Consonants
and vowels
Phonemes
Sound
talk
Segmenting
mnemonic
Blending
Digraphs :
two letters
one sound
Graphemes
Trigraphs :
three letters
one sound
s
m
f
i
ck
b
p
qu
l
• 1 letter: 1 sound (m)
• 1, 2, 3, 4 letters: 1 sound (ch, air,
ough)
• Different letters: same sound (ch, k,
c, ch)
• Same letter(s): different
pronunciation for reading/sound for
spelling. (ow – cow, row)
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satp
ng
lamp
frog
crisp
ea
air
help
sat
ar
chimp
tree
crunch
sea
ere
helped
tap
n igh t
windmill
starlight
scrunch
head
ear
helping
the
said
some
when
people
• Systematic, book-by-book
progression of phonics teaching fits
with the Phonics Workbooks, English
Explorers series
Letter sounds still A-Z
CVC with short vowels
Two letters one sound: ch, sh, th
Two letters one sound: ll, ss, ck, ng
Initial and final adjacent consonants
Long vowel sounds – split digraph: a-e
Different letters same sound – long vowels:
ai/ay
r vowel phonemes: ar, er, ur, or
Different letters same sound : oy/oi, ow/ou
• Phonics set within a decodable story:
reading for meaning.
• Popular and familiar characters
• Consolidation for readers
• Audio for readers
A typical lesson:
• Prepare your approach
• Prepare your text and any props
• Review previous learning
• Introduce new learning
Make it active
Elements of a phonics lesson:
• Model reading
• Shared reading
– Joining in
– Read and repeat
– Listen
• Group reading
– Guide the learning – focus on phonics
– Reading in turn
• Paired or independent reading
• Listen
Activities
• Sing
• Use letter cards/picture cards linked
to the phonic focus
– Which one says …?
– Is this /g/ or /d/?
• Use soundtalk – Get me a /r/ /e//d/
pen please.
• Say it/write it
Activities
• Sort : get children to hold letter
cards and move into the correct
sequence to spell the word.
• Find your partner: children holding
letters or words must find their
picture partner.
• Find it: read the word and then
search for the hidden picture card.
• Bingo! Snap!
• Support for teachers
• Free downloadable
teaching notes and
activity ideas.
Gill Budgell
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