1. Year 1 Phonics

2. Aims To gain an understanding of what phonics is
To receive information about the national phonics screening check
To give you ideas of how you can help you child at home

3. What is Phonics?
Children are taught to read by breaking down words into separate sounds or ‘phonemes’. They are then taught how to blend these sounds together to read the whole word.
E.g Cat c/a/t This word contains 3 phonemes
*There are 44 different phonemes.

4. Phonics is split into 6 phases
What is Phonics?
Phonics is split into 6 phases
Phase 1 – Getting Ready for Phonics
Tuning into sounds in the environment
Listening and remembering sounds
Talking about sounds i.e. in music, rhymes and songs

5. Phase 2 Learning sounds to read and write simple words
What is Phonics?
Phase 2 Learning sounds to read and write simple words
Children will learn the first 19 sounds:
Set 1: s a t p Set 2: i n m d
Set 3: g o c k Set 4: ck e u r
Set 5: h b l f ff ll ss
They will use these sounds to read and spell simple CVC “Consonant-Vowel-Consonant” words
Sat tap dig duck rug hill hiss

6. Phase 3 onwards Learning new sounds (phonemes) to read and write words
Children will learn ‘digraphs and trigraphs’ – when 2 or 3 letters make one sound.
sh ch th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar ow or er ur
ear air ure and many more!
They will use these to read and spell words.

7. Phase 4 Reading and spelling longer more complex words using sounds already learnt.

8. Phase 5 This is where things start to become tricky
Phase 5 This is where things start to become tricky! The children learn new graphemes for reading. They sound the same as other but look different. oi oy coin boy ai ay a_e train play take

9. Segment and blend to read and spell
ROBOT ARMS READY!
Segment and blend to read and spell

10. boat b oa t ‘Segment’ and ‘Blend’ blend them together boat
Blend to Read
Identify sounds within a word
boat b oa t
blend them together boat

11. bright b r igh t ‘Segment’ and ‘Blend’ blend them together bright
Blend to Read
Identify sounds within a word
bright b r igh t
blend them together bright

12. Count the sounds!
cat

13. Count the sounds!
cat

14. Count the sounds!
fish

15. Count the sounds!
fish

16. Count the sounds!
teacher

17. Count the sounds!
teacher

18. Count the sounds!
floating

19. Count the sounds!
floating

20. Count the sounds!
chair

21. Count the sounds!
chair

22. Count the sounds!
make

23. Count the sounds!
make

24. Tricky words
There are many words that cannot be blended or segmented because they are irregular
the was said you your some come all to go their were

25. What is the phonics screening check?
*Every Year 1 child in the country will be taking the statutory phonics screening check in June.
*The check is very similar to tasks the children already complete during phonics lessons and it will be done with the class teacher.
*The focus of the check is to ensure that all children can read by the end of year 2. The year 1 screening (mid point) will provide evidence to help teachers plan for year 2.
It is not a reading test!

26. What will the children do?
*The check will take 4 to 9 minutes to complete;
*They will be asked to ‘sound out’ a word and blend the sounds together. e.g. d-o-g – dog
*The check will consist of 40 words and non-words;
*Children will be told if the word is a real or ‘alien’ word, with a corresponding alien image.

27. Examples of words

28. Can you read these alien words?
pab

29. Can you read these alien words?
pab

30. Can you read these alien words?
froim

31. Can you read these alien words?
froim

32. Can you read these alien words?
whape

33. Can you read these alien words?
whape

34. Can you read these alien words?
keam

35. Can you read these alien words?
keam

36. Count the sounds!
thrant

37. Count the sounds!
thrant

38. How will it be administered?
*Teachers will conduct all of the screening checks with the children. The children are familiar with this routine.
*The children will complete the check one to one in a quiet area of the school.
*We are not permitted to indicate to the children at the time whether they have correctly sounded out and / or blended the word.

39. And the results...?
*The children will be scored against a national standard (determined by DfE) Last year the pass rate was 32. We expect this to rise this year.
*We will inform you of the results in your child’s end of year report.
*If your child’s score falls below the national standard they will be supported and will complete the screening in year 2.

40. How can you help?
Encourage your child to use their knowledge of sounds to work out the words when reading and writing.
Digraph- 2 letters making one sound cow the children should say this as c-ow and not c-o-w
Trigraphs- 3 letters making one sound night the children should say this as n-igh-t and not n-i-g-h-t which does not sound like night.
Split digraphs- 2 vowels with a consonant in between. Use to be known as the magic e! spine i_e home – o_e cube – u_e

41. How can you help? Children can practise their phonics by playing games online. They can choose phase 3, 4, or 5 * Buried Treasure * Poop deck Pirates * Dragons’ den

42. How can you help?
REMEMBER: Phonics is not the only way you become a good reader. Continue to read with your child each night and encourage them to:
*Sound out the words and blend the sounds together.
*re-read to check it makes sense, and use pictures for clues.
* Ask questions about the book.
* And most importantly ENJOY READING!

43. Useful websites Articulation of phonemes