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Leading the teaching of literacy. The Research. “The Jolly Phonics children’s reading skills were 11 months above the level expected for their age”. “The synthetic phonics classes outperformed the whole language classes on 16 out of 19 reading and spelling measures”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Leading the teaching of literacy

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The Research

“The Jolly Phonics children’s reading skills were 11 months above the level expected for their age”

“The synthetic phonics classes outperformed the whole

language classes on 16 out of 19 reading and

spelling measures”

“The results demonstrated that Jolly Phonics produced

effects that were long-lasting”

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3 years of literacy teaching

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year

Jolly Phonics

Jolly Grammar

Jolly Readers

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5 basic skills

1) Learning the letter sounds

2) Letter formation

3) Blending

4) Identifying sounds in words

5) Tricky Words

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1. Learning the letter sounds

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Letter Sound Order

1) Learning Letter Sounds

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Storylines and Actions

Learning the sound ‘s’

Action:

Weave hand like a snake, saying ssssss

1) Learning Letter Sounds

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The Phonics Handbook

• Detailed teaching notes• Sound Sheets• Games and Activities

1) Learning Letter Sounds

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DigraphsTwo or more letters that make one sound

sh

1) Learning Letter Sounds

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Alternative Vowel Sounds

Introduced as:

1) Learning Letter Sounds

Alternatives taught later:

‘ai’ (rain) ‘ay’ (play) and ‘a-e’ (flame)

‘ee’ (feet)

‘oa’ (boat)

‘ea’ (leaf)

‘ow’ (snow) and ‘o-e’ (bone)

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2. Letter Formation

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Feel Formation

• Finger Phonics books

• On the board

• In the air

2) Letter Formation

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Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip

• ‘Froggy Legs’ movement

2) Letter Formation

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Writing Letters

• Tracing dots

• Pencil stroke directions

• Joining tails

• Joined-up (cursive)

handwriting

2) Letter Formation

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3. Blending

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Sounding Out Letters

s-u-n b-oy3) Blending

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Blending Activities

• Pointing to letters

one-by-one

• Miming words

• Word boxes

• Read and See books

3) Blending

s a

p f t

i

hn

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Words with Consonant Blends

• pl-a-n……..plan

• tr-i-ck……..trick

• br-u-sh……brush

3) Blending

tr pl

dw br

thr

cr

fl

gr

scr spl

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4. Identifying Sounds in Words

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Hearing Individual Sounds• Hearing one sound

• Identifying all sounds in a word

4) Identifying Sounds in Words

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Games and Activities

• I-Spy• Counting sounds• Word families• Rhyming words• Take away a sound• Chopping Game

4) Identifying Sounds in Words

Identifying sounds

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Dictation

• Dictate letter sounds

• CVC words

• Homework writing books

4) Identifying Sounds in Words

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5. Learning Tricky Words

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Tricky Words

• Reading – blend and learn

• Spelling Techniques

– Look, cover, write and check

– Say it as it sounds

– Mnemonics

5) Tricky Words

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At the end of the 1st nine weeks

The majority of children can:

• Read and write 42 letter sounds

• Form letters correctly, with tripod grip

• Blend regular words eg. leg, flag, shoot

• Write simple words by listening for sounds

• Read and spell some of tricky words

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Independent Writing

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Independent Writing

• Ian is 5 years

• In the first 18 weeks of school

• A typical student in the class

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First Year Timetable

First part of year Second part of year Last part of year

Teach 42 soundsIntroduce letter names

Teach alternative spellingsRevise alternative spellings

Teach how to form

letters correctlyTeach handwriting rules and

give writing practiceGive handwriting practice

Teach how to blend simple regular words

• Introduce Jolly Readers • Blending practice with

alternative spellings

Continue with Jolly Readers and blending practice

Teach how to write words by listening for sounds

Dictation – words and sentences

• Independent writing• Continue dictation practice

Teach how to read and spell a few tricky words

Reading and spelling of

more tricky wordsFirst 60 tricky words taught

1

2

3

4

5

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Inky Mouse

& Friends

Level 3

General Fiction Nonfiction

Level 2

Level 1

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Level 3

Level 1

Level 2Level 2

Books per pack

Pages per book

Tricky words per book

Alt Spellings per book

Sentences per page

6

6

6

16

12

8

40

20

11

4

0

0

4

2

1

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Some of the words used in Level 1 :• dog• fish• silver• ground• strongest• sleeping• squirrel

Level 1

Example Tricky Words: • I, the, was, have

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First year checklist

Knows soundsBlends regular words

with these soundsWrites regular words

with these sounds

s a t i p n

ai j oa ie ee or

ay ea igh ow ew

Knows sound Knows name Forms correctly

Alphabet – lower case letters

Alphabet – capital letters

Sings/recites Knows

Alphabet order

1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60

Able to read tricky words

Able to spell tricky words

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1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year

Jolly PhonicsJolly Grammar

The Grammar Handbook 1

Jolly Grammar Big Book 1

Jolly GrammarThe Grammar Handbook 2

Jolly Grammar Big Book 2

Jolly Dictionary

Jolly Readers

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• Similar format to The Phonics Handbook

• Spelling & Grammar lessons

• Actions for grammar points

The Grammar Handbooks

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• Gr Hbks + Gr Big Bks • Coding

– eg. Verbs are red

• Dictionary lessons

Jolly Grammar Big Books

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Leading the teaching of literacy

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Precursive or Print Letters?

Precursive letters have ‘exit’ strokes to encourage cursive writing

Print letters are standard letters, without ‘exit’ strokes