Phonics in the Foundation Stage

What does Phonics in simple terms mean

Skills of joining (blending) and separating (segmenting ) sounds in words

+ The knowledge of the alphabetic

code

What does phonological awareness mean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS46jqYfZDg&feature=related

Phonological Awareness is awareness of

Sounds around us Rhymes , alliteration Phonemes Syllable awareness Blending and segmenting phonemes

in words Manipulation of sounds in words

What is ‘Letters and Sounds’ document Developed to build children's speaking and listening skills and to

prepare children for learning to read by developing their phonic knowledge and skills. It sets out a detailed and systematic programme for teaching phonic skills starting from Nursery with the aim of them becoming fluent readers by age seven( year 2).

Letters and sounds is a Six Phase program starting from foundation stage to end of key stage one to develop children's Phonological awareness and direct correspondence between letters and the sounds they make .

Pack consists of materials designed to assist practitioners and teachers in promoting speaking and listening skills, so that, by the end of Key Stage 1, children have developed fluent word reading skills and have a good foundation in spelling

Phase 1 – Beginning of Phase 2 ( Nursery) Phase 2,3,4 (Reception) Phase 4-5 (Year 1) Phase 6- (Year 2)

Phase 1 aims To hear and recognise , differentiate and

sounds in the environment, sounds made by body, mouth and musical instruments

To show awareness of rhyme and alliteration. Exploring sounds in words Orally blend and segment words Phonemes

Phonics: Key concepts and skills

Concept 1 :What is a syllable?

A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) that's created when pronouncing a word.

Vowels break the sound in words .

Exercise Count how many syllables in these words Cake 1 syllable Eat – 1 syllable Cheese – 1 syllable Eating – 2 syllables (eat - ing) chicken – 2 syllables (chick - en) Fatimah 3 syllables (fa-ti-mah

Concept 2 What is a phoneme? The smallest unit of sound in a word is

called a phoneme There are 26 alphabets and 44

phonemes in English language !!

Activity : How many phonemes sounds) in this word?

Pen

/p//e//n/

Dog

/d/ /o/ /g/

Hip

/h/ /i/ /p/

Ship

/sh/ /i/ /p/

Concept 3 :What is a Grapheme ? The letters that represent phonemes are

called graphemes. Egg d-/d/ ,n-/n/

A. Graphemes can be made up from 1 letter e.g. p, 2 letters e.g. sh- diagraph 3 letters e.g. tch - trigraph.

Underline how many Graphemes, Digraphs and Trigraphs in these words

Print Duck Thumb Thing shack

Did you get that right?

Print- p-r-i-n-t 5 Duck d-u-ck 3 Cow c-ow 2 Thumb th-u-m-b 4 Chang ch-a-ng 3 Shack sh-a-ck 3

Phoneme is what you hear

Grapheme is what you see

Key skillsKey skill 1 – Oral blending This involves hearing phonemes and being able to merge them together to make a

word. Children need to develop this skill before they will be able to blend written words

Blending This involves looking at a written word, looking at each grapheme and using knowledge

of GPCs to work out which phoneme each grapheme represents and then merging these phonemes together to make a word. This is the basis of reading.

Key skill 2 – Oral Segmenting This is the act hearing a whole word and then splitting it up into the phonemes that

make it. Children need to develop this skill before they will be able to segment words to spell them.

Segmenting This involves hearing a word, splitting it up into the phonemes that make it, using

knowledge of GPCs to work out which graphemes represent those phonemes and then writing those graphemes down in the right order. This is the basis of spelling

The alphabet and alphabetic code

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FbdAENiRyI

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Articulation of sounds

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOW3pB2KwGA

The 44 phonemes

/b/ /d/ /f/ /g/ /h/ /j/ /ck/ /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/

The alphabetic code

The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code include

- One sound can be represented by in different ways using1,2,3 or 4 letters e.g. sound /o/- or, saw,watch,salt,law

- One spelling can represent multiple sounds: e.g. crowd, low, arrow, own, sow, know, acknowledge

Exercise Read the words below and discuss how many sounds do these letters

‘cc’ represent. Soccer Cappuccino flaccid Occur

Soccer , Occur -/ck/Cappuccino /ch/Flaccid /s/

Count how many phonemes in these each of these words using the alphabetic code?

Bleed Flop Cow Jumper Night boat

Did you get it right

Bleed = b-l-ee-d =4 Flop = f-l-o-p =4 Cow = c-ow =2 Jumper =j-u-m-p-er =5 Night =n-igh-t =3 Boat =b-oa-t =3

Activity

Count how many phonemes in each of these words.

shelf dress sprint string

Did you get it right?

shelf = sh – e – l – f = 4 dress = d - r - e – ss = 4 sprint = s – p – r – i – n – t = 6 string = s – t – r – i – ng = 5

Jolly phonics actions video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKSfpBLvYj4&feature=related

Jolly phonics songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug&feature=related

Teaching of Initial Sounds

At Carpet (not more than 8-10 mins)

Teaching of initial sounds 1 flash cards Talking partners 2 multisensory approach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSSxXuYi91g

Activity Can you think of a fun way to introduce an

initial sound. Groups of 5

Blending and segmenting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pei0o-_cFc&feature=related

Phonics teaching with visual aids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Ip6_VKVJ8&feature=related

Plan of action Develop a phonic rich environment. Discreet session of phonics teaching

everyday. Phase 1 through out the year + Introduce

1-2 letters a week Repetition at every opportunity ,building in

routines e.g. register, fruit and snack , general conversation.

Literacy in areas of curriculum.