Foundation Phonics Meeting

November 2013

What is ?

o A scheme the school adopted last academic year. o Very structured and fast paced; rapid teaching

and learning of sounds and blending.o All children involved, every session. o Taught throughout Foundation and Key Stage

One (until the age of 7). o A rapid Learn to read programme

so children…

o Read to learn for the rest of their lives

Sounds

o All words are made up of sounds. o These are called phonemes. o In English there are 44. o We use ‘Fred Talk’ to help the

children to hear each sound within a word.

Graphemes

o A grapheme is a sound written down. o English is a very complex code –

there are more than 150! o More than one way to spell each

sound. o For example: a_e in came, ay in play,

ai in rain, ey in they.

Children learn a simple code first

Set 1

Set 2

f l m n r s v z sh th ng

nk

b c d g h j p qu

t w x y ch

k

a e i o u ay ee igh ow

oo oo ar or air ir ou oy

Set 1 sounds Set 2 sounds

Consonants: stretchy

Vowels: stretchy

Consonants: bouncy

Vowels: bouncy

If English had a simple code…o play - mayk trayn cafay strayt wayt

make train café straight wait

o green - dreem kee hee happee dream key he happy

o light - kight fligh Igh igh tigh kite fly I eye tie

o blow - smowk flowt gow mowst smoke float go most

o moon -broot bloo groo brute blue grew

spelling and reading would be much easier!

Pronunicationo It’s really important to say the sounds

and not the names of the letters at this stage.

o Try not to add ‘uh’ onto the end of sounds.

o Pronunciation guide video. o https://global.oup.com/education/

content/primary/teaching-support/pages/rwi/?region=international#

o Probably very different from how you were taught at school.

Fredo Fred helps children learn to read.

o Fred can only talk in sounds...

o (Fred can only say c_a_t, he can’t say cat).

o We call this Fred Talk.

o If your child can understand Fred talk they can blend orally.

o Blending is needed for reading.

Fred

o Fred helps children learn to spell too!

o Children convert words into sounds. This is called segmenting.

o They press the sounds on to their fingers...

o We call this Fred Fingers.

How can you help your child?

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o By using the 44 pure sounds.

o By using the Speed Sound cards with your child.

o By knowing how to blend using Fred Talk for reading. m_a_t > mat

o By knowing how to use Fred Fingers for spelling.

How can you help your child?

By having fun with Fred Talk at home!

o “What a tidy r-oo-m!”o “Where’s your c-oa-t?” o “Time for b-e-d!”

back, head, tum, leg, hand, foot, knee coat, hat, scarf, zip, sock, glove run, walk, skip, hop, fast, slow, stop, shop red, blue, green, black, knife, fork, spoon, plate, bowl, pan bread, cheese, meat, soup, jam, cake

How can you help your child?

By showing them how to write the grapheme correctly which matches the phoneme. Use the rhymes to help.

And…o By reading your child lots of lovely stories

and asking lots of questions!

o Use these prompts to help you: What is

that character thinking?

What is the character saying?

What do you

think that character is

feeling now?

What is happening?

What do you think happens next?

A typical Phonics session20-25 mins daily

o Recap on sounds already taughto Teach a new sound/recap a sound children are finding

more difficult to remembero Letter formation, air writingo Fred talko Assisted/independent blendingo Make words using magnetic tiles with their partnero Read words – real and nonsense against the sand

timer o Later in the day they practise handwriting on paper OR o Complete a reading activity. Children work in small

groups of no more than 6 children of a similar ability.

A typical Phonics session – video clips

o http://www.ruthmiskintraining.com/teacher-support/42/index.html

• http://www.ruthmiskintraining.com/teacher-support/45/index.html

Once children know all Set 1 sounds

o We move on to ‘independent blending.’ o Teacher says a word e.g. tin and the

children use ‘Fred Fingers’ to say each sound in the word.

o They then make the word, finding the graphemes themselves rather than using the teacher’s model.

Apps/Websites to support learning

• Magnetic ABC app for IPads/tablets

• Twinkl apps for IPads/tablets

• Phonics Play website www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Any questions?