1. Coffee Morning Phonics, Reading & Writing
Tuesday 17th October 2017
Mr Taplin

2. How phonics is taught at John Rankin
Letters and Sounds
Consistent approach to phonics in FS and then KS1
Daily sessions – 20 minutes - 5 times a week
Teaching Sequence - Revisit/Review, Teach, Practise, Apply
Emphasis on interactive games and oral work

3. Terminology Phoneme - sounds we make when we say that letter.
Grapheme - ‘shape’ that represents a phoneme
eg. s, ai, th, igh
Blend - put letters together to make a
word eg. c-a-t cat
Segment - separate a word into phonemes
eg. cat c-a-t
Alliteration - the repetition of consonant
sounds at the beginning of words
VC / CVC - vowel-consonant ‘in’
consonant–vowel-consonant ‘pin’

4. Phase 1
Exploring Sounds
instrumental
environmental
Body percussion
Voice sounds
rhythm and rhyme
alliteration
Oral Blending and
Segmenting

5. Exploring Letters and their sounds
Phase 2
Exploring Letters and their sounds
19 letters are taught + combination
letters (ck, ff, ll)
Blend letters and segment words
Read ‘vc’ and ‘cvc’ words
High frequency words –
‘the, to, go, no, into’

6. Phase 2
Pronunciation...
not ‘uh’ at the end
soft voice (p, s, m)
Blend and segment...
manipulate letters
read words

7. Sound/phoneme progression...
Phase 2
Sound/phoneme progression...
s – a – t – p
i – n - m – d
g – o – c – k
ck – e – u – r
h – b – f (ff) – l (ll) - ss

8. Phase 2
i n
a t
s a t
t a p

9. Phase 2
High frequency words
the, to,
no, go, I

10. Phase 3 Exploring Phonemes 25 more graphemes are taught
(most are two letters (digraph) – ‘ai,ee,oa,ar,er’)
Read and spell ‘cvc’ words
Letter names
Read and write High frequency words

11. Sound/phoneme progression...
Phase 3
Sound/phoneme progression...
j – v – w – x – y – z (zz)
qu – sh – th – ng
ai – ee – igh – oa – oo – oo
ar – or – ow – oi – ear – air
er - ur

12. High frequency words he, she, we, me, be, was, my, you,
Phase 3
High frequency words
he, she, we, me, be,
was, my, you,
they, her, all, are

13. s h i p
f e e t
c h u r c h

14. Consolidating Knowledge
Phase 4
Consolidating Knowledge
42 grapheme/phoneme
correspondences are known
No new graphemes are introduced
Consolidate reading and spelling
of High frequency words
Learn to read and spell CVCC words e.g.
tent, mend

15. High frequency words do, so, like, have, said some, come, were,
Phase 4
High frequency words
do, so, like, have, said
some, come, were,
there, little, one
when, out, what

16. Exploring Alternative Pronunciations
Phase 5
Exploring Alternative Pronunciations
19 new graphemes are taught.
Children will already have learnt ai (rain), but will
learn alternative spellings e.g. ay (play) and a_e
(snake)
Alternative pronunciations of graphemes will also
be introduced e.g. ea in tea, head and break.

17. Sound/phoneme progression...
Phase 5
Sound/phoneme progression...
ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, er, ue
aw, wh, ph, ew, ow, au,
ey, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e,
u-e

18. High frequency words oh, their, people, Mr, Mrs,
Phase 5
High frequency words
oh, their, people, Mr, Mrs,
looked, called, asked,
could

19. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Handwriting
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

20. Early writing

21. Useful websites www.letters-and-sounds.com www.phonicsplay.co.uk

22. Helping your child...
Sing nursery rhymes
Play with rhyme – cat, fat, bat
I spy...
Simon says
Writing in the air
Shopping
Road signs, street names
Messages for people