Transcript Phonics challenge: Can you work out what this word says?

Phonics challenge: Can
you work out what this
word says?
ghoti
ghoti = fish
gh = f as in rouGH
o = i as in wOmen
ti = sh as in naTIon
Phonics at a glance
knowledge of
the alphabetic
code
+
skills of blending
and segmenting
Phonics = code breaking
Identifying the spoken sounds in words.
Recognising the common ways that these
sounds (phonemes) are written.
Blending sounds together to read words.
Segmenting words into their sounds for
writing.
Phase 1 - tuning in to
sounds
Environmental sounds
Body percussion
Rhythm and rhyme
Alliteration (spotting the first sound of a word)
Oral blending
Video (Oral blending)
Oral blending
A key pre-reading skill.
Here is an example of how to help with oral
blending at home.
How can you support
Phase 1 at home
Nursery rhymes
Storytelling
Listening walks
Make sounds in the mirror together
Clapping and skipping rhymes
Eye-spy with initial sounds (NOT LETTER NAMES)
Skipping and clapping games
Robot talk
Key vocabulary
Phoneme = a unit of
sound in a word
Grapheme = a written
sound
letter representing a
Phase 2
We teach the children to match the sounds
(phonemes) they hear in words with the letters
that represent them (graphemes).
We teach them how to blend those sounds
together to make words. ( s-a-t = sat)
We teach them to segment (break down)
words down into phonemes so that they can
write them. (sat = sat)
What is a cuh-a-tuh????
The importance of the correct enunciation
It is important to keep hard sounds short,
sharp and clipped to avoid confusion. eg, d, g,
p, t
Some sounds need to be “unvoiced” eg. m, n,
f
Now your turn .... have a go.
These are the first sounds that we
teach children. How many words can
you make
satpin
satpin
sin
in
tin
at
tap
it
nip
sat
tan
pin
tip
pit
pat
pan
pan
sin
nap
nit
Blending for reading
In order to read words children first need to
match each grapheme (written letter) with it’s
corresponding phoneme (sound) and then
blend them together to hear a word.
Video (Blending for reading)
Segmenting for writing
In order to write words children need to be
able to isolate the individual sounds within
them.
Video clip
Tricky Words
Not all words are phonetically decodable.
Therefore we need to teach children to
recognise some words by sight. eg. to, the
was
Tricky word hot potato
Phase 3
In phase 3 we begin to teach children more
complex phonemes.
Digraphs eg. ch, th, sh
Some long vowel phonemes eg. oa as in boat,
igh as in night, ai as in rain.
Digraphs & long vowels
It is vital that children understand that
phonemes can be more that one grapheme
(written letter).
Countdown with ‘ai’ sound
Phase 4
Phase 4 reviews the long vowels taught in
phase 3.
Phase 4 concentrates on initial and final
blends in words. eg, ‘fl’ in ‘float’ and ‘nd’ in
band
Phase 5
Once children are secure with blending and
segmenting phase 3 sounds we introduce the
children to alternative vowel phonemes. eg.
hat becomes hate.
The expectation is that by the end of year 1,
most children will have completed Phase 5,
ready for the Year 1 phonic assessment.
Nonsense words - Buried Treasure game.