Transcript Phonics and Reading at Lowbrook Primary School

Phonics and Reading
at
The Lancaster School
March 2014
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What is Phonics?
• Identifying sounds in spoken words
• Recognising the common spellings of
each sound
• Blending sounds into words for reading
• Breaking up words into sounds for
spelling.
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How is Phonics taught at The
Lancaster School?
• We follow the ‘Letters and Sounds’
document which is split into 6 distinct
phases.
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Phase 1 (Nursery)
• Exploring and experimenting with sounds and
words (including Jolly Phonics).
• Beginning to orally blend and segment sounds.
• Lots of work on Nursery Rhymes.
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Phase 2
• Approximately 4 sounds a week.
• Starts in Reception, or earlier if children are
ready for them.
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Phase 3
• Reading and spelling a wide range of simple 3
letter words.
• Using all letters, some consonant digraphs (ch,
sh, the, ng) and some long vowel sounds.
• Children are expected be at this level at the
end of Reception.
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Phase 4
• This is a consolidation unit. There are no new
sounds to learn. Reading and spelling of tricky
words continue.
• There is more of a focus on longer words.
• Children should be working at this level during
Year 1.
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Phase 5
• Reading longer words.
• Looking at alternative pronunciations and
spelling patterns.
• Usually taught at the end of Year 1/beginning
of Year 2.
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Phase 6
• Applying phonic skills and knowledge to
recognise and spell an increasing number of
complex words.
• Introducing and teaching the past tense.
• Investigating and learning how to add
suffixes.
• Usually taught within Year 2.
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Red Words
• Each week the children learn ‘tricky’
words (those that are not spelt
phonetically) and key sight vocabulary.
• These need a lot of practise!
were there little
one
help
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Put sound buttons under these
words
cat
hen
pram
rain
chip
tent
bell
leek
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Blending (for reading)
• Recognising the letter sounds in a
written word e.g. c-u-p, sh-ee-p.
• Merging them in the correct order to
pronounce the word: ‘cup’ and ‘sheep’.
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Segmenting (for spelling)
• Identifying the individual sounds in a
spoken word (e.g. h-i-m, s-t-or-k) and
writing down letters for each sound to
form the word: ‘him’ and ‘stork’.
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Helping at home
Odd One Out
Which
starts with
a different
sound to the
others?
Say a number of words, all
but one of which begin with
the same sound. See if your
child can pick out the odd
one.
Common Objects
Collect several objects
that begin with the same
letter.
Writing sounds
Practise writing letters
in trays of salt or flour.
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