Phonics Share how phonics is taught at Crampton Teach the basics of phonics and some useful phonics terms Outline the different stages in phonic development Show examples of activities and resources we use to teach phonics Share resources which parents can use to support their children
Phonics what is it all about? skills for reading and spelling + knowledge of the alphabetic code Learning phonics will help your child to become a good reader and writer.
What does it look like in Crampton? Daily phonics session Fast paced approach Floppy Phonics Scheme Five main stages
Some common words we will use Phoneme Grapheme The phoneme is Write down the grapheme
Some other words we will use Digraph Trigraph The phoneme is Write down the grapheme
To recap Phonemes: The smallest units of sound that are found within a word Grapheme: The spelling of the sound e.g. th Diagraph: Two letters that make one sound when read Trigraphs: Three letters that make one sound when read CVC: Stands for consonant, vowel, consonant. Segmenting : Breaking up a word into its sounds. Blending : Putting the sounds together to read a word Tricky words: Words that cannot easily be decoded.
Stage 1 : Age 4-5 ORT books Stage 1 lilac band 1. Tuning into sounds - Environmental sounds 2. Listening and remembering sounds 3. Talking about sounds Rhythm and rhyme Speaking and listening skills
How can I help at home? Nursery rhymes, songs, action rhymes. Book talk. Talking about sounds: listening walks, loud/soft, high/low, Speaking & listening: silly sentences Happy Harry hops, animal sounds.
Stage 1+ Age 4/5 ORT books Stage 1+ : pink band w towards level 1 Series of six books 4 sounds each book s a t p I n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll le ss
Saying the sounds Sounds should be articulated clearly and precisely. http://www.phonicsinternational.com/new_hear_sounds.html
Blending - grapheme - phoneme For reading, children are encouraged say the sounds from left to right and blend the sounds to hear the whole word. How to blend Point under each grapheme (letter or letter group) as you say the sound and run your finger under the word as you say the whole or blended word.
Blending /b/ /e/ /d/ = bed /t/ /i/ /n/ = tin /m/ /u/ /g/ = mug
How can I help at home? Oral blending: the robot game Children need to practise hearing a series of spoken sounds and merging them together to make a word. For example, you say b-u-s, and your child says bus.
Segmenting For spelling Your child will be encouraged to say the word slowly to identify each sound in the word (robot talk) The left hand is used to tally the individual sounds to the thumb and fingers.
Segmenting bed = /b/ /e/ /d/ tin= /t/ /i/ /n/ mug= /m/ /u/ /g/
Segmenting for spelling c a t... f i sh.. _ How many phonemes(sounds) can you hear? A dot for a sound written with one letter grapheme. A dash for a sound with a two or three letter grapheme A to indicate a split grapheme
Robot talk.. log duck draw the sound buttons fill
Answers l o g d u ck..... _ f i ll.. _
ring chick night
Answers r i ng ch i ck... _ n igh t. _.
Tricky Words There are many words that cannot be blended or segmented because they are irregular. the was said you some These will be sent home each week, they will either be words linked to the phonic stage, 100 and 200 high frequency word lists.
Stage 2: Age 4-5 ORT books Stage 2 Red book band - working towards level 1 Series of six books 3 sounds each book J v w X y z zz qu ch sh th ng dge ve wh cks ve wh
Stage 3: Age 5-6 ORT books Stage 3 Yellow book band - working within Level 1-1c Series of six books 3 or 4 sounds each book (books 13-18) alternative vowel graphemes ai ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur ow oi ear air er er ue ue ure ture
Stage 4: Age 5-6 ORT books Stage 4 Blue book band - working within Level 1c/1b Series of six books 2 complete revision + 4 new sounds each book (books 19-24) alternative vowel graphemes for one already taught ai ay oa ow oi oy ue ew ee ea oo ew igh ie ow ou
Stage 4: Age 5-6 ORT books Stage 4 Blue book band - continued ur ir s ce or aw e ea ear eer u o air are -ed
Stage 5: Age 5-6 ORT books Stage 5 Green book band - working within Level 1b Books 25 30 more alternative spellings Book 25 Book 26 Book 27 Ai ay eigh ey igh I y s ss se ce a a-e ae ea ie i-e ce ci cy ee e y ey oa ow o sc st ea e-e ie oe o-e ough eau e ea
Learning all the variations that the same phoneme can be represented in more than one way the oa sound goat glow old toe rose dough plateau
Learning all the variations - that the same grapheme can represent more than one phoneme! meat bread he bear cow bed hear low
Teaching the split digraph Tim man cub hop time mane cube hope
Is there anything I can do at home? y e s
When spelling, encourage your child to think about what looks right tray rain boil boy throat snow trai rayn boyl boi throwt snoa Have fun trying out different options wipe clean whiteboards are good for trying out spellings
At home Letter and picture tiles Say the sound posters Read everyday with your child if possible Robot talk
DON T FORGET Learning to read should be fun for both children and parents.