1. Parents Meeting 18th January 2018
Phonics Workshop
Parents Meeting
18th January 2018

2. Everything starts with reading!

3. A little story…

4. Can you read this? Doat yoo wont 2 gow howm arskt baju.
Noa iy wot too plai chays sed d bran ejock.
Oakai staiy heyr ven.
Can you read this?

6. In this sessions we will include:
Terminology
Why phonics is so important
The phonics phases
The sounds themselves
Tricky and high frequency words
A selection of phonics games
A list of resources you can use

8. Why phonics? Simple view of reading: word recognition/comprehension
Writing
Hear, identify and manipulate sounds
26 letters in the alphabet but there are 44 sounds
5 vowels
A phoneme can be represented by one or more letters e.g. sh, th, ee
The same phoneme can be spelt in more than one way e.g. rain, may, lake
The same spelling may represent more than one phoneme e.g. mean, deaf

10. The Phases 1 - 6 Phase 1: phonological awareness (ongoing)
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
Phase 3: j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er
Phase 4: read and spell CVCC, CCVC, CCV, CCVCC, CCCVCC
Phase 5: alternative graphemes and phonemes
Phase 6: spelling (year 2)
By the end of Reception the national average is secure Phase 4.
By the end of Year 1 the national average is Phase 5.
The national average for Year 2 is Phase 6.

15. How many of these terms do you know? You have 3 mins.
Terminology
How many of these terms do you know? You have 3 mins.
Phoneme
Grapheme
Blending
Segmenting
Di-graph
Tri-graph
Split digraph
GPC
CV, CVC, CVCC, CCVC
Nonsense words

16. Terminology – how many did you get?

18. Split digraph –a digraph that is split by a letter
CV – consonant vowel e.g. no
CVC – consonant vowel consonant e.g. cat
CVCC –e.g. best
CCVC - e.g.clap

22. Learning the Sounds Phase 2 graphemes and phonemes:
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss
Be careful of the schwas
Model carefully
video
Jolly phonics actions – consolidate
Video
Alpha blocks

23. Tricky and High Frequency Words
These are taught along side the phases
HF words: some are decodable e.g. then
However,
There are some words that you just cannot sound out!
the he
she
said
one

24. What should I do at home?
We would suggest that you help your child consolidate their previous learning at home
Phase 1 – rhyming, alliteration, sounds quizzes
Phase 2 – phonemes, CVC words using P2 sounds and tricky words
Phase 3 – CVC using P3 sounds and tricky words
Phase 4 – P2 and P3 sounds in longer words, spelling tricky words
Get creative – see box of resources
Letter formation
Phonics gym/robot speak
Segmenting and blending arms
School website -

25. Helping your child with decoding unfamiliar words
Say each sound in the word from left to right.
Blend the sounds by pointing to each letter, i.e. /b/ in bat, or letter group, i.e. /igh/ in sigh, as you say the sound, then run your finger under the whole word as you say it.
Try to ensure that you enunciate the sound accurately.
Talk about the meaning if your child does not understand the word they have read.
Work at your child’s pace.
Always be positive and give lots of praise and encouragement.

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Thank you for coming!