phonemes blending segmenting sound talk consonants and vowels trigraphs : three letters one sound...

What do we mean? How is it

different?How can it

help?What do I

do?

Greek: φώνημα, phōnēma, "a sound uttered”

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SpanishShallow orthography

No. of sounds = No. of letter patterns

English Deep orthography

40+ spoken sounds 26 letters

128 letter patterns (and no accents)

Systematic teaching of synthetic phonics is the

best way to teach literacy to all children, and

especially those aged 5-7 years.

High-quality academic evidence from across the world for L1…

We learn to read so that we can read to learn.

Phonics is not just a method; it’s content.

It’s not optional. Its goal is

comprehension.

The Simple View of Reading

• ABC•Opportunistic• About patterns:

d-ogd-ig, d-ip, d-inosaurd-og, f-og, fr-og

Analytic phonics

Read • mud: /m/ /u/ /d/

• 3 letters / 3 sounds

• Say the sounds

• Blend to read

Write • Say : mud

• Segment the sounds : /m/ /u/ /d/

• Say each / write a letter for each

• Read back to check

Synthetic phonics

Important terminology

Phonemes

Blending

Segmenting

Soundtalk

Consonants and vowels

Trigraphs : three letters one sound

GraphemesDigraphs : two letters one sound

mnemonic

Pronunciation:pure sounds

s

ck

m pf

lqu

ib

• 1 letter: 1 sound (m)• 1, 2, 3, 4 letters: 1 sound (ch, air,

ough) • Different letters: same sound (ch, k,

c, ch)• Same letter(s): different

pronunciation for reading/sound for spelling. (ow – cow, row)

The English Alphabetic Code

• satp sat tap• ng ar n igh t• lamp chimp

windmill• frog tree starlight• crisp crunch scrunch• ea sea head• air ere ear • help helped helping

The English Alphabetic Code

So phonics can help bilingual learners with …

Learning the letters (or

combinations) that represent letter sounds.

Blending letter

sounds to read

Hearing and identifying

letter sounds

Segmenting letter sounds

to spell

High frequency and tricky words

thesaidsomewhenpeople

Phonological awareness

• Systematic, book-by-book progression of phonics teaching fits with the Phonics Workbooks, English Explorers series

Phonic Explorers

Letter sounds still A-ZCVC with short vowelsTwo letters one sound: ch, sh, thTwo letters one sound: ll, ss, ck, ngInitial and final adjacent consonantsLong vowel sounds – split digraph: a-eDifferent letters same sound – long vowels: ai/ayr vowel phonemes: ar, er, ur, orDifferent letters same sound : oy/oi, ow/ou

Structured sequence

• Phonics set within a decodable story: reading for meaning.• Popular and familiar characters

Phonic Explorers

• Consolidation for readers

Phonic Explorers

• Audio for readers

Phonic Explorers

Phonic ExplorersA typical lesson:• Prepare your approach• Prepare your text and any props• Review previous learning• Introduce new learning

Make it active

Phonic ExplorersElements of a phonics lesson:• Model reading• Shared reading– Joining in– Read and repeat– Listen

Phonic Explorers• Group reading– Guide the learning – focus on phonics– Reading in turn

• Paired or independent reading• Listen

Phonic Explorers• Sing• Use letter cards/picture cards linked

to the phonic focus– Which one says …?– Is this /g/ or /d/?

• Use soundtalk – Get me a /r/ /e//d/ pen please.• Say it/write it

Activities

Phonic Explorers• Sort : get children to hold letter

cards and move into the correct sequence to spell the word.• Find your partner: children holding

letters or words must find their picture partner.• Find it: read the word and then

search for the hidden picture card.• Bingo! Snap!

Activities

Phonic Explorers• Support for teachers• Free downloadable

teaching notes and activity ideas.

Gill Budgell@gillbudgell

gbudgell@frattempo.co.uk Skype: frattempolimited

www.frattempo.co.uk