�Phonics in F3

15th November 2017

• CVC – consonant, vowel, consonant e.g. cat
• CVVC – consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant e.g. seen
• Segment – Say each sound, c-a-t
• Blend – Say all the sounds together to make a word, cat
• Decode – to look at the letter shapes and work out the corresponding sounds
• Phoneme – a sound as it is said
• Grapheme – the written sound
• Digraph – 2 letter sound

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Phonics is a system of relationships between letters and sounds in a language. It is a key tool in teaching young children to read and write.

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Key Vocabulary

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What is Phonics?

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Where do we start?

Rhyming and Alliteration

Exploring

Auditory discrimination

Speaking and listening

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Phonics lessons

Listen and say

Linking sound to letter

Speed sounds review

Write

(each letter has a ditty)

Play

Fred talk

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Your try…Bingo!

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Reading

Sound buttons

Blending

Red and green words

Phonics gets children reading faster, boosts their confidence and gives them a tool they can use to decode words.

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Exceptions: memorize red words.

Wordless Books

Reading continued…

• Sound buttons
• Blending
• Use the picture
• Initial sound
• Ask does it make sense?
• Skip the word
• Be patient

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Our AIMS:

For children to be able to read and understand simple sentences.

For children to write simple sentences, using phonics to write words in ways that match their spoken sounds.

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If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.     -- Albert Einstein

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Sounds continued

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• Digraphs are taught e.g sh, ch, th
• These sounds have rhymes to help remember them.
• Alternative spellings of the same sound.
• We learn rules to help us remember how to spell

e.g. Where does the ‘ay’ sound always go?

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Important things to remember

• Read, read, read!
• Sounds are taught and written in lower case.
• Sounds need to be pronounced correctly.
• We focus on writing phonologically (may not be spelt correctly but uses the correct sound they know e.g. doun = down).
• Be a role model, let children see you reading and writing at home.
• Praise children for their efforts.
• Point out text in the environment.
• If you have further questions talk to the teacher.

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• Play games -�Snap! �Secret sounds�Memory (using sounds or red and green words)�I spy… �iPad games and Apps – ZAT!

READ, READ, READ!

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How you can help

• Writing using lower case letters and phonics for spelling

• Reading and sound buttons

Thank you.

www.nordangliaeducation.com