we love phonics! - romanby primary...
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We love phonics!
In Reception we love
phonics and we make no
apologies for this! Phonics
is a fun and successful way
of teaching young children
to read and write.
How we teach
reading in
Reception...
1. Phonics- Jolly Phonics
2. High Frequency Words(From the Letters and Sounds Document DfES)
What is Jolly Phonics?
Jolly Phonics is a scheme
that teaches children each
letter name, sound and
shape through:
stories; actions; games; and
songs.
Each letter of the alphabet
has a sound and an alphabetname. Your child will learn
both. You may hear single
letters referred to as
graphemes and sounds
referred to as phonemes. E.g. a is the grapheme
a is the phoneme
Why Phonics for reading?
Teaching the ‘pure’ letter
sounds will help your child
learn to read.
For example:
catc-a-t
If you blend the sounds together, they
make the word ‘cat’. If you try to blend
the letter names, or if the sounds are
not said correctly you can’t hear the
word.
Some children can blend quicker than others, so they may get a reading book with words sooner than others. Don’t panic! They will all be
reading by the end of Reception!
This is not a ‘suh’!!!
Unsure how to articulate the
sound?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJYB07aSU
The Jolly Phonics Songs
Your child will be taught a new set of
sounds each week, starting with Phase
Two. These sounds will be sent home
each week in the ‘Letters and Sounds’
books. It is REALLY IMPORTANT that
you practise most days – it only needs to
be a quick 5 minutes! The teaching pace
is fast; regular practise will ensure your
child has the best possible chance of
learning all of the sounds.
Handwriting
Your child will also learn the letter shape
and formation of each letter as the sounds
are taught.
In Reception the children will be writing
using a pre-cursive handwriting style
which is then developed into joined cursive
in Year 1.
All letters start with a
whispered ‘whoosh’.
The emphasis is put on
the formation of the
actual letter, not the
‘whoosh’.
The letters are in four main families:
• Curly caterpillar letters e.g. c (curly
caterpillar crawls around)
• Long ladder letters e.g. l (from the top, all
the way to the bottom)
• One-armed robot letters e.g. h (up to his
head, down to his toes and up and over his
arm)
• Zigzag monster letters e.g. w (zig and zag
and zig and zag)
All letters end with a
‘’flick’ – this is the joining
stroke that will make it
easier for your child to
pick up cursive when they
move into Year 1.
Handwriting homework will be sent home
at the end of the week alongside the
‘Letters and Sounds’ homework. There is a
letter inside the folder to explain what to
do but PLEASE come and ask if you are
unsure.
You can also practise letter formation
using magic finger in the air, on the carpet,
or on each others backs. You can also use
things like shaving foam, flour or sand. Try
some rainbow writing too!
When your child is writing,
encourage them to talk
through the formation out
loud e.g. a“Whoosh! Curly caterpillar
crawls around, up and down
with a flick!”
What are the Phases? • In the first few weeks of school the children
have been focusing on Phase One Phonics
which teaches them listening skills. They need
to have good listening skills before starting
Phase Two – this includes mastering pre-
reading skills such as rhyming, oral blending
and indentifying initial sounds in words. Can your child do these things?
• In Reception, children will have a focused 20
minutes phonics lesson every day. They will
learn the letter sounds and then apply their
learning through reading and writing activities
throughout the day.
Phase 2• In Reception, we have now started Phase 2.
• In Phase 2, your child will learn 23 letter
sounds and some of the high frequency
words.
• Please help your child to learn them each
week because there are LOTS to learn!
• It is helpful if you can sign in your child’s
reading record to let us know that you have
practised. WE KNOW IF YOU HAVEN’T!
Phase 2 letter sounds
Set 1: s, a, t, pSet 2: i, n, m, dSet 3: g, o, c, kSet 4: ck, e, u, rSet 5: h, b, f, ff, l, ll,ss
Other ways to help at home..
We would highly recommend
that you invest in a pack of
magnetic alphabet letters – they
are around about £1 in places
like Wilkinson’s or Boyes.
Here’s why....
Magnetic letters (use the lower case
ones please!) are brilliant for word
building activities like this…
How many words can you make with these
letters in 1 minute?
s a t i p n m d g o
When we teach children to read words,
we tell them to: “Look at the letter and
make the sound.” We use Robot talk to
do this!
This is called sounding out and blending –
try this at home…
pin
tin
At first we will
concentrate on simple
letter to sound
correspondence
(grapheme-phoneme
correspondence).
This is when a
phoneme (sound) is
represented by a
single letter as in the
word /m/ /a/ /t/.
Then we will concentrate on the more difficult codes
such as one phoneme (sound) represented by two
letters (digraphs) or three letters (trigraphs). shch qu ck ng igh
We use those phonemes in these words:
ring pick shop chop
night quiz ....and others!
Phase 3 letter sounds
Set 6: j, v, w, x
Set 7: y, z, zz, qu
Consonant digraphs: ch, sh, th, ng
Vowel digraphs: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er
At the same time as learning to blend the
sounds to read, your child will also learn to
break down (segment) a word to write.
3 sounds (phonemes)
When writing we
count the sounds on
our fingers. We go
back to the
beginning to find the
next sound.
High Frequency Words
In phonics your child will learn high
frequency words too. Some of these
words phonetically sound out, like the
word and, but some….don’t! We call
these ‘Tricky Words’.
was said me and off
The high frequency words….
• Children need to learn these by
heart.
• Not only are they high frequency but
they are usually also difficult to
decode (sound out).
• A few of them can be sounded out
but we still want the children to
know them instantly by sight.
There’s no easy way...you just
have to learn them!
Please help your child to recognise tricky
words by showing them the word and
asking them to say it straight way.
Remember they can’t sound some of
them out! Tell them it’s a tricky word.
When your child can recognise all the tricky
words they can start learning to write/spell
them correctly.
How can you help? By pronouncing the phonemes in the correct way.
By helping your child write with the correct formation.
Go through the letters and high frequency words with your child every day if you can - help them practice saying them correctly. They need to learn to recognise them by heart. Find 5 minutes...it isn’t long but it will make a huge difference to your child’s learning.
Once they are reading, encourage them to read any books using their phonics skills - look at the letter and say the sound. If there is a tricky word in the book and it is one that they have been taught, ask them if they know it. Remind them it is a tricky word.
Reading for Pleasure
• We want your child to love and enjoy books. There is
no point them knowing how to read if they don’t want
to read. Keep on having a cosy bedtime story with
them before they go to sleep. Talk about the characters
and their favourite part of the story. Read to them,
making the characters have different and exciting
voices – be over the top and ridiculous! This will keep
your child interested in books and stories and you’ll
instil in them a joy for reading. If they can recognise
words during a bed time story, then that should be
celebrated but don’t let it stop you from enjoying the
fun and adventure of a story with your child.
• Decoding the text is not the only part of reading.
• Enjoy!
Any questions? We’re here to
help!
•This exact PowerPoint will be on the
school website.
• You are welcome to come into your
child’s classroom to watch a phonics
lesson anytime – just speak to your
child’s teacher to arrange a day.
• If there’s anything along the way that
you’re unsure of please come and ask.