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The Research
“The Jolly Phonics children’s reading skills were 11 months above the level expected for their age”
“The synthetic phonics classes outperformed the whole
language classes on 16 out of 19 reading and
spelling measures”
“The results demonstrated that Jolly Phonics produced
effects that were long-lasting”
5 basic skills
1) Learning the letter sounds
2) Letter formation
3) Blending
4) Identifying sounds in words
5) Tricky Words
Storylines and Actions
Learning the sound ‘s’
Action:
Weave hand like a snake, saying ssssss
1) Learning Letter Sounds
The Phonics Handbook
• Detailed teaching notes• Sound Sheets• Games and Activities
1) Learning Letter Sounds
Alternative Vowel Sounds
Introduced as:
1) Learning Letter Sounds
Alternatives taught later:
‘ai’ (rain) ‘ay’ (play) and ‘a-e’ (flame)
‘ee’ (feet)
‘oa’ (boat)
‘ea’ (leaf)
‘ow’ (snow) and ‘o-e’ (bone)
Writing Letters
• Tracing dots
• Pencil stroke directions
• Joining tails
• Joined-up (cursive)
handwriting
2) Letter Formation
Blending Activities
• Pointing to letters
one-by-one
• Miming words
• Word boxes
• Read and See books
3) Blending
s a
p f t
i
hn
Words with Consonant Blends
• pl-a-n……..plan
• tr-i-ck……..trick
• br-u-sh……brush
3) Blending
tr pl
dw br
thr
cr
fl
gr
scr spl
Hearing Individual Sounds• Hearing one sound
• Identifying all sounds in a word
4) Identifying Sounds in Words
Games and Activities
• I-Spy• Counting sounds• Word families• Rhyming words• Take away a sound• Chopping Game
4) Identifying Sounds in Words
Identifying sounds
Dictation
• Dictate letter sounds
• CVC words
• Homework writing books
4) Identifying Sounds in Words
Tricky Words
• Reading – blend and learn
• Spelling Techniques
– Look, cover, write and check
– Say it as it sounds
– Mnemonics
5) Tricky Words
At the end of the 1st nine weeks
The majority of children can:
• Read and write 42 letter sounds
• Form letters correctly, with tripod grip
• Blend regular words eg. leg, flag, shoot
• Write simple words by listening for sounds
• Read and spell some of tricky words
Independent Writing
• Ian is 5 years
• In the first 18 weeks of school
• A typical student in the class
First Year Timetable
First part of year Second part of year Last part of year
Teach 42 soundsIntroduce letter names
Teach alternative spellingsRevise alternative spellings
Teach how to form
letters correctlyTeach handwriting rules and
give writing practiceGive handwriting practice
Teach how to blend simple regular words
• Introduce Jolly Readers • Blending practice with
alternative spellings
Continue with Jolly Readers and blending practice
Teach how to write words by listening for sounds
Dictation – words and sentences
• Independent writing• Continue dictation practice
Teach how to read and spell a few tricky words
Reading and spelling of
more tricky wordsFirst 60 tricky words taught
1
2
3
4
5
Level 3
Level 1
Level 2Level 2
Books per pack
Pages per book
Tricky words per book
Alt Spellings per book
Sentences per page
6
6
6
16
12
8
40
20
11
4
0
0
4
2
1
Some of the words used in Level 1 :• dog• fish• silver• ground• strongest• sleeping• squirrel
Level 1
Example Tricky Words: • I, the, was, have
First year checklist
Knows soundsBlends regular words
with these soundsWrites regular words
with these sounds
s a t i p n
ai j oa ie ee or
ay ea igh ow ew
Knows sound Knows name Forms correctly
Alphabet – lower case letters
Alphabet – capital letters
Sings/recites Knows
Alphabet order
1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60
Able to read tricky words
Able to spell tricky words
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year
Jolly PhonicsJolly Grammar
The Grammar Handbook 1
Jolly Grammar Big Book 1
Jolly GrammarThe Grammar Handbook 2
Jolly Grammar Big Book 2
Jolly Dictionary
Jolly Readers
• Similar format to The Phonics Handbook
• Spelling & Grammar lessons
• Actions for grammar points
The Grammar Handbooks