Speaking and listening are vital skills children need to develop in order to live successful lives in society.

They are key skills for children developing their ability to read and write.

Talk to them! Model and expect good listening. Encourage the understanding and use

of new vocabulary. Sing songs, rhymes and read poems,

enjoying the rhyme and rhythm of words.

Read to your child regularly and develop their story language.

Structured programmeSix phases – phase 2 and 3 in reception

Children will be streamed after half term.

Fast pace, lots of consolidationBlending for readingSegmenting for writingTricky words

Phonics – the learning of letters and soundsPhoneme – the sound a letter makesGrapheme – the written letterBlending – running sounds together to make a wordSegmenting – breaking a word up into its component

soundsTricky words – words that cannot be decoded using

phonicscvc – c = consonant (b/c/d/f), v = vowel (a/e/ee)Digraph - a sound made with two letters eg. sh ai oiPhonetically plausible – written phonetically that it can

still be read although it is spelt incorrectly eg. torl werk cabij

All about sounds, musical, environmental, voice and body

Aural discrimination of sounds, including letter sounds

Blending and segmenting orally

Learning specific letters and sounds

Reading tricky words: I go no to theBlending and segmenting vc and cvc words, and in captions and sentences

s, a, t, p i, n, m, d g, o, ,c, k ck, e, u, r h, b, f, ff l, ll, ss

All other sounds are taught, but only one representation. E.g. j, v, w, x, y, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er

Alphabet names are important to describe the sounds made by more than one letter.

More tricky words for readingWriting I go no to theBlending, segmenting, reading, writing words, captions and sentences

Think of 3 sounds you can say and hold – an example is ‘z’.

Think of 3 short sounds you can make with no voice – eg ‘c’

Think of 3 sounds that are difficult to produce without saying ‘-uh’ !

Weekly book given at their level in addition to weekly library book.

Daily 1 to 1 Reading. Each group on a different day.

Learning to blend sounds into words.

Learning to read tricky words as a sight vocabulary.

Quiet place for readingWords are everywhere – look out for them with your child!

Let them see you readingFollow your child’s lead – let them teach you their new sounds.

Enjoyable shared experience!

Mark making opportunitiesExplicit teaching of letter formationPhysical development for writing through fine motor activities.

Weekly guided writing sessions.Segmenting for writing. Learning to write Tricky words by heart.

Encouraging independence – having a go!

Reinforce correct letter formation Encourage correct tripod pencil grip

– mummy, daddy and baby example!

Let them see you writing Do not spell everything out for them Encourage independence

Week of 9th November daily

phonics sessions for parents

Letter will be sent out

Please read daily! Complete weekly letter formation tasks in home-school writing book.

On YouTube look for -Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds (British English)

Jolly phonics songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJ

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Correct pronunciation of sounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksb

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