Phonics

We use the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds scheme Click here

Vocabulary

Segmenting – breaking up words into their individual sounds so that we can spell a word

Blending - putting individual sounds together so that we can read a word

A phoneme - the smallest unit of sound in a word

A grapheme - the letter or letters that represent the phoneme.

Digraph - A pair of letters representing one speech sound e.g. sh as in shop

Trigraph - Three letters representing one speech sound e.g. igh as in night

Compound words - Two or more words that are put together to make a new word e.g. sun and flower make the word sunflower; car and park make the word carpark

Summer Term 2

See below for the list of tricky words that we will be reviewing this half term.

We have also been focusing on letter formation. We teach the formation of letters using the following rhymes click here to access them and download the Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 sounds sheets that are pictured on the right. These are also available on The Little Wandle website in the parent section.

Click here to download the Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 sheets

Summer Term 1

This half term we are focusing on learning to read and spell new words longer words using the phonemes, digraphs and trigraphs the children learnt in the Autumn and Spring terms. Please scroll down to see how to articulate these and the rhymes we use to help the children remember them.

Below is a list of the new tricky words the children will be learning this half term and why it is tricky to help their understanding. See the link below to the Little Wandle website for how to videos, to help you support your child.

Spring Term 2

Please scroll down to Spring 1 for information on how to articulate the digraphs , the rhymes that we use to help the children remember them and some links to phonics websites.

Spring Term 1:

During this half term we will be learning the sounds on the right. This sheet is available to download on the Little Wandle website: Click here

Please see the Little Wandle Website for videos on how to articulate the phonemes.

Little Wandle Letters and sounds Click here

We will also be teaching the children to read the following tricky words:

was, you, they, my, by, all, are, sure, pure

Autumn

During phonics sessions this term your child will learn the phonemes and corresponding graphemes listed below. Children will blend them together to read words and segment to spell them. Please see the Little Wandle Website for videos on how to articulate the phonemes .

Little Wandle Letters and sounds

Click here

Click here to download the Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 sheets

Ideas to try at home

Sound sorting - Gather a selection of objects from around the house and sort them in to tubs labelled with the letter sound that the object begins with.

Alphabet fishing - Write some letters on ping pong balls and put them in a tub. Which letter have you caught? Can you think of a word beginning with that sound?

Run to the word/letter -Write 4 words or letters on separate pieces of paper, or write them in chalk outside. You ‘sound talk’ a word and your child runs to the word and reads the word by blending the sounds together

Quick write - Say a letter sound and your child has a go at writing the letters that make the sound. They could do this is glitter, gel, flour or shaving foam that has been placed into a tray. They can use their fingers, paintbrushes or a stick to write

Magnetic letters - Children can use magnetic letters to create tricky words or decodable words

Splat the letter! Write graphemes on individual pieces of paper/post its, you say a letter sound and your child splats the correct grapheme with a fly swat.

Other ideas:

Box of sounds - Place cards with letters on into a box. Children choose a letter and say the sound it makes. They could then match the letter to an object or picture of something beginning with that sound.
Bucket of sounds – Label 3 or 4 buckets or ice cream tubs with a grapheme on each, say a sound and your child throws a ball into the matching bucket and says the sound.
What’s in the box? Place ‘post its’ with simple words on a box or bag. Children choose a word, sound talk it and blend the sounds to read the word. They could then match this to a picture or an object. This game can be adapted to use segmenting. Children choose a picture from the box, sound talk it, they could match it to a word, or have a go at writing the word.
Tricky word bingo - Write 4 tricky words on a piece of paper, then write them and a few more on to ‘post its’, place into a bag. The bingo caller says a word then your child crosses it off, if they have a matching one, on their bingo

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