1. Arlies Primary school Phonics Workshop Mrs Bailey 2012

2. What is Phonics?  Phonics is the link between letters and the sounds they make  It teaches and supports children in reading and writing to learn for the rest of their lives

3. How do we teach phonics?  Letters and Sounds phase 1 and dough disco  Read write inc. sets 1 and write dance to set 3  Children are grouped according to the sounds they need to learn from Nursery to Year 6  Children receive 20 minutes focussed phonics each day  Spellings and homework  Guided reading

4. How does it work? The children:  learn to read and write 44 sounds and corresponding letters/letter groups using simple pictures (see your pack)  learn to read words with a partner using sound blending and read lively stories with a partner featuring words they have learned to sound out (Ditty books)  Learn to write words and sentences using correct letter formation

5. It iz tiem too gow hoam sed v kator pilla. But iy doat wont 2 gow howm sed th butt or flie. Iy wot to staiy heyr. If English had a simple code spelling and reading would be much easier!!

6. What are sounds  Although there are 26 letters in the English alphabet there are more than 40 sounds  Definitions of sounds Phoneme-The smallest unit of sound within a word e.g. a, s, t Grapheme-representing a sound/phoneme which can have more than one letter e.g. ai, igh

7. How can you help your child? By...  Saying the 44 English sounds in a pure way  Knowing the letters and groups of letters (graphemes) used to read and write the sounds  Understanding ‘Fred’ and how he helps with reading and spelling

9. Fred...  Fred helps children learn to read Fred can only talk in sounds... (Fred can only say c_a_t, he can’t say cat) We call this Fred Talk

10.  If children understand Fred they can blend orally Blending is needed for reading fish f-i-sh Fred...

11. Sound buttons ch a t p i g l igh t

12. Fred...  Fred helps children learn to spell as well! Children convert words into sounds They hold up a finger to represent a sound We call this Fred Fingers

13. Sally Sentence Hands  Once children can confidently write CVC words e.g. pig, we use focus sounds to write sentences. finger space word

14. So how can you help your child?  By knowing the 44 pure sounds -not saying muh, tuh!  By knowing how to blend using Fred Talk for reading m_a_t  By knowing how to do Fred Fingers for spelling  By using Sally Sentence Hands to write sentences

15. And...  Attendance is vital  Practice the sounds  Homework  Spellings  Ask!

16. And...  By having a look at the parents’ pages on the web for tips and resources for supporting your child at home

17. Quiz time!!!!!! sun sheep chick

18. Thank you... Have fun with Phonics! Additional workshops…….. Any questions??????