Transcript Phonics Workshop

How phonics work
Read, Write, Inc at Holy Trinity
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How you can you help at home?
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Key words that your child will be taught:
Phoneme
Grapheme
Digraph (consonant, vowel and split)
Trigraph
CVC
Segmenting
Blending
Tricking Words
Children have phonics for 20 minutes
everyday.
The lessons have a fast pace with lots of
praise.
The children learn a new sound everyday and
recap the sounds that they already know.
Simple lesson structure so children know
what is coming next.
Children are regularly assessed to check
progress.
Lots of praise and encouragement
Have a special place to read together at home
Practising sounds together
Make sure that your child is articulating the
sounds correctly
Learn the first 100 high frequency words
Check children’s comprehension through
questioning and play
Make it fun!
Useful Website:
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/p
honics/play/
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_ga
mes.html
http://www.alphablocks.tv/
Games:
Bingo
Letter formation with playdough, in cornflour,
foamy soap
Sound treasure hunts
Alien word games
Create rhyming strings
Pairs
Ipad APPs:
Mr Thorne does phonics
Eggy 100
Spelling Bug
Alphabet racing
abc pocketphonics
Twinkl Alphabet Cards & Letter Formation
Cbeebies Magazine
Phonics is the ability to decode words.
It does not follow that your child will be on a
high reading level just because they can
decode words phonetically.
Comprehension + Phonic Knowledge = Good Reading
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