1. Phonics

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kzjyixhwvguftesdrcpbnalomq

3. Obnubilate
Tyrannosaurus Rex

4. Phonics is a system of teaching
reading by training the reader to
recognise letters in written
text and to associate them with
their sounds in speech

5. Why Phonics Develops an understanding of the building blocks of words
Builds confidence to write
Builds confidence to sound out unfamiliar regular words in reading
Does not equate to being a reader / a writer:
mechanics of reading and writing
irregular words
In end read by sight

6. phoneme grapheme digraph trigraph segment blend
Smallest unit of sound in a word
phoneme
A letter or sequence of letters that represent a phoneme
grapheme
A grapheme containing 2 letters that make 1 sound
digraph
A grapheme containing 3 letters that make 1 sound
trigraph
Hear and say the individual phonemes in words
segment
Hear a series of spoken sounds and merging them to make a word
blend

7. In Year 1 ………. Consolidate Reception learning
Read / write consonant blends e.g. stop, plan, strike
Introduce alternative spellings for each vowel phoneme: e.g. tree tea please me happy even money
and recognize and read them in words
Graphemes representing more than one phoneme e.g. bow bow; you could loud

8. Pronunciation

9. s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f l ss ll ff zz j v w x y z qu ch sh th ng ai ee ea oa oo ar or ur ow oi
ear
air
ure er
igh

10. Segment and blend sh ee p = sheep b u sh = bush
ch i p = chip f ar m = farm

11. ay oy ve
a-e
e-e
i-e
o-e
u-e ie oe ow ou ew au
ore aw y ea
ear
are ph wh
d ay = day h ear = hear
Magic “e”
make these like
home rule

12. speed
crayon
slight
toast
broom
foil

13. How do we teach phonics: - read all the graphemes!
Individual graphemes
Introduce individual grapheme, recognise it in set words,
Keep coming back to it
apply it in reading and writing
Short bursts
stories & props
Grouped graphemes
Sound buttons
repetition, repetition, repetition……

14. Government Phonics Screening in June

15. How you can help
Call alphabet letters by their sounds rather than their names
Encourage writing in lowercase letters rather than capitals
Special phonic groups – by invitation
Practise sounds sent home
Daily reading books

16. Mr Thorne Does Phonics ( Phase 3 and 5)

18. Questions?