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Supporting your
child with phonics
November 2014
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Phonic terminology: some definitions
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Some definitions
A phoneme is the smallest unit of
sound in a word
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The 44 phonemes
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Some definitions
Grapheme
Letter(s) representing a phoneme
t ai igh
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Some definitions
Digraph
Two letters, which make one sound
A consonant digraph contains two consonants
sh ck th ll (sp is not!)
A vowel digraph contains at least one vowel
ai ee ar oy
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Some definitions
Blending
Recognising the letter sounds
in a written word, for example c-u-p,
and merging them in the order in
which they are written to
pronounce the word ‘cup’
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Some definitions
Segmenting
Identifying the individual sounds in
a spoken word (e.g. h-i-m) and writing
down or manipulating letters for each
sound to form the word ‘him’
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A segmenting activity
(sound boxes)
clap church
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A segmenting activity
(sound boxes)
c l a p
clap church
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A segmenting activity
(sound boxes)
ch ur ch
clap church
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A segmenting activity
Segment these words into their constituent
phonemes:
shelf
dress
think
string
sprint
flick
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Segmenting
WORD PHONEMES
shelf sh e l f
dress d r e ss
think th i n k
string s t r i ng
sprint s p r i n t
flick f l i ck
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Phase One - nursery
In developing their phonological
awareness children will improve their
ability to distinguish between sounds and
to speak clearly and audibly with
confidence and control.
Through speaking and listening activities,
children will develop their language
structures and increase their vocabulary.
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Enjoy listening to noises
Environmental
Instrumental
Speech sound discrimination
Making sounds with their own voices
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Phase Two - Reception
To introduce grapheme-phoneme
(letter-sound) correspondences
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Phase Three - Reception
To teach children one grapheme for each
of the 44 phonemes in order to read and
spell simple regular words.
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Phase Four – Year 1
To teach children to read and spell
words containing adjacent
consonants.
dog, black, flat, strip, chest
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Phase Five – Year 1
Teaching children to recognise and use alternative
ways of pronouncing the graphemes and spelling
the phonemes already taught.
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Phase Six – Year 2
Teaching children to develop their skill and
automaticity in reading and spelling,
creating ever-increasing capacity to attend
to reading for meaning.
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A basic principle
The same phoneme can be represented
in more than one way:
e.g. /ur/
burn
first
term
heard
work
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The same phoneme can be represented in
more than one way
a a-e ai ay ey eigh
e e-e ea ee y
i i-e ie igh y
o o-e oa oe ow
u u-e ue oo ew
oo u oul
ow ou ough
oi oy
ar a
or aw ore a ough
air are ear
eer ear