Phonics at Kingsfield

Phonics, talking, reading and writing

Introduction  Children develop awareness of different sounds in spoken language from a very early age.  Spoken words are made up of different sounds. They learn to match these sounds to letters.  Phonics is about children knowing how letters link to sounds.  The children then use this when they are reading and writing.

Floppy’s Phonics  We follow the scheme ‘Floppy’s Phonics’  Approved government scheme Before they start  Tuning into sounds  Listening activities  Oral blending and segmenting Phonic Phases  Learn sound and letter correspondences with actions  Start to read and spell simple words

Book bags  Books to share at home with your child. 1 library book and another reading book  Your child has a reading journal. Please write in there when you share and books with your child at home.  Your child has a decodable book for your child to read at home. This is linked to the sounds we have learnt at school.  See Tapestry posts for the sounds we have taught on a daily basis.

phoneme: The smallest unit of sound in a word.

grapheme: The letter or letters that represent the phoneme. digraph: two letters that make the same sound.

igh

a

or

trigraph: three letters that make the same sound.

a

s sh

igh

oo or ai

ee Phonics Family - How do I pronounce the so unds? - YouTube

Link to video clip

cat book

sail light

Blending to read Blending to read  Putting the sounds together to read words

pot

cup

mat

Sound Buttons  What is a sound button?  Sound buttons are spots and lines that can be

written underneath a sound to support reading. When you touch the sound button you then practice saying the sound aloud.

Phoneme fingers Segmenting to spell  Splitting the word up into individual sounds

Nonsense words  Teaching to decode using phonic knowledge

gef  Buried treasure game

laip

Helpful words  Words that cannot be sounded out.  These are words that the children just have to know from sight

the

I no

to

Making it fun!

Go on a treasure hunt, reading clues along the way.

Go on a sound hunt in the garden or around the house.

Target practise: Hit the grapheme or word with the football!

Fine motor skills  Young children need to develop the muscles in their fingers before they can hold a pencil properly.

Strengthening their fine motor skills/ pre-writing skills

Writing at home  Praise your child for ‘play writing’.  Write with your child- ‘think out loud’  Spellings- phonetically spelt.  Encourage correct formation of letters and lowercase  Give your child a purpose for writing:

Send an email to family

Write a birthday card

Writing labels Treasure maps

Write a shopping list

Make writing fun!

At Kingsfield we teach the children pre-cursive handwriting Every letter starts in the same place on the line. This helps the children know where to start all of their lower case letters.

We teach children to hold a pencil with a tripod grip Starting this early with the children will enable them to practice their handwriting with the correct grip.

What can I do as a parent to help my child?

The most important thing you can do is talk and listen to your child.

Communication and talking is essential for children to learn

You can also help by providing opportunities for writing and reading at home.

Useful websites Oxford Owl www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/phonics-made-easy Phonics play www.phonicsplay.co.uk Teach your monster to read www.teachyourmonstertoread.com Phonics Family https://phonicsfamilycom.wordpress.com/