1. Phonics
Year 2 Phonics Workshop

2. phonics is Phonics at a glance + skills of segmentation and blending
c - a - t
knowledge of the alphabetic code +

3. Terminology Phoneme how it sounds Grapheme how it’s written
Digraph two letters, but one sound sh, ch
Trigraph three letters, but one sound igh

4. segmenting shelf sh e l f dress think string sprint flick Word
Phonemes
shelf sh e l f
dress
think
string
sprint
flick

5. segmenting shelf sh e l f dress d r ss think th i n k string s t ng
Word
Phonemes
shelf sh e l f
dress d r ss
think th i n k
string s t ng
sprint p
flick ck

6. So what is best fit? What next?
Now the children have a spelling for each
sound, we can look at alternative spellings
using our best fit knowledge.
So what is best fit?

7. Alternative Spellings
a ai a_e ay
Where do you hear the sound?
There are a few rare spellings such as eigh and ey

8. Alternative Spellings
Where do you hear the sound?
There are a few rare spellings such as eigh and ey

9. Where do you hear the sound?
Let’s Practise
Where do you hear the sound?
a ai a_e ay

10. Let’s Practise quiz, quiz swap relay race
This is reading practise. The children are all given a word and have to go around the room reading their word, putting it in a sentence and then swapping. This helps the children see the best fit spelling in the words.
This is writing practise. The children will race in a team to finish the words using their knowledge of best fit.

11. Alternative spellings
Long vowel sounds
Other alternatives include:
au, aw, augh, or oi oy er, ir

12. Let’s Practise: BINGO
a ai a_e ay