Letters and Sounds Parent Workshop

Letters and Sounds

Structured programmeSix phasesFast pace, lots of consolidationBlending for readingSegmenting for writingTricky words

Phase 1Speaking and listening are vital skills children need to develop in order to live successful lives in society.

They are key skills for children developing their ability to read and write.

Phase 1- what does this look like in school?

Sound games- hear and recognise the sounds- animal, everyday sounds.

Listening and playing musical instruments.

Following a beat.

Sound walk around school/local environment.

Explore sounds different objects make.

Exciting role play areas.

Body percussion

Phase 2Learning specific letters and sounds

Reading tricky words: I go no to theBlending and segmenting vc and cvc words, and in captions and sentences

Phase 2- what does this look like in school?

We use Jolly phonics to introduce new sounds. - Children learn actions and songs to help them remember the sounds.

IWB gamesSound bingo

Sorting objects that begin with different sounds

Phonics puzzles and games

Letter fans

Practising letter formation through;- Painting letters- Forming letters in the

sand- Writing letters in the

air- Paintbrush and water- Chalk

Magnetic letters

Flashcards

Sound hunt

20 minutes daily phonics lesson

Sounds covered in phase 2

s a t pi n m dg o c kCk e u r

H b f,ff l,ll ss

How does it sound? A useful website

http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=IwJx1NSineE&feature=related

Phase 3All other sounds are taught. Alphabet names are important to describe the sounds made by more than one letter

More tricky words for readingWriting I go no to theBlending, segmenting, reading, writing words, captions and sentences

Phase 3- what does this look like in school?

Tricky word bingoSentence building

Reading simple captions

IWB games

Phonics games- Buried treasure

Writing simple cvc and cvcc words using;-chalk-Whiteboards and pens -Different writing materials.

20 minutes daily phonics lesson

Sounds covered in phase 3

LettersJ,v,w,x

Y,z,zz qu

Graphemes ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo

ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er

Phase 4Adjacent consonants introduced

cvcc words – ten-t mil-k jum-p

ccvc words – d-rum p-lop s-poon

Ccvcc words – s-pan-kFurther tricky words introduced eg said, have, like,

so. Along with decodable words such as: went, from, just.

20 minutes daily phonics lesson

IWB Games Reading/ Speaking

Robot Talk

word/ sentence cards

Writing ccvc and cvcc words

Pens/ paper

Whiteboards

Phoneme Frames Phonics games:

Buried Treasure

Countdown

Bingo

Loop Cards

Phase 4- what does this look like in school?

Phonics Play: A useful website

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Phase 5Phase Five runs throughout most of Year

One.New Graphemes for reading. Eg: ay, ou, ie,

ea, oy, ue, ir, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, ey, a-e, e-e, i-e o-e u-e.Alternative pronunciations of known

graphemes.Eg: a as in hat, bacon, path, was.Alternative spellings for each phoneme.

Eg: picture and catch or listen and house.

2o Minute Phonics lesson Phonics skills practised in

guided reading and

IWB Games writing lessons

Phonics GamesSpellings to learn at home Sentence Substitution

Phoneme Spotter

Phase 5- what does this look like in school?

Kent ICT Games: A useful websitehttp://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/literacy_menu.html

Phonics Screening CheckAt the end of Year One all children take part in

the national phonics screening check.The check takes place in the Summer Term

and parents will be informed of the date nearer the time.

The check requires children to be able to use all of the sounds learnt up to Phase 5.

The check uses real and pseudo words to assess children's ability to decode.

The results are fed back to parents in the end of year report.

Phase 6Children gaining independence.Learning and practising spellings including

long words.Application of spelling in writing.Adding suffixes. Eg: s and es, ed and ing,

ful, er, est, ly, ment, ness, y.Using a dictionary/ spell checker.Using the past tense.

Phase 6 What does this look like in school?20 minute focused Application of phonic skillsphonics lesson. and of knowledge. Retell a story in the

past/present tense

Find compound words in a story book/ find a partner to

make a Phonics Games: compound wordPast tense plurals writing silly sentencesICT/IWB Games Act out the adverbWords Earache Spellings to learn at home/

spelling dictationJoined up writing beginning with digraphs and high frequency words.

A New Vocabulary!

Phonics – the learning of letters and soundsPhoneme – the sound a letter makesGrapheme – the written letterBlending – running sounds together to make a wordSegmenting – breaking a word up into its component

soundsTricky words – words that cannot be decoded using

phonicscvc – c = consonant (b/c/d/f), v = vowel (a/e/ee)Digraph - a sound made with two letters eg. sh ai oiPhonetically plausible – written phonetically that it can

still be read although it is spelt incorrectly eg. torl werk cabij

The most important thing to remember is to make phonics fun. If you ever need any new ideas please come and ask your child’s teacher.