Parent Presentation

Phonics, early reading and spelling

Aims of the Presentation

To provide an introduction to the first steps of phonics and early stages of reading

Letters and Sounds To show how spelling is taught in key stage

1 To give ideas for how parents can help with

their child’s reading and spelling at home

First steps to phonicsPhoneme – a single unit of soundWe will cover these phonemes first Set 1: s a t p Set 2: i n m d Set 3: g o c k Set 4: ck e u r Set 5: h b f, ff l, ll ss Set 6: j v w x Set 7: y z, zz qu

PhonemesWe then move on to these phonemes

ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air air ure er

The way we write these phonemes is called a grapheme

Phase 5Alternative spelling patterns (igh, ie, i_e)

Alternative pronunciations (ow e.g. low, down)

Tricky words

Reading and spelling words

k

Year 1 and 2 spellings.The focus is on the children learning

alternative spellings for each phoneme.

Sound chart – 44 sounds /alternative spellings. Look Cover Write Check

High Frequency words

Spellings

Early stages of reading

Techniques to use at home

First books will not contain any words Use pictures as clues Tricky words Phonic clues

Guided Reading

Developing an ability to recognise words automatically and to decode words silently or aloud

Developing comprehension skills Look at a selection of guided reading

books Question your child after reading.