Learn the world of phonics-presentation-2023

Introduction to Phonics Learning

1. Ready for phonics Wednesday 11th October 2023 1

2. What is Phonics? Phonics is a method of teaching children to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups and syllables. 2

3. Why do we teach Phonics? We teach phonics to support the learning of reading and spelling – if a child has a secure understanding of phonics they have the skills to decode when reading and build words for spelling. 3

4. Developing learning across a week? 20+ minutes phonics lesson every day Revisit / Teach / Practise / Apply/ Assess Daily application in writing Daily application across the curriculum Application in reading Application in writing and spelling 4

5. Phonic terminology A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word. There are approximately 44 phonemes in English. Phonemes can be put together to make words. A grapheme is a way of writing down a phoneme. Graphemes can be 1, 2, 3 or 4 letters long. E.G. p sh igh ough GPC is short for G rapheme P honeme C orrespondence. 5

6. Segmenting Segmenting is identifying the individual phonemes in a spoken word. (e.g. him = h-i-m) and writing down letters for each sound to form the word. Linked closely to spelling. 6

7. Blending Blending is identifying the phonemes in a written word e.g. c-u-p and merging them in the order in which they are written to pronounce the word -cup. Linked closely to reading. It is important the children say the word after it has been segmented when reading in order to maintain comprehension. 7

8. Digraph Two graphemes making one phoneme. A consonant digraph contains two consonants. sh ck th ll A vowel digraph contains at least one vowel. ai ee ar er 8

9. Trigraph A trigraph is 3 graphemes making one phoneme. igh 9

10. Split digraph A split digraph is a digraph in which the two letters making the phoneme are not adjacent. E.G. Make 10

11. Phases There are 6 phases in the English phonic progression. 11

12. Phase 1 Phase One phonics concentrates on developing children's speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase 2 . The emphasis during Phase 1 is to get children attuned to the sounds around them and ready to begin developing oral blending and segmenting skills. Hummingbirds-Time to Talk, Bug Club 12

13. Phase 2 13

14. Phase 3 14

15. Phase 3 Graphemes 15

16. Phase 4 16

17. Phase 5 This phase is almost unique to the English language. In phase 5 the children are taught to recognise and use alternative ways of pronouncing the graphemes and spelling the phonemes already taught. 17

18. Phase 5 outcomes The children will: Use alternative ways of pronouncing the graphemes already taught. E.G. ow in now and ow in window Use alternative ways of spelling the same phoneme. E.G. rain day make baby they great Recognise an increasing number of high frequency words automatically. Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the prime approach in reading and spelling when the words are unfamiliar and not completely decodable . 18

19. Same grapheme different phoneme! m ea n br ea d gr ea t 19

20. Same phoneme different graphemes m ay b a k e tr ai n l a dy th ey gr ea t This is phase 5!! 20

21. Phonic screening check This is a national assessment which takes place across ALL Year 1 classes. The screening check measures the children’s attainment in phonics and their ability to segment and blend words. The check includes real and psuedo words. The assessment will take place early June 2024. 21

22. Phase 6 Phase 6 focuses on turning pupils into fluent readers and accurate spellers by teaching them fundamental grammatical skills, such as verb tenses, suffixes, additional spelling rules and helpful spelling techniques. There are no new tricky words to teach children as they study phase 6 phonics. Instead, pupils should use the skills that they are being taught to make a plausible attempt at accurately spelling any age-appropriate word necessary. 22

23. Accredited Phonics Scheme As of September 2023 we have had to follow an accredited Phonics Scheme. We have chosen to follow ‘Bug Club’ as we already had the main resources online. Children have their lesson and this is reinforced through their homework and across the school day. Books and games that match the GPCs taught are set. https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/planning#bugclub_phonics 23

24. Questions Thank you for coming this afternoon. 24