Phonics Evening

Thursday 17th October

What is phonics?

A method of teaching children to read and write the English Language. It teaches children that the sounds of English (phonemes) are represented by letters or groups of letters. (graphemes)

What is phonics?

It’s all about SOUNDS!

Ghyti

Cough

Physics

Station

They were to close the door to close it.

We must polish the Polish furniture.

The dump was full so we had to refuse the refuse.

Jack and Jill went down the hill to get a pack of butter

a b c d e f g h i

a b c d e f g h i j

k l m n o p q r s t

k l m n o p q r s t

u v w x y z

u v w x y z

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-owl/expert-help/phonics-made-easy

“ Reading is like riding a bike. You watch little ones beginning to ride a bike; they’re wobbly all over the place. But as we practise and practise, we don’t think about pedalling anymore. Eventually we can ride without no hands.” G. Reid Lyon

How does phonics

teach reading?“Learning to read is like learning a

code and the letters are the symbols for the

code. If you know what the symbols

mean you can crack the code.”

Decodable wordsTricky words

How do we teach it?

• Systematic programme- Letters and Sounds

• Reception on going all the time

• Year 1 and 2 distinct 20 min sessions

• Developed our own revamped St John’s phonic scheme!

Ss

Aa

Tt

Pp

Ii Nn

Mm

Dd

Gg

on

off

Oo

Cc

Kk

Ee

Uu

Rr

Hh

Bb

Ff Ll Jj Vv

Ww

Xx

Yy

Zz

qu

ch

sh

th

ng

ai ee

oo oo

oa

ar igh

ow

or er ur oi

ure

air

ear

Aa

Bb

Cc

Dd

Ee

Ff Gg

Hh

Ii Jj Kk

Ll Mm

Nn

Oo

Pp

qu

Rr

Ss

Tt

Uu

Vv

Ww

Yy

Xx

Yy

Zz

Alien Phonics

Sounding Mat

ch

sh

th

wh

ph

ng

ai ay

a_e

o_e

oe

oa

ee

ea

ow

igh

ar

y ie i_e

ou

ow

or aw

au

oi oy

er ur irPhone

me Familie

s

oo ue ew u_e

ure

ear

oo

air

• Reception- Start with one way to read and write each sound- simple code. ‘sound out’/’segment’

• Sound out and then blend to make words.

• When we know the sounds we are taught to read by blending. When mastered this we introduce the alternative versions of the same sound

• Phonics sessions are fun sessions involving lots of speaking, listening and games.

• Very important to sound out correctly.

Consolidating- sounding out & blending longer words

Is today Friday?Do you go to school in the holidays?Can you pay with chocolate?Are puppies playful?

Golden River

/ee/, /e_e/, /ea/, /ey/, /y/ or /ie/alternative grapheme.

What can you do to help?

• Be aware that longer words should not be sounded out letter by letter.

• You should look at the sounds that are created by groups of letters.

• If phonetic approach is used by child don’t be overly critical

Praise your child for trying out words

• Let them apply their knowledge to read longer sentences and captions.

• Let them read and spell tricky words and increase their bank of words that phonics wont help them with

• Continue to play with magnetic letters using a range of combinations,

• eg: r-ai-n = rain blending for reading

rain = r-ai-n segmenting for spelling

Year 1 Phonic Check

• National Government initiative.

• First screening June 2012.• Statutory for all pupils at the

end of year 1.• 40 words to be read

individually with a teacher they know.

Useful websites• www.oxfordowl.co.uk• www.starfall.com• www.letters-and-sounds.com• www.phonicsplay.co.uk