Jolly Phonics/Jolly Grammar

Miss Rhonagh Hunter

Miss Gemma Monie

Basic Skills for Reading: * pure sound recognition (e.g s,a,t) * clear and precise pronunciation of sounds * use actions, songs and sound together to target all learners * digraph recognition (ai, ch, th) * blending sounds together in order to read the word (begin with

cvc words such as cat, pin etc) * sight vocabulary – being able to memorise certain words (was,

the, why, wallpaper) * you need to have a combination of blending and sight skills in

order to build solid reading strategies * Jolly Phonics programme covers all key areas of reading and is

designed to target all types of learners (physical, auditory and visual)

* reading skills are reinforced through a variety of activities such as cvc mats, rainbow letters, snap and matching pairs games

Dictation

* dictation is an integral part of ‘reading’ as the key skills work side by side with reading strategies

* children have to listen carefully to the word and split it into separate sounds ( eg cat – c, a, t)

* common errors include missing out the medial sound, dropping the final sound and mixing all the sounds in the word up – such errors are often down to poor listening skills however sometimes it is developmental and is a matter of practise, practise, practise!

* the penny does eventually drop with most children! * Wee song to remind them that we use in Primary 1! * dictation links in directly to what is being taught in Jolly

Phonics and Jolly Grammar * has a positive impact on independent writing

Resources

* a wide variety are used in all stages * Jolly Phonics and Grammar both have teacher

books to aid quality teaching and specific points to be covered

* Foam, dough, laces, wide choice of games, outdoor play, education city, computer programmes, alphabet tiles – the list is endless

* we try to be as imaginative as possible and involve the children in coming up with ideas as well – fun is the focus as children learn and retain more through this method

Jolly Grammar

* Jolly Grammar links directly to Jolly Phonics work previously taught

* weekly focus that covers spelling and grammar * weekly spelling test to assess progress as well as a variety of

spelling activities * initially looks at reinforcing key areas of phonics work such as

digraphs and double sounds (ll, ck, gg) * moves on into looking at alternatives in more detail (ai, ea,

ow) * alternatives take a long time for children to learn due to the

huge amount of complexity of our language (only 40% of our language is regular and the rest has to be learned)

Key areas of Jolly Grammar

* Capitals – redrafting, circle the capital letters * Alphabetical order – rainbow writing, alphabet rainbows,

sound tiles * Sentence structure – sentence strips, silly sentences and

Education City * Verbs – gym hall using cue cards * Nouns – class hunt for nouns – written or pictorial * Pronouns – Prepositions – gym hall/outdoor games * All of these activities can be done individually, paired or in

groups to support each other and build team work. * Grammar book is used as a basis and then reinforced through

Active Learning games. * Tricky/key/sight words are constantly reinforced through daily

classroom work and flash cards.

Useful Resources

* Education City – an excellent site for children to use to reinforce and challenge within literacy and numeracy

* BBC websites

* Games – matching pairs, snap, make a word

* Use action or visual clues to help your child

* Early Learning Centre has excellent games for younger children to reinforce key areas and many supermarkets now produce games for older children that target key literacy areas

* Take ideas from the ones shown tonight