Foundation Stage PhoNICS evening 2018

Aims To share how phonics is taught. To develop parents’ confidence in helping their children with phonics and reading To teach the basics of phonics and some useful phonics terms To outline the different stages in phonic development To show examples of activities and resources we use to teach phonics To give parents an opportunity to ask questions Show L&S document

Why DO WE teach phonics? The ability to read and write well is a vital skill for all children, paving the way for an enjoyable and successful school experience. Phonics helps children to develop good reading and spelling skills e.g. cat can be sounded out for reading and spelling Show L&S document

Phonics at a glance Phonics is… Skills of segmentation and blending Knowledge of the alphabetic code.

Daily phonics Every child in foundation stage learns daily phonics at their level - approx. 15 mins however consolidation throughout the day and in activities Sessions encompass a range of games, chants and rhymes Phonics gradually progresses to learning spellings –rules etc (in Year 1 and 2) We use a scheme called ‘Letters and Sounds’ as our teaching resource and we also dip into ‘Read Write Inc.’ Spacings changed “phonemes” was used – definition is on following page…

Phonics Consists of: Identifying sounds in spoken words Recognising the common spellings of each sound Blending sounds into words for reading Segmenting words into sounds for spelling Spacings changed “phonemes” was used – definition is on following page…

Some Definitions A phoneme This is the smallest unit of sound in a word. How many phonemes can you hear in cat?

Some Definitions •Grapheme: The spelling of the sound e.g. th •Diagraph: Two letters that make one sound when read e.g. sh •Trigraphs: Three letters that make one sound e.g. igh •CVC: Stands for consonant, vowel, consonant. E.g. cat •Segmenting is breaking up a word into its sounds. •Blending : Putting the sounds together to read a word •Tricky words: Words that cannot easily be decoded. E.g was, the

How to say the sounds Saying the sounds correctly with your child is extremely important The way we say sounds may well be different from when you were at school We say the shortest form of the sounds (pure sounds) Teach letter names later on. There is a helpful video showing how to say the sounds on the Ruth Miskin website (link on our website) http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/soun d-pronunciation-guide/

Recognising the letter sounds in a written word e.g BLENDING Recognising the letter sounds in a written word e.g c-u-p and merging or ‘blending’ them in the order in which they are written to pronounce the word ‘cup’ Capitalised title

SEGMENTING ‘Chopping up’ the word to spell it out The opposite of blending Identifying the individual sounds in a spoken word (e.g. h-i-m , s-t-or-k) and writing down letters for each sound (phoneme) to form the word him and stork. Capitalised title

Segment and Blend these words… drep blom gris Nonsense games like this help to build up skills – and are fun! Centred title

Segmenting Activity Using ‘sound buttons’ can you say how many phonemes are in each word. shelf dress sprint string Changed font in title ? We haven’t mentioned Sound Buttons…

Did you get it right? shelf = sh – e – l – f = 4 phonemes (sounds) dress = d - r - e – ss = 4 phonemes sprint = s – p – r – i – n – t = 6 phonemes string = s – t – r – i – ng = 5 phonemes

Learning phonemes (sounds) to read and write simple words This is the order the children learn the sounds… 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 Phase 3 (long vowel sounds) ai ee oo oa ar or igh ur ow oi ear er air ure Phase 4 ay ou ie ea oy ir ue aw wh ph ew oe a-e e-e i-e o-e u-e Removed “Year one” from title, changed spacing

Learning phonemes (sounds) to read and write simple words Removed “Year one” from title, changed spacing

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Foundation stage To start off, they will use these phonemes to read and spell simple “consonant-vowel-consonant” (CVC) words e.g.: sat, tap, dig, duck, rug, chat, sang, pink, quiz All these words contain 3 phonemes. Removed “Year one” from title, changed spacing Phoneme frames and sound buttons

tricky words There are many words that cannot be blended or segmented because they are irregular. the was said you some Removed “Year one” from title, changed spacing

How can you help at home? Home learning challenge (phonics based) Reading little and often Practising the sound packs little and often Practising the word packs sent home which contain high frequency and tricky words (some of these are tricky words so can not be sounded out) Reading to your child; traditional tales, picture books to support the learning of story structure Removed “Year one” from title, changed spacing

Questions ABOUT THE PHONICS SCREENING CHECK What is the phonics screening check? The phonics screening check will be taken individually by all children in Year 1 in England. It is designed to give you information on how your child is progressing in phonics. It will help to identify whether your child needs additional support at this stage so that they do not fall behind in this vital early reading skill. Removed “Year one” from title, changed spacing

What can I do to help my child? You can find help at these websites http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk (click on ‘For Home’ them click on right arrow of Highlights to find ‘Phonics Made Easy’ the ‘Say the sounds’ page is useful) http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk go to Free Phonicsplay Parents page and access games and information to help you and your child. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phoni cs/play/ http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html http://www.starfall.com http://www.letters-and-sounds.com

And most importantly ENJOY READING! REMEMBER: Phonics is not the only thing needed to become a fluent reader. Please continue to read with your child each night and encourage them to: Sound out Re-read to check it makes sense. Use pictures for clues. Ask questions about the book. And most importantly ENJOY READING!