-L-234-Memory-Strategies- For-Spelling-Display-Posters.pdf

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

How can I help at home? Help your child to learn the letter sounds and actions. Practise singing the songs (find them on Youtube) Read every day with your child encouraging them to use their phonics where they can MAKE IT FUN

When spelling, encourage your child to think about what “looks right”. Have fun trying out different options…wipe clean whiteboards are good for trying out spellings. tray trai rain rayn boil boyl boy boi throat throwt snow snoa