1. JOLLY PHONICS WORKSHOP
The Priory School
A.Rozak

2. The five basic skills for reading and writing are:
Learning the letter sounds
Learning letter formation
Blending
Identifying sounds in words
Spelling the tricky words

3. THE 42 PHONEMES s, a, t, i, p, n c k, e, h, r, m, d g, o, u, l, f, b
ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or
z, w, ng, v, oo, oo
y, x, ch, sh, th, th
qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

4. Storylines and Actions
Learning the /m/ sound:
Storyline – Discussion about favourite meal
Action – rub tummy and say mmmmmm
Objects that begin with /m/
Other words containing the /m/ sound

5. Letter Formation In the air, on backs, in sand
Using playdoh, counters, magnetic letters
On the board, painting
On paper
Possibilities endless!

6. Pencil Grip Tripod grip Pressure on pencil ‘O’ anticlockwise
‘d’ and ‘e’ start from the middle
All other letters start from the top

7. BLENDING
Recognising the letter sounds in a written word and blending them together to pronounce the word.
c-u-p = cup
s a t p i n
Sat it pat tap pan nip

8. Digraphs Some sounds (digraphs) are represented by two letters
Sh sh-i-p
ee f-ee-t
ai r-ai-n
Sound out the digraph, not the individual letters.

9. Spelling Spell through hearing sounds in words.
Initial sound, end sound, middle sound
Begin with three-letter words
Praise good attempts

10. Tricky Words Irregular spelling, cannot be read by blending
I go they said was
Many high frequency words are ‘tricky’ words

11. Tricky Words Some words begin ‘tricky’ but become decodable
out fish boy

12. Independent Writing The children need to know: The 42 letter sounds
How to hear the sounds in words
One way of writing the letters for the sounds
What they want to say

13. Reading and writing is fun!
Make reading and writing fun
Lots of praise and encouragement

14. USEFUL WEBSITES focusonphonics.co.uk/sound.htm phonicsplay.co.uk
starfall.com (click on the ABCs)
youtube has The Jolly Phonics songs and actions
letters-and-sounds.com
topmarks.co.uk