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Who is Phonics for?

A bit of technical knowledge…Phonics = the sounds in language

Phoneme = smallest unit of sound e.g. ‘p’ or ‘sh’

Grapheme =  is a letter or letters that spell a sound in a word

Watch our sound pronunciation guide.

Our School PhonicsBased on ‘Letters and Sounds’

program produced by DFESIncorporates elements of

ReadWriteInc and Jolly PhonicsReadWriteInc letter formationJolly Phonics actions

Today’s sound is….

gLetter 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 c a t

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 BooksOxford Reading TreeSongbirdsFloppy’s PhonicsNon-fiction books

The importance of dialogue!

How phonics helps with writingSegmenting words Fingers for spellingMagnetic lettersRead Write Inc letter formationMulti sensory

The segmenting continues into Year 1

This continues into Year 1

Segmenting words Fingers for spellingHolding a sentenceConcentration of letter formationSky letters, grass letters and ground

letters

Saying a sentence out loud before writing it down

How to help your child at home…

Read favourite stories over and over again

Read Traditional stories e.g. Cinderella, Jack and the

Bean Stalk

Listen to them read their home/ school reading books

and discuss the story with them

Spot phonic sounds they have learnt at school

Read other texts such as road signs, recipes, magazines

and non-fiction books

Look at an Atlas together

To foster a love of reading and an enthusiasm for

books!

Children who read regularly at home, do well at school

• Read fluently• Share ideas• Extend their imagination• Write confidently • Speak articulately

You can practise pronouncing sounds

Remember no ‘fuh’ and ‘luh’!

Other resourceshttp://

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/276-8675737-8496938?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=readwriteinc+flashcards

www.phonicsplay.co.ukwww.letters-and-sounds.co.ukEducation city https://

ec1.educationcity.com/level/index/1#tab=year-2