1. KS1 Spelling and Phonics Workshop Debden 27th November 2015

2. Letters and Sounds Structured programme Six phases
Fast pace, lots of consolidation
Blending for reading
Segmenting for writing
Tricky words and high frequency words

3. Six phase teaching programme
Phase 1 - Nursery/Reception
Phase 2 - Reception
Phase 3 - Reception
Phase 4 - Reception
Phase 5 - Year 1
Phase 6 - Year 2
Children progress through these stages at their own pace – some take longer to get there! This is a continual process from Foundation through Key Stage 1 and beyond.

4. rhyme and alliteration
Phase 1: Exploring sounds sounds that are found
instrumental
environmental
rhyme and alliteration

5. Phonics Terminology Phonemes: The sounds that are found within a word
Grapheme: The way we write down a sound
Digraph: Two letters that make one sound
Trigraph: Three letters that make one sound
Blending: Seeing a word and merging the phonemes together
to read the word
Segmenting: Chopping up a word into separate phonemes to spell it out
Tricky words: Words that cannot be decoded.
Spelling: Writing words using the correct letters in the right order to be read by others.

6. Phase 2: Exploring letters and corresponding sounds within a word
19 phonemes are taught
Blend phonemes and segment words
Read and spell ‘vc’ and ‘cvc’ words
Tricky words

7. Phonemes covered in phase 2
s a t p
i n m d
g o c k
ck e u r
h b f,ff l,ll ss

8. Blending and segmenting in phase 2
s a t
a t
t a p

9. Tricky words no all was go the said are
Tricky words are words that do not follow
the phonic rules and cannot be blended
(read) or segmented (spelt) phonetically.
Children just have to learn to read and
spell them automatically.
Spot the words in books and
in the environment.
Wiggle fingers when you
hear the word.
Matching pairs game
Daily practise
was go
the
said
are

10. Phase 3: Exploring letters
25 more phonemes are taught
(most are digraphs i.e two letters which make one sound –
sh, th, ng)
Blending and segmenting CVC words,
captions and sentences
Letter names – alphabet song
Read new tricky words and spell
old ones

11. Phonemes covered in phase 3
Letters j,v,w,x y,z,zz qu Digraphs ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er

12. Blending and segmenting in phase 3
s h i p
f e e t
c h u r c h

13. Phase 4: Consolidating knowledge
Adjacent consonants introduced
Cvcc words – ten-t mil-k jum-p
Ccvc words – d-rum p-lop s-poon
Ccvcc words – pl-a-nk
Further tricky words introduced
eg said, have, like, so.
Along with decodable words such as:
went, from, just.

14. Phase 5 – Alternatives
In phases 2 and 3 the children learn one version of each of the sounds in the English language (One grapheme for each phoneme).
In phase 5 they learn that these sounds can actually be spelt in lots of different ways e.g. ee can be ee, ea, ey, y or e-e. These are called alternative spellings.
They also learn that graphemes can be pronounced in different ways e.g. a is pronounced differently in hat, acorn, father and wash. These are called alternative pronunciations.
New Graphemes for reading. Eg: ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ue, ir, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, ey,
Split digraphs a-e, e-e, i-e o-e u-e.

15. Choosing the right grapheme
Once children have learned all of the new graphemes they begin to think about which to use in which words. Children explore familiar words and sort them into groups.
play bake pain
day game train
They will then look for rules to help remember when to use each grapheme.

16. spine lake bone tune Split digraphs
This is a new kind of digraph introduced in phase 5.
spine
lake
bone
tune

17. High Frequency Words
High frequency words are the words that children encounter most in their independent reading.
They need to build up a sight vocabulary of these words.
This will significantly help the fluency of their reading.

18. How do the children learn phonics in school?
Children will have a four part lesson each day, lasting about twenty minutes.
They will practise what they have already learned
They will work on new learning
They will practise their new learning individually, with a partner or group and as a whole class.
They will apply their learning in an activity.
Children will learn together as a whole class, and will also have opportunities to revisit and practise earlier learning, as and when they need to.

19. Phonics Screening Check
Children will be tested in the summer term.
Parents will be informed of the date nearer the time.
The check requires children to be able to use all of the sounds learnt up to Phase 5.
The check uses real and pseudo words to assess children's ability to decode.

20. How can you support your child at home?
Phonic packs
Phoneme flashcards
Words with sound buttons to blend
Real and nonsense words to sort
Matching pictures and words –
blending and segmenting
Sound mat
Tricky word mat

21. Remember phonics, reading and spelling at home should…
Thank you for coming
Remember phonics, reading and spelling at home should…
... be done little and often.
… be fun.
… link to your child’s interests.