In Year 1 the children focus on the alternative pronunciations of sounds. Each week focus tricky words are sent home.

Belleville Primary School

Phonics Programme of Study Year 1

 

YEAR 1 AUTUMN 1 WEEK PHONEME SPEED READ READ & SPELL 1

3 Days

Introduce Fred, play Fred eye spy and Fred says (oral blending) Revision of sound buttons Revision of letter names

2 ai ee ie oa ue Introduce the vocabulary of short vowels and long vowels and explain the concept of 2 vowels walking. Which alternates do you already know from Reception? Revise ai – ay oa – ow, ee – ea, ie –igh

Read Have like

Read and Spell The To I No go

3 ar or er ur We use the vocabulary short vowels and long vowels and explain the concept of ‘bossy r’ changing the vowel sounds. Extension ir as alternate

Some come

He She Me We be

4 Split digraph a-e i-e o-e u-e e-e First introduction to split digraphs. T horough teaching of the split digraph concept. Use of living letters to show what happens why the vowels can still say their names. Revise oi/oy Helpful hint hero – where in the word is the oy/oi phoneme? starter http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/oyAltSpellings.html

What where

You Her

5 Ai /ay Introduce ay as an alternate Discuss rule ay at end, ai in middle.

Were there

Was My

6 Revise ou/ow (out and cow) ou as an exception to our 2 vowels rule 2 ways of making the same phoneme. Focus to recognize and read within words http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/owAltSpellings.html Introduce ough plough ph – starter during Literacy lesson

Little one

They All are

 

7 Introduce au and aw as alternative to or Claw raw Haunt Wh starter

Do So of

Have like

8 Revise oo ew Introduce ue u_e blue, glue, new, stew, threw oo can make u – starter during a literacy lesson

Said their

His has

YEAR 1 AUTUMN 2 WEEK PHONEME READ READ & SPELL

1 Ea as ee or e Bread bean

Mr Mrs

What where

2 Alternate ow Cow brown Low blow

Looked Asked called

One Once

3 Alternate to c and g. Use vocabulary hard c (cat) soft c (ceiling) soft c is used before e, I and y hard g (goat) soft g (giant) g is used before e, I and y

Who why

Were there

4 Alternative pronunciation y Yes, by, very, pyramid (we never make a yuh sound at the end of a word)

People once

Some come

5 Alternative pronunciation ch Chin, chemist, chef, Charlotte

Friends here

Little Do so

6 Alternate air Are ear ere http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/airAltSpellings.html Chair care bear

Many any

Of said

7 Alternate or Revise or, aw au Introduce oor augh al our http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/orAltSpellings.html

Revise and assess tricky words

 

 

YEAR 1 Spring 1 WEEK PHONEME READ READ & SPELL

Alternative spellings

1 Vowels – I o a u e The trouble with vowels. What do we know about them? How/when do they change? Collate all the information that we have on vowels. Short/long etc. Naughty vowels – Alternative pronunciation i o u a e When vowels say their name for no reason! Eg kind, child – go, banjo, under- music Ask, apricot, elephant electric Much of this lesson should focus on reading for meaning and having a plan B if Fred’s first rule doesn’t work.

Eyes work

There their

2 Long vowel a – focus split digraph Revise ai ay a-e. Investigate new ways Phonics play -  http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/aiAltSpellings.html A and eigh ey

Our laughed

Mr Mrs

3 Long vowel e– focus split digraph Revise ee ea y e-e Investigate new ways http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/eeAltSpellings.html Introduce – ey e ie Key, be, thief

Thought through

Looked Called asked

4 Long vowel i – Revise igh ie y i_e Investigate new ways http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/ighAltSpellings.html Introduce - i

Water want

Who why

5 Long vowel o – focus split digraph Revise oe oa ow o_e Investigate new ways http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/oaAltSpellings.html Introduce o, ough Tomoto doughnut

Again please

People friends

6 U_E makes oo or ue http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/ooAltSpellings.html Cube tube Flute salute

Different because

Here many

 

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HALF TERM

1 Alternate spellings for ch Rich adventure catch tch is usually at the end of a word where you can hear ch followed by a single vowel eg witch, fetch, catch, pitch, match… exceptions rich, which, much, such

Zero Two

Eyes work

2 Alternate spellings of ar http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/oyAltSpellings.html Palm star heart Look at a and the way that many words people with the Southern accent pronounce a as ar. Dancing.

