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Phonics and Reading at Holy Trinity C of E Primary

What is Phonics?

• Identifying sounds in spoken words
• Recognising the common spellings of

each phoneme

• Blending phonemes into words for reading
• Segmenting words into phonemes for

spelling

Some definitions - Phonemes

• A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in

a word How many phonemes can you hear in cat?

Graphemes

• These are the letters that represent the

phoneme.

• The grapheme could be 1 letter, 2 letters
• r more! We refer to these as sound

buttons.

Blending (for reading)

• Recognising the letter sounds in a written

word e.g. c-u-p, sh-ee-p.

• Merging them in the correct order to

pronounce the word cup and sheep.

Segmenting (for spelling)

• Identifying the individual sounds in a

spoken word (e.g. h-i-m, s-t-or-k) and writing down letters for each sound (phoneme) to form the word him and stork.

How is Phonics taught at Holy Trinity?

• We follow the ‘Letters and Sounds’

document which is split into 6 distinct phases

Phase 1

• Showing an awareness of rhyme and alliteration
• Distinguishing between sounds in the

environment and phonemes

• Exploring and experimenting with sounds and

words

• Discriminating speech sounds in words
• Beginning to orally blend and segment

phonemes

Phase 2

• Using common consonants and vowels
• Blending for reading and segmenting for spelling

simple cvc words

• Understanding that words are constructed from

phonemes and that phonemes are represented by graphemes

• Approximately 3 sounds a week

Letter sets

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,

Phase 3

• Reading and spelling a wide range of cvc words
• Using all letters, some consonant digraphs (ch,

sh, th, ng) and some long vowel phonemes

Phase 4

• This is a consolidation unit. There are no new

graphemes to learn. Reading and spelling of tricky words continue

• There is more of a focus on cvcc and ccvc words

Phase 5

• Reading phonetically decodable two-syllable

and three-syllable words

• Using alternative ways of pronouncing and

spelling the graphemes corresponding to the long vowel phonemes

• Spelling complex words using phonetically

plausible attempts

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

• Takes place in June
• Children will read 40 words which are a mixture
• f real and nonsense words

Phase 6

• Recognising phonic irregularities and becoming

more secure with less common grapheme- phoneme correspondences

• Applying phonic skills and knowledge to

recognise and spell an increasing number of complex words

• Introducing and teaching the past tense
• Investigating and learning how to add suffixes

Tricky Words

• Regularly the children learn ‘tricky’ words

(those that are not all spelt phonetically) and key sight vocabulary.

• The learning of tricky words will be

supported at home through practising Spelling Star words were there little

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help

Helping at home

Making Sentences

Jumble up sentences from your child’s reading book.

Which starts with a different sound to the

• thers?

Odd-one Out Common Objects

Collect several objects that begin with the same sound. Say a number of words, all but

• ne of which begin with the

same sound. See if your child can pick out the odd one.

Web-based activities

• www.phonicsplay.co.uk
• http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.asp

x?cat=40

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alp

hablocks

• Mr Thorne – YouTube content

Any questions?