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01/09/2021

PHONICS LEARNING STEP 4:

VOWEL DIGRAPHS

Children are then introduced to vowel digraphs.

A digraph is two vowels that together make one sound such as: /oa/, /oo/, /ee/, /ai/.

They will move onto sounding out words such as deer, hair, boat, etc. and will be taught about split digraphs (or 'magic e').

They will also start to read words combining vowel digraphs with consonant clusters, such as:
train
groan
stool.

31/08/2021

PHONICS LEARNING STEP 3:

Decoding CVC words

Children will focus on decoding (reading) three-letter words arranged consonant, vowel, consonant (CVC words) for some time.

They will learn other letter sounds, such as the consonants g, b, d, h and the remaining vowels e, o, u. Often, they will be given letter cards to put together to make CVC words which they will be asked to say out loud.

PHONICS LEARNING STEP 4:

Decoding consonant clusters in CCVC and CVCC words

Children will also learn about consonant clusters: two consonants located together in a word, such tr, cr, st, lk, pl. Children will learn to read a range of CCVC words (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) such as:
trap, stop, plan etc

They will also read a range of CVCC words (consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant) such as:
milk, fast, cart etc

30/08/2021

Remember to Start with 2 sounds rather than 3.

I tend to jump right to CVC words when having children practice blending.

However, whether you’re practicing phonological awareness or actually reading words, you can always start with 2-sound words, like…

at

in

on

up

go

etc.!

Also, when you move onto 3-sound words, have them blend two sounds together first, then add the third.

Like this, for the word “fan:”

/f/ /a/ -> “fa”

/fa/ /n/ -> “fan”

Start small, and then build from there!

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30/08/2021

Let’s think about what’s required when we give children a word and ask them to blend and read it.

The reader must:

1)Recognize the alphabet letters

2)Remember to read the sounds left-to-right

3)Recall and say the sounds quickly enough so as not to distract from the blending

4)Remember all 3+ sounds in order to blend them together and read the complete word

This stuff is all easy for us because we’re adults! But for beginning readers, that’s not the case. A lot of brainwork is required to read even a simple CVC word.
CVC means Consonant Vowel Consonant

If a child is having a tough time with blending sounds (phonological awareness), leave less “space” between sounds.

For example, instead of making the sounds in “man” choppy, like this: /m/ /a/ /n/, make it sound more like this: “mmmmaaaaannnnn.”

30/08/2021

PHONICS LEARNING STEP 2:

BLENDING

Children then need to go from saying the individual sounds of each letter, to being able to blend the sounds and say the whole word. This can be a big step for many children and takes time.

Before we get started, let’s get clear on what blending is.

Blending can refer to a child's ability to merge three sounds together and come up with a word (no alphabet letters involved). Example: You say /h/ /a/ /t/, and a child says “hat.”

Blending can also refer to a child's ability to say each sound in a written word and blend the sounds together. Example: A child sees the word “gum” and says “/g/ /u/ /m/ — gum.”

28/08/2021

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26/08/2021

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25/08/2021

PHONICS LEARNING STEP 1:

DECODING
Children are taught letter sounds in Reception. This involves:
*Thinking about what sound a word starts with
*Saying the sound out loud and then
*Recognising how that sound is represented by a letter.

The aim is for children to be able to see a letter and then say the sound it represents out loud. This is called DECODING.

Some phonics programmes start children off by learning the letters s, a, t, n, i, p first.

This is because once they know each of those letter sounds, they can then be arranged into a variety of different words for example:
sat, tip, pin, nip, tan, tin, sip, etc.

While children are learning to say the sounds of letters out loud, they will also begin to learn to write these letters ENCODING.

They will be taught where they need to start with each letter and how the letters need to be formed in relation to each other.

Letters (or groups of letters) that represent phonemes are called graphemes.

24/08/2021

Letters (or groups of letters) that represent phonemes are called graphemes.

Print out a list of phonemes to practise with your child or listen to the individual sounds being spoken with our phonics video

24/08/2021