1. Literacy in Reception

2. What is phonics? f-r-o-g has 4 sounds
Phonics is the connection between a letter and the sound it makes.
We teach Phonics to help children recognise the individual sounds in words so that they can ‘build’ a word.
This then helps them to read/identify a word.
1- recognise the sounds
2-’blend’ the sound together
3-read the word! eg:
c- a-t has 3 sounds
f-r-o-g has 4 sounds

3. First steps to phonics Phoneme – a single unit of sound
Set 1: s a t p i n Set 2: m d g o c k ck Set 3: e u r h b Set 4: f ff l ll ss Set 5: j v w x y z zz

4. We then move on to these sounds
qu ch sh th ng
er ai ee igh oa
oo ar or ur
ow oi ear air

5. How do we do this?

6. Next steps….

7. Learning through actions, pictures, stories and sounds.

9. Reading
Hear your child read everyday, make a comment at least once a week and initial the reading diary daily.
Encourage your child to use their phonic knowledge.
Split the word up into small chunks ch ur ch. Use the pictures for support.
Some words cannot be sounded out. We call these tricky words. These are words that just need to be learnt.

10. Writing
‘Have a go’ opportunities. (shopping lists, writing letters, labelling pictures)
Emergent writing
- sounding out words
- first letter, final letter, middle letter.
Correct spelling for high frequency words.
Sentences with capital letters and full stops.

11. Handwriting

12. Sylvie will show you how to say the different sounds:
Sylvie will show you how to say the different sounds: