Download The sounds in a word

St Matthew’s Primary
School
Phonics Workshop
What is Phonics?
• Knowledge of letters and the sounds
they make.
• Skills of blending these sounds
together to read words.
• Skills of segmenting the sounds in a
word and choosing the correct
letters needed to spell it.
How do we teach
Phonics?
• Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6
• The children are set into phases.
• There is one session of phonics a day.
First we revise the letters we have
learnt so far and then we learn a new
letter.
Phonics Terminology
Grapheme- The letter shape
Phoneme- The sounds in a
word
d-o-g
• How many phonemes in the
word cat?
• How many phonemes in the
word clap?
• How many phonemes in the
word chat?
There are 44 phonemes that the
children learn throughout the
Letters and Sounds Programme.
During Phase 2 phonics, children focus on the
sounds of most of the letters of the alphabet
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u
They also learn a few consonant digraphs.
These contain 2 consonants: ck, ff, ll, ss
Correct pronunciation of phonemes is very
important in helping children read and spell
correctly.
The pronunciation of the consonant phonemes can
be grouped:
1. f l m n r s (continuous)
2. c p t h (short, soft)
3. b d g (short)
www.bugclub.co.uk
Mrthorne.com
http://www.getreadingright.co.uk/phoneme/pronounce-thephonemes/4
Blending
• Blending is the process of saying the
individual sounds in a word and then
running them together to make the
word
• The sounds must be said quickly
h
a
hat
t
Segmenting
• Listen for the sounds in the word
• Start with the first sound and then
try listening to the end sounds as the
middle sound of a word is the
hardest to hear
High Frequency Words (HFWs)
These are common words that are useful for children
to learn to read and spell. As children progress
through the phases of Letters and Sounds they are
introduced to sets of HFWs.
• Some words are decodable which children can blend
to read
e.g. in, it, can, but
• CVC words – Consonant-Vowel-Consonant
These are simple words which children start with when
they begin to blend sounds e.g. sat, pin, tap
Tricky Words
These are words which are not phonically
decodable and are learned by sight e.g.
to, the, no, go, I, into
There are several ways of learning to read tricky words
• Look, cover, write and check
• Say it as it sounds e.g. was- wass
Phase 2
• Children are introduced to letters
and corresponding sounds (phonemes)
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
• Begin to blend by reading each sound
in a written word and putting them
together
• Begin to segment by identifying
individual sounds in spoken words and
writing down the letters for each
sound
• Begin to read high frequency words
Once the children are secure in knowing the sounds
in Phase 2 they will then move to learning Phase 3.
During Phase 3 they will recap all previously taught
sounds and words. They will then be introduced to:
Digraphs and trigraphs: sh, ch, th, ow
This will be explained at the next
workshop.
How can you support your
child?
• As part of the information to take home
from today’s workshop, is a list of useful
games and resources to support phonics
learning
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Useful websites
www.cbeebies.com
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
http://www.getreadingright.co.uk/phonem
e/pronounce-the-phonemes/4
- www.bugclub.co.uk
- www.twinkl.co.uk
If you have any
further queries, do
not hesitate to
come in and ask!
Thank you
Remember
To sign up to come and see a phonics
lesson.