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Phonics
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Who is Phonics for?
A bit of technical knowledge…
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Phonics = the sounds in language
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Phoneme = smallest unit of sound e.g. ‘p’ or ‘sh’
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Grapheme = is a letter or letters that spell a
sound in a word
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Watch our sound pronunciation guide.
Our School Phonics
Based on ‘Letters and Sounds’ program
produced by DFES
 Incorporates elements of ReadWriteInc
and Jolly Phonics
 ReadWriteInc letter formation
 Jolly Phonics actions
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Today’s sound is….
g
Letter sound not the letter name
Phase 4 consonant clusters
Tricky words
These are words that cannot be sounded out and have to be learnt by heart.
High Frequency words
Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
The phonics screening check is a short, reading assessment at the end of Year 1.
How do phonics help us read?
We start reading by sounding out letters within words:
“c_a_t”
We then blend:
“cat”
Sound buttons
cat
How do phonics help us read?
We start reading by sounding out letters within words:
“sh_e_ll”
We then blend:
“shell”
Sound buttons
sh e ll
Reading Books
Oxford Reading Tree
 Songbirds
 Floppy’s Phonics
 Non-fiction books
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The importance of dialogue!
How phonics helps with writing
Segmenting words
 Fingers for spelling
 Magnetic letters
 Read Write Inc letter formation
 Multi sensory
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The segmenting continues into Year 1
This continues into Year 1
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Segmenting words
Fingers for spelling
Holding a sentence
Concentration of letter formation
Sky letters, grass letters and ground letters
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Saying a sentence out loud before writing it down
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How to help your child at home…
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Read favourite stories over and over again
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Read Traditional stories e.g. Cinderella, Jack and the Bean Stalk
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Listen to them read their home/ school reading books
and discuss the story with them
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Spot phonic sounds they have learnt at school
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Read other texts such as road signs, recipes, magazines
and non-fiction books
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Look at an Atlas together
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To foster a love of reading and an enthusiasm for books!
Children who read regularly at home,
do well at school
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Read fluently
Share ideas
Extend their imagination
Write confidently
Speak articulately
You can practise pronouncing sounds
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Remember no ‘fuh’ and ‘luh’!
Other resources
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_no
ss/276-8675737-8496938?url=searchalias%3Daps&fieldkeywords=readwriteinc+flashcards
 www.phonicsplay.co.uk
 www.letters-and-sounds.co.uk
 Education city
https://ec1.educationcity.com/level/index/
1#tab=year-2
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