Phonics Meeting 2014 Miss Martin

Letters and Sounds Structured Six phases Fast pace Consolidation Blending for reading Segmenting for writing Tricky words

A New Vocabulary! Phonics – the learning of letters and sounds Phoneme – the sound a letter makes Grapheme – the written letter Blending – running sounds together to make a word Segmenting – breaking a word up into its component sounds

A New Vocabulary! Tricky words – words that cannot be decoded using phonics CVC – c = consonant (b/c/d/f), v = vowel (a/e/ee) Digraph – a sound made with two letters e.g. sh ai oi Trigraph – a sound made with three letters e.g. igh ure Phonetically plausible – written phonetically that it can still be read although it is spelt incorrectly e.g. werk cabij

Phase 1 Practical Speaking and listening Songs, stories and rhymes Blend and segment orally

What does this look like in school? Exciting role play areas Following a beat Sound walk around school Explore sounds different objects make Sound games- hear and recognise the sounds- animal, everyday sounds Listening and playing musical instruments

Phase 2 Learn specific letters and sounds Read tricky words: I go no to the Blend and segment VC and CVC words

Phase 2 s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u h b f ff l ll ss

What does this look like in school? We use Jolly phonics to introduce new sounds. - Children learn actions and songs to help them remember the sounds Magnetic letters Sorting objects that begin with different sounds Practising letter formation through; Painting letters Forming letters in the sand Writing letters in the air Chalk 20 minutes daily phonics lesson Phonics puzzles Sound hunt IWB games Sound bingo Flashcards Letter fans

Sounds - Phonemes Useful website: http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=IwJx1NSineE&featur e=related

Phase 3 Learn remainder of the letters and sounds Secure alphabet names Blend and segment VC and CVC words More tricky words Write I go no to the Blending, segmenting, reading, writing words, captions and sentences

ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er Phase 3 j v w x y z zz qu Graphemes ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er

What does this look like in school? Sentence building 25 minutes daily phonics lesson Writing simple cvc and cvcc words using; Chalk Whiteboards and pens Different writing materials Reading captions Tricky word bingo Phonics games IWB games

Phase 4 cvcc words ten-t mil-k jum-p ccvc words d-rum p-lop s-poon ccvcc words s-par-k Blending, segmenting, reading, writing words, captions and sentences Tricky words e.g. said, have, like, so Decodable words e.g. went, from, just

What does this look like in school? 25 minutes daily phonics lesson Phonics games: Bingo Loop Cards Writing ccvc and cvcc words Pens/paper/whiteboards Word/sentence cards IWB games Phoneme Frames

Phonics Phonics Play: A useful website http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk Phonics Play: A useful website

Phase 5 Phase Five runs throughout most of Year One New graphemes for reading e.g. ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ue, ir, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, ey, a- e, e-e, i-e o-e u-e Alternative pronunciations of known graphemes e.g. a as in hat, bacon, path, was Alternative spellings for each phoneme e.g. ay as in day, rain, cake

What does this look like in school? Phonics games IWB games Guided writing and reading focus groups 25 minutes daily phonics lesson Sentence substitution Word games Spellings to learn at home

Games: A useful website http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html Phonics Play: A useful website

Phonics Screening Check End of Year One – Summer Term Parents will be informed of the date nearer the time Use all of the sounds learnt up to Phase 5 Real and pseudo words to assess children's ability to decode Parents are informed of their child’s results Phonics Play: A useful website

http://www.theschoolrun.com/year-1-phonics- screening-check Phonics Screening Check http://www.theschoolrun.com/year-1-phonics- screening-check Phonics Play: A useful website

Phase 6 Independence Learning tricky spellings including longer words Application of spelling in writing Adding suffixes e.g. s and es, ed and ing, ful, er, est, ly, ment, ness, y Using a dictionary and spell checker Using the past tense

What does this look like in school? Phonics Games: compound word Past tense plurals writing silly sentences ICT/IWB Games Act out the adverb 25 minutes daily phonics lesson Find compound words to make a new word Application of phonic skills and of knowledge Spellings to learn at home/ spelling dictation Joined up writing past/present tense

Support: A useful website http://www.mrthorne.com Phonics Play: A useful website

If you ever need any support please come and ask your child’s teacher. The most important thing to remember is to make phonics fun. If you ever need any support please come and ask your child’s teacher.