1. Phonics

2. What is phonics?
It is a way of teaching children to read quickly and skilfully.

3. Children are taught to:
Hear and recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes
Say the sounds – ‘pure’ sounds
Phoneme
Identify the sounds that different combinations of letters make e.g. ‘sh’ or ‘igh’ – grapheme/digraph/trigraph
Blend these sounds together L-R to make words e.g. sh-o-p blended together reads shop.
De-code new words
Segment e.g. ‘team’ has three phonemes /t/ea/m

4. Phonics Letters and sounds Starts in nursery with phase 1
Reception- phase 2 and 3
Year 1- phase 4 and 5
Children in year one will be working confidently and securely at phase 5 ready for the National screening check

5. Phase 3
Grapheme Sample word ch chip sh shop th thin/then ng king ai rain ee feet igh night ear dear

6. Complex The same sound can be pronounced in different ways, e.g.
lunch school chef

7. Phonics screening check What will it involve?
June with class teacher- no time limit Reading 40 words. 20 simple words/20 more complex Both real and nonsense words

8. Sample pages

9. What happens with the results?
The results are published nationally.
You will receive a copy alongside your child’s end of year report.
Screening check repeated following year.

10. Successful in phonics Daily discrete 20 minute phonics lesson
Very pacey and interactive
New sounds – hear and say it, read it, write it.
Reading and writing
Phonic games
Beyond the phonics lesson
Track progress half termly

11. Tricky words
was
said
what

12. How you can help at home?
Lots of encouragement and learn to enjoy reading and books
Regular daily reading – little and often
Phonic/spelling home learning book
Drop-in-session
Websites-
owl.co.uk

13. Make the sounds and words from plasticine or dough.
Fun Activities
Build a sound or spell a word with magnetic letters.
sh fish
Speedy sounds– read through the sound mat as fast as you can.
The neatest letters ever! Write your sounds or tricky words as carefully and beautifully as you can!
Treasure hunt
Find objects that
begin with a sound or
end with a sound.
Magic paintbrush
Write your sounds and words in the air.
Ha, Ha, Ha!
Say your sounds in a funny voice and make someone laugh!
Rainbow write – First write each sound/word in pencil. Then trace over each sound three times. Each time you trace, you must use a DIFFERENT colour crayon. Trace neatly and you will see a rainbow!
Three times!
Write each sound/word three times.
First, write each sound in pencil.
Second write each sound in crayon.
Third, write each sound in marker.
Try to write neatly!
Use a variety of objects to spell the sound/word – cotton buds, buttons, Smarties. Take a photo!
Spelling shapes
Count your spelling words. Draw one shape for each word. Then write your spelling words inside each of the shapes. Example:
Make the sounds and words from plasticine or dough.
Use bubble writing.
Paint it
Sound/word detective
Read a newspaper, comic or magazine. How many of your sounds/words can you find? Highlight or underline them.
For extra fun use a magnifying glass!
Robot voice
Use your best robot voice to sound out words in your reading book.
Write the sounds/words in glue, and then sprinkle with glitter!
Write a list of words using a sound e.g. oa
coat
boat
goat
throat
Sing a sound! Instead of ‘twinkle, twinkle little star’, ‘ow ow ow ow ow ow ow’
Go fishing with a friend!
Place the sounds/words you need to practice in a box. Take turns to close your eyes and pull out a sound/word. Read it correctly then keep it but if you don’t, then put it back in the box. The player who collects the most sounds/words wins!
You could decorate the box and write each sound/word on fish shaped paper.
Create an activity!
Can you think of a really fun way to practice your sounds?
Then go for it!
Be sure to explain your activity so that I can share it with the class! go

14. Daily task
Flashcards – quickly read through the sound mat. This can be done alongside your child’s reading.
How the homework might look
Each week select one or two activities from the ‘Fun activities’ sheet.
Record in the note book.
Max played the fishing game with his sister. He recognised these sounds very well ch, oa & ai.
It will be given out on a Monday.
Please return by the following Monday.
Have fun!
Useful websites-
owl.co.uk

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