Phonics for Phonics for ParentsParents

Phonics for Phonics for ParentsParents

Why phonics?

• Not the only way, but the most effective way for most children to learn to read

• Breaks it down into learnable chunks

• Systematic

Rose Review of Early Reading 2006

Found that:• Speaking and listening skills are essential as a

basis for reading and writing• Children learn best in a broad and rich language

environment

Recommended that:• Systematic discrete phonic work to teach

accurate and fluent reading• Using phonics for spelling

How do we read a word we don’t know?

Antejentacular• Break it down• Sound it out• Use spelling patterns e.g. ‘ante’

(It means before breakfast!)

Phonemes and Graphemes

• Phonemes – sounds44 phonemes in the English language we learn the pure sounds (listen to the sounds on the next page)

• Graphemes – the letters representing each sound e.g. c ai igh

We start by learning one way of writing each sound

The 44 phonemes

/b/ /d/ /f/ /g/ /h/ /j/ /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /ng/

/p/ /r/ /s/ /t/ /v/ /w/ /y/ /z/ /th/ /th/ /ch/

/sh/ /zh/ /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ /ae/ /ee/ /ie/ /oe/

/ue/ /oo/ /ar/ /ur/ /au/ /er/ /ow/ /oi/ /air/ /ear/ /ure/

Blending

c-u-p ‘blend’ them in the order in which

they are written to pronounce the word ‘cup’

Blend these words…

•drep•blom•gris

Segmenting

• ‘Chopping Up’ the word to spell it out

• The opposite of blending

Once children are good with single phonemes…

• digraphs – 2 letters that make one soundll ss zz oa ai

• trigraphs – 3 letters that make one soundigh dge

We use sound buttons to show the phonemes more clearly: f igh t

Segmenting Activity

• How many sound buttons would you need for these words?

• shelf• thick• sprint

Did you get it right?

• shelf = sh – e – l – f = 4 phonemes

• dress = th - i - ck = 3 phonemes

• sprint = s – p – r – i – n – t = 6 phonemes

Tricky words

• Words that are not phonically decodeable

e.g. was, the, I, said

• Some are ‘tricky’ to start with but can be decoded once we have learned the harder phonemes e.g. we

Each year group has a list of tricky words to learn

Letters and Sounds• Systematic daily phonics lessons• Keep practicing what we have learnt• Use what we have learnt in reading and

writing• Multisensory – songs, actions,

movements• Throughout KS1 and beyond

Keep on Speaking and Listening

• Explaining what you are doing• Listening to their thoughts• Modelling not correcting• Singing and saying rhymes• Sharing books• Retelling stories

Example of a phonic Reading Book

Reading

• Little and often• Daily if possible – a few minutes• Also continue reading to your

child regularly.

Writing

• Let them use as many sounds as they can hear

glgdeeloks

Once you have a grapheme for each

sound...

...You can have a go at anything!

‘antee dis establishment air ee anism’

‘sparkling, glitering, fierwirk!’

Thank you for listening!

• Any questions?

Useful websites

• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents

• www.jollylearning.co.uk/

• http://www.mrthornedoesphonics.com/

• http://www.starfall.com/n/levela/learn-to-read/play.htm?f