1. Letters and Sounds
The Building Blocks
to Reading and Writing

2. Learning to Read and Write
Learning to read and write involves a number of skills which include:
The ability to hear sounds in words
The ability to blend sounds together for reading
The ability to segment words for writing
The recognition of letters
Matching letters to sounds
The ability to recognise ‘tricky words’
Being able to form letters correctly

3. Revise all previously learnt sounds and tricky words
Daily Sessions
Revise all previously learnt sounds and tricky words
Teach new sounds, letters, tricky words and skills
Practise blending/segmenting words using new sounds and letters
Apply read or write a caption or sentence containing new and previous sounds and tricky words

4. Sounds
Pictures
Actions
Multi-sensory

5. had will that park scooter . . . . ._ _ . . . _ . . . _ . _
Listening Skills
The children need to be able to hear the sounds in words in order to read and write them.
Blending for Reading:
had will that park scooter
_ _ _ _ . _
Segmenting for Spelling:
c-a-t d-o-g ch-i-p t-r-ee sh-oo-t f-l-ow-er c-oi-n b-l-a-ck

6. n - make a noise, as if you are a plane – hold arms out and say nnnnnn.n i m d
i - pretend to be a mouse by wriggling fingers at end of nose and squeak i, i, i. (mouse is called Inky!)
m – rub tummy as if hungry and say mmmmm.
d – beat hands up and down as if playing a drum and say d,d,d.
Jolly Phonics

7. ow oi ear er Jolly Phonics
ow - rub knee and say ‘ow’ as if in pain.
oi - cup hands around mouth and shout ‘oy, ship ahoy!’
ear - pull at ear lobes and say ‘ear’.
er - roll hands over each other like a mixer and say ‘ererer’ ow oi
ear er
Jolly Phonics

8. I the to all are go no was they he we you she my be me her
Tricky Words

9. Reading at Home and School
Guided reading A group of 4-6 children reading the same book together. This happens once a week.
Shared Reading Reading a big book as a class. Look at illustrations, text, punctuation, character and predicting story lines.
Reading at
Home
and School
Library Books/Books from Home Children love to have stories read to them and as their reading develops will be able to read some of the words for themselves.
Individual Reading Children will read their own reading book to their teacher once a week. Reading books will be sent home along with sounds and tricky words as homework.

10. Rigby Star Reading Scheme

11. Reading Cues
Picture
Context
Tricky words
Blending

14. Funky Fingers!

15. Getting ready for writing
We will model how to hold their pencil and form letters correctly.
In the early stages of phonics children can use letter cards or magnetic letters to demonstrate their knowledge of phonics.

16. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Writing in lower-case letters
We shall be teaching lower-case letters, as well as capital letters. As most writing will be in lower-case letters it is useful if you can use these at home.
A good start is for your child to write their name correctly, starting with a capital letter followed by lower-case letters.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

17. Encourage your child to form their letters correctly

18. Ways to help at home Sound-talking or Robot-talking
Find real objects around your home that have three phonemes (sounds) and practise ‘sound talk’. First, just let them listen, then see if they will join in, for example, saying:
‘I spy a p-e-g – peg.’
‘I spy a c-u-p – cup.’
‘Where’s your other s-o-ck – sock?’
‘Simon says – put your hands on your h-ea-d.’
‘Simon says – touch your ch-i-n.’

19. Magnetic letters
Buy magnetic letters for your fridge, or for use with a tin tray. Have fun finding the week’s new sounds with your child and place them on the magnetic surface.
Computer apps and programmes, You Tube
There are lots of apps and games out there.
Especially good are the handwriting apps and phonic apps.
Use the search tool and write in key words such as ‘phonics’, ‘handwriting’, ‘letters and sounds’, ‘alphabet’.
To begin with concentrate on lower case letters, check that the formation is the same as being taught in school and watch out for that American ‘z’!!
Whiteboards
Little whiteboards and pens, and magic boards, are a good way for children to try out spellings and practise their handwriting. They’re also easy to correct a mistake without feeling too bad!! Always praise your child for their attempt.
Modelling
Let your child see you writing, encourage them to write for ‘real’ reasons, shopping lists, letters to relatives, cards and diaries.

20. Ways you can support your child at home
Tricky Words
Set a timer. Call out one word at a time and get your child to spell it on a magic board or a small whiteboard, against the timer – remember, they can use magnetic letters.
Play a game – hunt the word - hide words in sand or flour, set a timer, hold up the word that you want them to hunt for, and ‘go’! Repeat the word and encourage them to say –‘I am looking for the word ‘the’.
Play ‘Pairs’, turning over two words at a time trying to find a matching pair. This is especially helpful with the tricky words: the the, to to, no no, go go, I I
Don’t worry if they get some wrong! These are hard to remember – they need plenty of practice.

21. Learning to read and write
can be fun!