Phonics (Day 2)

Emma Wilkinson Wensley Fold CE Primary Academy

Phonics Aerobics with Year 1

Find someone who……………….. Can explain what a digraph is. Can write down all the vowel digraphs for ee Can think of a cvc word. Can explain what a grapheme is. Can write down all the split digraphs. How many phonemes there are? Which phases are no sounds introduced? Can for each letter, write at least two words with different pronunciations of the graphemes, e.g. c – cat, city, Chloe G Y Ow Ch S Can tell you some consonant digraphs. Can tell you how many phonic phases there are. Can write the order of a phonics lesson. Can tell you what the government test is for Phonics.

What did you find out about how phonics is taught in your school? Talk about progression across the year groups. Think about revisit and review, teach, practice and apply – did you see this in the lessons you observed? Any new questions about the teaching of phonics?

Phonics Training Phonics Revisit example To develop phonic subject knowledge. How to teach a class and begin to look at resources Planning a session

Purpose of phase 3 up to 12 weeks Teach another 25 phonemes and graphemes to go with them. Learn letter names Continue to practise blending and segmenting using new phonemes and two syllable words

25 phonemes taught in Phase 3 Letters 3i Set 6: j v w x Set 7: y z,zz qu Consonant digraphs: 3ii ch sh th ng Vowel digraphs: 3iii ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er

Which vowel digraph is the odd one out?

Purpose of phase 4 (4 – 6 weeks) To consolidate children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words

step list clap grasp strap Phase 4 • can blend adjacent consonants in words and apply this skill when reading unfamiliar texts, (CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC) step list clap grasp strap • can segment adjacent consonants in words and apply this in spelling Beware – Adjacent consonants are not digraphs. They make two distinct sounds.

Adjacent consonants Children with speech and language difficulties find this stage tricky. Persevere – they will get there. Adjacent consonants are no longer taught as blends as this can be a barrier to learning. Not everybody knows this yet. Spread the word to other people Watch out for old resources (and some new ones) Train children to think about mouth movements

Purpose of Phase 5 (throughout Year One) Children broaden their knowledge of graphemes and phonemes for use in reading and spelling Learn new graphemes and alternative pronunciations some of which they will have already encountered in high frequency words Learn to choose the appropriate graphemes when spelling and begin to build up word specific knowledge

New graphemes for previously taught phonemes

Alternative pronunciations

Alternative spellings

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Teaching sequence Revisit and review Practise previously learned phonemes and graphemes Practice oral blending and segmenting Teach Teach a new grapheme/phoneme Teach blending and/or segmentation of phonemes in words Teach one or two tricky words Practice Practise reading and/or spelling with the new phoneme/grapheme Apply Make frequent links between the phonics sessions and reading and writing throughout the day and across the curriculum. Give children lots of opportunities, right from the start of the programme, to use their phonics knowledge for reading and writing. It’s what they’re for!

Whole class teaching Pitch at the 60% mark. If this is phase 1-5, then teach the whole class 15 mins per day focussed phonics teaching – See Letters and Sounds If this is phase 6 or beyond you can probably move onto KS2 learning intentions but it is still important to include a fast track introduction to phonics and then lots of revision. Build differentiation into your planning to support children above and below the 60% mark.

Phonics teaching in FS & KS1 20 minutes a day Every single day At the appropriate phase for the class. PACEY FUN SYSTEMATIC

Phonics Lesson PHASE 3 Phonics lesson – Phase 3 Objective Tell the children that we are going to learn two new phonemes ‘ch’. Show example. Remind them why we are doing a phonics session! Revisit and review Give out words containing previously learnt phonemes y, z, zz, qu. Choose a child to come and hold up his/her word. Let the children read them – press sound buttons. Segment the words using chopping and marching actions. Teach Show the children two example words containing ‘ch’ (chip, chat) Point out the new phonemes – blend and segment. Can the children think of any more words containing these phonemes? Practice Give out 5 pictures of objects and 5 words which contain ‘ch’ - children with words find their correct picture partner – pictures match to words (some of the phonemes may come at the end of words). Words e.g. - church, chips, chair… Blend and segment the words. Apply  Can the children read the sentence: The man went to church to have a chat. Ask the children what they have learnt today – remind them again

Phonics Lesson PHASE 4 Phonics lesson – Phase 4 Adjacent consonants Objective To blend and segment adjacent consonants in words and to apply this skill when reading and spelling Revisit and review Remind the children that they know lots of phonemes and they can read and spell lots of words which contain 3 phonemes. Make some cvc words with magnetic letters for them to blend and read. Teach Explain that we are going to blend and read words containing 4 phonemes Using magnetic letters – demonstrate blending the adjacent consonants in some of the words to be used in Stand up Bingo. Practice Play Stand up Bingo. Give each child one word containing 4 phonemes and adjacent consonants. Read out a word and the child with the word stands up. The child asks the rest of the group to spell the word out loud (keeping the word hidden). The child shows the group the word. Words chosen: Plan, speck, trip, grab, track, spin, spot, frog, step, flag, grip, glad. Apply Face all words downwards – children take it in turns to select a word, read it out and count phonemes on their fingers as they chop up the word. Ask the children what they have learnt today – remind them again!

Phonics Handbook Available in each class. Contains: Scheme of Work Planning Assessment Resources

Resources Letters and Sounds Phonics Play Mrs Pryce Communication4all

Activity Plan a session to teach the sound ‘ay’

For next time Plan and teach a phonics session or series of sessions.