1. Stretton Sugwas Academy
Phonics
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2. Who is Phonics for?

3. A bit of technical knowledge…
Phonics = the sounds in language
Phoneme = smallest unit of sound e.g. ‘p’ or ‘sh’
Grapheme =  is a letter or letters that spell a sound in a word
Watch our sound pronunciation guide
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4. Our School Phonics
Based on ‘Letters and Sounds’ program produced by DFES
Incorporates elements of ReadWriteInc and Jolly Phonics
ReadWriteInc letter formation
Jolly Phonics actions

5. Today’s sound is…. g
Letter sound not the letter name

8. Phase 4 consonant clusters

10. Tricky words
These are words that cannot be sounded out and have to be learnt by heart.

11. High Frequency words

12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
The phonics screening check is a short, reading assessment at the end of Year 1.

13. How do phonics help us read?
We start reading by sounding out letters within words:
“c_a_t”
We then blend:
“cat”
Sound buttons c a t

14. How do phonics help us read?
We start reading by sounding out letters within words:
“sh_e_ll”
We then blend:
“shell”
Sound buttons sh e ll

15. Reading Books Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Floppy’s Phonics
Non-fiction books
The importance of dialogue!

16. How phonics helps with writing
Segmenting words
Sound buttons
Fingers for spelling
Magnetic letters
Read Write Inc letter formation
Multi sensory
The segmenting continues into Year 1

17. This continues into Year 1
Segmenting words
Holding a sentence
Concentration of letter formation
Sky letters, grass letters and ground letters
Saying a sentence out loud before writing it down

18. How to help your child at home…

19. You can practise pronouncing sounds
Remember no ‘fuh’ and ‘luh’!

20. Read favourite stories over and over again
Read Traditional stories e.g. Cinderella, Jack and the Bean Stalk
Listen to them read their home/ school reading books
and discuss the story with them
Spot phonic sounds they have learnt at school
Read other texts such as road signs, recipes, magazines
and non-fiction books
Look at an Atlas together
To foster a love of reading and an enthusiasm for books!

21. Children who read regularly at home, do well at school
Read fluently
Share ideas
Extend their imagination
Write confidently
Speak articulately

22. Other resources
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Twinkl Phonics App