Four eight

Our laughed

3 Alternate spellings for m Swim summer Thumb crumb Alternate spellings for i River crystal

School today

Through thought

4 Alternate spellings for n Night knife gnome sign Alternate spellings for ng Sing sink

Love does

Water want

5 Alternate spellings for s Snake hiss scissors Alternate spellings for f Puff loft cough phone

Revise and update assessments

 

YEAR 1 Summer 1 WEEK PHONEME Read Spell

1 Phase 5

Alternate spelling for v ve Hardly any English words end in ‘v’ when you can hear that sound it is generally ve Have, live, give, shove, gave, grave etc Alternate spelling of r Wr – write, wrong at the beginning of words

Monday Tuesday

Again please

2 Alternate spelling for sh Ship chef tissue Alternate spelling for zh Treasure usual measure pleasure

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Different because

4 Alternate spelling for ear Dear deer ere http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/earAltSpellings.html Alternate spelling for c Clock cave sketch chemist The k sound is spelt as k rather than c before e I and y Kent, kit, skin, frisky

Saturday Sunday

Zero two

5 Alternate spelling of j The letter j is never used for the sound at the end of English words. -dge is used at the end of a word straight after short vowels. Badge, edge After all other vowels or consonants –ge I used. Age, huge Use g before e, I and y gem, giant, giraffe Use j before a, o and u jacket, jog, adjust

Would Should could

Four eight

6 Alternate spelling of l Le table, apple, bottle. Mostly used at the end of a word. El – used after m,n,r,s,v,w and often after s Al – most adjectives end of a word. Challenge can you find the wacky words that end in ‘il’?

Your these

School today

YEAR 1 Summer 2 WEEK PHONEME/Spelling rule SPEED READ READ & SPELL

1 Division of words into syllables Each syllable is like a beat in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear. Pocket, rabbit, carrot, thunder, sunset

Half whole

Love does

 

2 Suffixes ing ed (where no change is needed to the root word) Past and present tense (ing always add an extra syllable to the word) If verb ends in 2 consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on.

extension add er

jumping, jumped, jumper Hunting, hunted, hunter, buzzing, buzzed, buzzer, jumping, jumped, jumper

Before more

Monday

Tuesday

3 suffix s/es Singular and plural. Turning nouns into plurals If the ending sounds like s or z. It is spelt as –s. If the ending forms an extra syllable or beat it is spelt –es. (rule most words ‘s’ words ending in ch/sh/x require ‘es’ but you can hear the difference – try saying church or box with just an ‘s’) Cats, dogs, spends, rocks, thanks, catches Ext: he plural of words ending in ey are formed by adding –s., key, donkey, chimney, monkey

Child children

Wednesday Thursday Friday

4 Suffix est er Adding to adjectives where no change is needed to the root word. If verb ends in 2 consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on.

Grander, grandest, fresher, freshest, quicker, quickest

Can’t don’t

Saturday Sunday

5 Reading words with contractions knowing that the apostrophe represents the omitted letter. Ext: Show possession –s’ ‘s Can’t It’s Couldn’t Didn’t Hasn’t I’ll

Mother father

Would Should could

6 Prefix un- Change the meaning of verbs and adjectives Unkind, undoing Ext dis- Dislike Unhappy Undo Unload

beautiful everyone

Your these

 

Unfair Unlock Disappoint Disagree

7 Compound words Words which are 2 words joined. Each part of the longer word is spelt as it would be if were on its own. Revise counting in syllables and model how to segment longer words for spelling,

Football Playground Farmyard Bedroom blackberry

 

Below is a word list of the common exception words taught in Reception:P the, to, I, no, go he, she, we, me, be, was, my, you, her, they, all, are some, one, said, come, do, so, were, when, have, there, out, like, little, what; Below is a word list of the common exception words taught in this programme of study: Teach reading the words: of, their, people, Mr, Mrs, look, call ask, water, where, who, again, thought, through, work, mouse, many, laughed, because, different, any, eyes, friends, once, please Teach spelling the words: said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do, when, what, out, of, their, people, Mr, Mrs, looked, called, asked Additional common exception words advised from New Curriculum: Reading: once, friends, many, any, our, want, because, today, zero, two, four, eight, why, school, love, does, would, should, could, yours, these, half, whole, mother, father, brother, baby, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, only, old, another, other, before, more, child, children, sure, hour, can’t, don’t, great, son, beautiful, everyone Spelling: his, has, their, were, where, does, here, love, who, why, your, please, laughed, friends, zero, two, four, eight, today, our, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, because, school, many, any, would, should, could, other, another, different again.

Belleville Primary School Common exception words