Transcript e - Stanah Primary School

LETTERS AND
SOUNDS
Parent Workshop
At Stanah Primary we have a 20 minute
letters and sounds session everyday of
the week.
Phonics at a glance
Phonics is......
Skills of
segmentation and
blending
Knowledge of the
alphabetic code
Phonics consists of.....
• Identifying sounds in spoken words.
• Recognising the common spellings of each phoneme.
• Blending phonemes into words for reading.
• Segmenting words into phonemes for spelling.
How phonics is taught.
The Letters and Sounds programme is split into 6
phases.
Phase 1: is taught in nurseries and pre-school
settings and consists of exploring and
experimenting with sounds.
Phase 2: is begun in reception and involves learning the sounds related to
each letter and combing these to make simple words e.g.
c-a-t, d-o-g, p-e-n
Phase 3:
•know consonant digraphs:
ch, sh, th, ng
• know graphemes:
oo, ee, oa, ai, oi, ur, er, ow, or, ar, igh, ear, air, ure
•Apply knowledge of graphemes, phonemes and
digraphs to reading and spelling a range of
words.
e.g. ch-o-p, sh-ee-t, s-i-ng, b-oi-l
Phase 4:
• Consolidate previous phases.
•Continue to read and spell tricky words.
•Applying previous knowledge to
segmenting and blending when reading
unfamiliar words.
Phase 5:
•Reading phonetically decodable two- syllable and three- syllable words.
•Using alternative ways of pronouncing and spelling the graphemes
e.g.
Alternative spellings:
ay
ai
a-e
igh
ie
i-e
oi
oy
ow
ou
Alternative pronunciation:
magic
magpie
chop
chef
Split diagraphs:
•You’ll will probably have learnt this as the magic e
•the letter e at the end of the word changes the vowel from it’s
letter sound to it’s letter name.
e.g.
came
Pete
time
bone
tune
Pseudo words:
•Pseudo words are words that have been made up
•Their purpose is to encourage the children to apply their
letters and sounds knowledge and not rely on word
recognition.
e.g.
vap
chee
strom
fowsping
Phonics Screening Check.
•This is a government test to track how many children are working
at phase 5, which is the expected level for the end of year 1.
•The test is carried out in June and consists of the child decoding 40
words. 20 real words and 20 pseudo words. It is done on a one to
one basis with the class teacher in comfortable environment.
•The current pass rate is 32/40. Children who do not achieve a pass
at the end of year 1 will be required to take the test again at the end
of year 2.
Phase 6
Most children will begin this phase in Year 2.
This section of phonics focuses on developing the children’s ability to
apply their phonics knowledge to learning spelling strategies.
They will learn about:
Suffixes- letters that can be added to a root word, often to change the
tense.
e.g.
Play- playing
Live- living
Prefixes- letters that are attached to the beginning of a root word.
e.g.
Disappear