Lockerley C of E Primary School

KS1 and Foundation Stage Phonics

September 2015

Hopefully by the end you will…

• Greater understanding of ‘Letters and Sounds’.• Knowledge of the structure of our

Phonics sessions.• Understanding of some of the

terminology.• Gather some ideas and techniques to

support children at home.

What is Phonics?

• Skills of segmentation and blending• Knowledge of alphabetical code• Identifying sounds in words• Recognising common spellings of

each phoneme• Blending phonemes in reading• Segmenting phonemes in spelling

Phonics

Technical terms:

Phoneme

Grapheme

CVC / VC / CV / CVCC / CCVC

Digraph / vowel digraph

Segment

Phonics

* Phoneme – the smallest single identifiable sound, e.g. ‘sh’ – one sound.* Grapheme - a letter or a group of letters representing one sound.* CVC / VC / CV / CVCC / CCVC – Consonant / Vowel e.g. cat, is, to, frog, duck* Digraph / vowel digraph – two letters making one sound / two vowels that make one sound.* Segment - to split up a word into its individual phonemes in order to spell it, e.g. the word 'cat' has three phonemes: /c/, /a/, /t/

Phase 1

• Phase 1 has 7 “Aspects” which develop a wide range of listening skills.

• Games for the whole class or groups with different activities to help children identify sounds, remember sounds and talk about sounds.

• Environmental sounds, instrumental sounds, body percussion, rhythm and rhyme, alliteration, voice sounds and oral blending and segmenting.

Phonics Lessons• Phonics is taught every day in a discreet 20

minute lesson.• It is structured in the same way in each

lesson and in every class.• Revisit and review what has been learnt

before.• Teach a new letter or key focus for the

lesson.• Practice what the children have been

taught – reading or spelling with the new letter.

• Applying what they have been taught – reading or writing words, captions or sentences.

Phase 2

• 19 letters of the alphabet – mostly comprising of one letter • Phonemes are introduced in groups

e.g. s a t p i n• Blending for reading and segmenting

for spelling.• Tricky words

Cued Articulation

• All 44 sounds (phonemes) of the English phonological system have a separate hand sign which is related to where and how in the mouth the sounds are made.

• Cued articulation is not a sign language

Phase 3

• 25 new graphemes – mostly two letters e.g. ai, sh, ch• Purpose of this phase – consolidate

children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words.• Sound buttons

Phase 4

• Short phase which can be taught alongside phase 3 and phase 5• Two letters e.g. ai, sh, ch• CVC blending and segmenting

Phase 5

• Able to represent 44 phonemes.• Two letters e.g. ay, ou, ea• CVC blending and segmenting• Alternative pronunciations e.g. tin,

wild • Alternative spellings e.g. train and

eight

Phase 6

• Reading familiar words automatically• Decoding words quickly and silently

through an established sounding and blending routine.• Children become fluent readers and

accurate spellers.

Homework to Support Phonics

• Reading• Phonics play www.phonicsplay.co.uk• Learning letter sounds and word building Year

R• Spellings – Year 1 and Year 2

Ways to Support your ChildProvide appropriate support and

encouragement with homework

Hear your child read regularly and write a positive comment in the reading diary

Encourage joined handwriting

Any Questions?