Transcript Phase 3 Phonics Workshop

Phase 3 Phonics
Workshop
Mrs Golby & Mrs Dancey
Terminology
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Phoneme- the sound a letter makes
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Grapheme- the symbol of a phoneme
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Segmenting and blending –breaking words down, hearing individual
sounds. Building words by listening for sounds.
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Digraph- a two letter grapheme where two letters represent one
sound.
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Trigraph- a three letter grapheme where three letters represent one
sound.
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Split digraph -has a letter that splits the two letters in the digraph
e.g late, cake.
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Consontant Blend – 2/3 letters are squashed together e.g. tr, mp, str,
bl, nt
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Syllables – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound e.g wa/ter
Phase 3
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There are 25 new graphemes.
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10 to 12 week programme; letters and sounds.
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Final letters and sounds: j, v, w, x (ks), y, z, zz, qu (kw)
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Teach the four consonant diagraphs: ch, sh, th (2 sounds), ng
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Vowel diagraphs: ai, ee, oa, oo (2 sounds), ar, or, ur, ow, oi, er
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Vowel Trigraphs: igh, ear, air, ure (2 sounds)
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Continued practise of blending and segmenting – within sentences.
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Practise reading and spelling HFW’s and Tricky words.
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Practise spelling two-syllable words with a combination of diagraphs – e.g.
pow/der.
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Practise letter names.
Pronunciation of phase 3
phonemes
http://www.teachfind.com/national-strategies/letterand-sounds-%E2%80%93-articulation-phonemesvowels-and-consonants
Segmenting Activity
How many sounds are in these words?
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Loaf
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Park
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Fear
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Sight
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Farmyard
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Beard
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string
l-oa-f 3 phonemes
 p-ar-k 3 phonemes
 F-ear 2 phonemes
 S-igh-t 3 phonemes
 F-ar-m-y-ar-d 6 phonemes
 B-ear-d
3 phonemes
 S-t-r-i-ng 5 phonemes
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HFW’s and Tricky Words
Phase 2
High Frequency Words
Tricky Words
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a
an
as
at
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The
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if
in
is
it
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I
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of
off
on
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No
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can
dad
had
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Go
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back
and
get
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To
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big
him
his
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Into
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not
got
up
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mum
but
put
HFW’s and Tricky Words
Phase 3
High Frequency Words
Tricky Words
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will
see
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he
she
we
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that
for
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be
me
was
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this
now
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you
they
all
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down
then
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are
my
her
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them
look
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with
too
EYFS: Good Level of Development (GLD)
Reading and Writing
Reading: ELG
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1 Children read and understand
simple sentences.
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2 They use phonic knowledge to
decode regular words and read
them aloud accurately.
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3 They also read some common
irregular words.
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4 They demonstrate
understanding when talking with
others about what they have
read.
Writing: ELG
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1 Children use their phonic
knowledge to write words in ways
which match their spoken sounds.
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2 They also write some irregular
common words.
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3 They write simple sentences
which can be read by themselves
and others.
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4 Some words are spelt correctly
and others are phonetically
plausible.
Exemplar of writing: GLD
Exemplar of reading: GLD
Expectations
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Phase 1: majority of children will be confident and
achieved this level by the end of Nursery.
Children should leave Reception:
 Having achieved Phase 2 & Phase 3
 Becoming confident readers and writers and apply
the skills they have been taught independently.
Some children may begin working at Phase 4.
How can you help at home
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Challenge the children to find objects that begin with a certain sound.
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Continue sound talking- get u-p! Put on your c-oa-t
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Play ‘I Spy’ with phonemes not letter names – sound out words.
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Practise letter formation.
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Play games with word cards.
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Make sentences with word cards.
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Encourage reading daily – 5 minutes
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Practise recognition of the 44 phonemes.
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Use phonics play to practise reading real and nonsense words.
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Reading and spelling of phase 2 and 3 tricky words.
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Support and encourage children’s attempts at writing- encourage list writing, emails,
labels for pictures and sentence writing.
Many thanks for your ongoing
support.
The Foundation Stage Team