Transcript Phonics Presentation for Parents - Jan 2017

Phonics, High Frequency Words
and Reading
All About
• What is phonics and how we teach it
• Learning high frequency words
• Supporting reading
What is phonics?
Phonics is the ability to hear, identify and
manipulate sounds and know the way to write
them.
It develops the relationship between reading
and spelling.
Key vocabulary
Phoneme: a small unit of sound
Grapheme: visual representation of a phoneme- how
to write a sound
Digraph: grapheme with 2 letters
Trigraph: grapheme with 3 letters
Blend: say the sounds that make up a word and merge
the sounds together to hear the word
Segment: say a word and then break it up into the
phonemes that make it up
What makes it tricky…
English has
• 44 phonemes
• around 120 graphemes or ways of writing down
those 44 phonemes.
• 26 letters in the alphabet so some graphemes are
made up from more than one letter.
• some graphemes can represent more than one
phoneme.
Phonics at The Winchcombe
• Structured progression from F1 to Y2
• Daily 20 minute sessions- review, teach, practise,
apply
• On-going assessment
• Combination of segmenting, blending, reading and
writing
• Learning high frequency words- decodable and
tricky words
Strategies that can be used at school and home
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Sound clapping- syllable clapping
Robot talking- oral blending
Sound buttons
Phoneme fingers
Phoneme frames
Quick write/read
Flash cards
Bingo
Jolly phonics actions
Real and alien words
Read/write letters, words, captions
and sentences
Daily reading by your child and to your child
Key Words
• These are the most commonly used words
• Focus on reading by sight and spelling
• Tricky words
Reading at home
• Daily
• Reading record
• Encourage pointing to words, using pictures,
using phonics and saying words to help
• Read-a-sack and class library
Tips for high frequency words and reading at home
Matching games
Words on the stairs
Word snap
Hit the word
In the bath
Magnetic letters
When you come to a key word in a story stop
and ask your child for help
• Do words in a different order
• Can you find? Searching for words in books,
room, environment
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Useful websites
• http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/index.htm
• http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/what-isletters-and-sounds.html
• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5years/letters-and-sounds
• http://www.busythings.co.uk/