1. Phase 3 Phonics Workshop
Mrs Golby & Mrs Dancey

2. Terminology Phoneme- the sound a letter makes
Grapheme- the symbol of a phoneme
Segmenting and blending –breaking words down, hearing individual sounds. Building words by listening for sounds.
Digraph- a two letter grapheme where two letters represent one sound.
Trigraph- a three letter grapheme where three letters represent one sound.
Split digraph -has a letter that splits the two letters in the digraph e.g late, cake.
Consontant Blend – 2/3 letters are squashed together e.g. tr, mp, str, bl, nt
Syllables – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound e.g wa/ter

3. Phase 3 There are 25 new graphemes.
10 to 12 week programme; letters and sounds.
Final letters and sounds: j, v, w, x (ks), y, z, zz, qu (kw)
Teach the four consonant diagraphs: ch, sh, th (2 sounds), ng
Vowel diagraphs: ai, ee, oa, oo (2 sounds), ar, or, ur, ow, oi, er
Vowel Trigraphs: igh, ear, air, ure (2 sounds)
Continued practise of blending and segmenting – within sentences.
Practise reading and spelling HFW’s and Tricky words.
Practise spelling two-syllable words with a combination of diagraphs – e.g. pow/der.
Practise letter names.

4. Pronunciation of phase 3 phonemes

5. Segmenting Activity How many sounds are in these words? Loaf
Park
Fear
Sight
Farmyard
Beard
string
l-oa-f 3 phonemes
p-ar-k 3 phonemes
F-ear 2 phonemes
S-igh-t 3 phonemes
F-ar-m-y-ar-d 6 phonemes
B-ear-d 3 phonemes
S-t-r-i-ng 5 phonemes

6. HFW’s and Tricky Words Phase 2
High Frequency Words
Tricky Words
a an as at
if in is it
of off on
can dad had
back and get
big him his
not got up
mum but put
The I No Go To
Into

7. HFW’s and Tricky Words Phase 3
High Frequency Words
Tricky Words
will see
that for
this now
down then
them look
with too
he she we
be me was
you they all
are my her

8. EYFS: Good Level of Development (GLD) Reading and Writing
Reading: ELG
Writing: ELG
1 Children read and understand simple sentences.
2 They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately.
3 They also read some common irregular words.
4 They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.
1 Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds.
2 They also write some irregular common words.
3 They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others.
4 Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.

9. Exemplar of writing: GLD

10. Exemplar of reading: GLD

11. Expectations
Phase 1: majority of children will be confident and achieved this level by the end of Nursery.
Children should leave Reception:
Having achieved Phase 2 & Phase 3
Becoming confident readers and writers and apply the skills they have been taught independently.
Some children may begin working at Phase 4.

12. How can you help at home
Challenge the children to find objects that begin with a certain sound.
Continue sound talking- get u-p! Put on your c-oa-t
Play ‘I Spy’ with phonemes not letter names – sound out words.
Practise letter formation.
Play games with word cards.
Make sentences with word cards.
Encourage reading daily – 5 minutes
Practise recognition of the 44 phonemes.
Use phonics play to practise reading real and nonsense words.
Reading and spelling of phase 2 and 3 tricky words.
Support and encourage children’s attempts at writing- encourage list writing, s, labels for pictures and sentence writing.

13. Many thanks for your ongoing support.
The Foundation Stage Team