Phonics at Fleetville

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Phonics at Fleetville

• Reception

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Jolly Phonics

• The Jolly Phonics Programme is a systematic
  approach to teaching phonics
• It identifies 42 sounds in the English language
  which are used when spelling the majority of
  words.
• There are 24 single phonemes (sounds) and 18
  diagraphs (2 letters that represent 1 sound)

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Letter Sounds / Phonemes

• Each of the 42 phonemes have an associated sound,
  action and grapheme
• The children will learn all 42 phonemes over a 14
  wk period, at a rate of 3 phonemes per week.
• They will be introduced to the letter sound in
  class, listening for the sound as it appears in
  words, making the action associated with the
  sound practising forming the letter shape,
  firstly by moving their finger in the air (air
  writing) then completing the jolly phonics
  sheet associated with each letter sound.

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How will it be taught ?

• Jolly Phonics will be taught as a discreet 15
  minute daily whole class phonics session in light
  of the recent Rose Review its research on
  early reading.
• The children have started the Jolly Phonics
  programme in school this week and have already
  covered the first 3 phonemes.

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5 Basic Skills

• 5 basic skills have been identified in the Jolly
  Phonics programme as essential to developing your
  childs phonic knowledge their skills as an
  early reader
• These are
• 1) Learning the letter sounds
• 2) Letter formation
• 3)Blending
• 4) Identifying sounds in words
• 5) Tricky words

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How can I support my child at home?

• Your child will bring all their Jolly Phonics
  material home in an A5 zip wallet
• These should be kept in your childs book bag at
  all times and brought into school everyday
• Initially zip wallets will contain a letter
  sounds book a JP booklet of actions
• These will be added to each week as your child is
  introduced to the next 3 phonemes
• Please look at these with your child, say the
  sound, make the action, practise forming the
  letter in the air or on paper and thinking of
  words beginning with these sounds

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• As your child becomes more confident at
  identifying the first two sets of phonemes they
  will begin to learn to blend these sounds
  together to say and read simple words eg.
• sat it pat tap pan nip

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Wordboxes

• Wordboxes are a set of 10 words in an envelope
  (wordbox 1 18a)
• These words can be blended together to read or
  spell using phonic knowledge
• Wordboxes will be introduced during phonics
  sessions in class, where children will be
  encouraged to blend the letters they see to read
  /or spell a word
• Wordboxes will also be sent home to work on with
  you

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Using wordboxes at home

• When your child brings their first word box home
  they will also have a wordbox book in their A5
  zip wallet
• At first your child will have the wordbox for a
  whole week (as they become more competent this
  may increase to 2 wordboxes per week)
• Please spend the first few days just looking at
  the words in turn, encouraging your child to say
  the sounds they see make the actions if
  necessary. Then encourage them to begin to blend
  the sounds they see together to say a word
• By the end of the week your child should be
  becoming more competent at blending the sounds
  and saying the words, now try saying the words to
  your child and letting them write the sounds they
  can hear in their wordbox book
• Encourage them to think about all the sounds they
  can hear in a word and write them in the correct
  order
• This is not a spelling test there is no
  expectation that your child will spell every word
  correctly, instead it should be an attempt at
  writing words by applying what they know about
  letters words by using their knowledge of
  phonics !

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What happens next ?

• In school we will look in your childs wordbox
  book to check the progress they are making,
  before introducing the next wordbox
• At home your child will continue to practise all
  their phonemes using their letter sounds book
  actions booklet, as well as practising their
  skills of blending to read spell simple
  phonetic words
• We will also put a letter formation practise book
  in the A5 zip wallet. We will write the letter
  they are to practise at the top of the page,
  please encourage them to do this at home,
  practising first in the air, then writing into
  their books. Please encourage the correct letter
  formation (see the accompanying sheet)

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Tricky Words

• Tricky words will be introduced when your child
  is confidently building up a good knowledge of
  the letter sounds, actions graphemes and is
  making good attempts at blending to read spell
  words.
• The Jolly Phonics programme identifies 60 Tricky
  Words which are commonly used. These words are
  tricky because they are not spelt as they
  sound, nor do they use the common diagraph
  spelling patterns. Instead they require the
  reader to recognise them by sight in order to be
  read, or the speller to have remembered the
  letters their correct order in order to write
  them.
• Tricky words will be introduced in class the
  first 10 will be sent home in the A5 zip wallet
  in a little tricky word bag.

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• Tricky words will then be introduced at a rate of
  3 per week and added to the tricky word bag.
• These will continue alongside the letter sounds
  book, action booklet, letter writing wordboxes.
• Please help your child to learn to sight read
  these tricky words, and when ready try to write
  them using the correct spelling in their wordbox
  book.

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Library Books

• You are probably all thinking what about reading
  books ? when will my child get one?
• Sharing books together is an invaluable way of
  fostering a love of reading in encouraging your
  child to want to know how to read themselves.
  Please continue to read stories to your child at
  home everyday.
• Library sessions will take place in school
  everyday, your child will have their turn when it
  is their show tell day
• Library books are books chosen by your child from
  our school library
• They will choose 1 book each week to bring home
  to share with you, please read it to them, write
  any relevant comments in their blue home/school
  book and return it on the correct day. If a
  library book is not returned your child will not
  be able to choose another one and will have to
  wait until the following week to return it
  select another, so please do help them to
  remember the correct day.

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Reading Books

• The first reading books your child brings home
  will be ORT picture books.
• They dont have any words !
• Instead they are picture books which tell a
  simple story using familiar characters (the
  children will be introduced to the characters in
  school first)
• Please share these books at home, talk about the
  pictures what is happening, encourage your
  child to build up a sequence of events and
  eventually to tell you the story. Please use the
  accompanying parent cards to help you to extend
  their vocabulary develop comprehension skills
  by asking the suggested questions

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• Reading books with words will be introduced once
  your child has a good knowledge of the single
  phonemes, is able to blend sounds successfully to
  read simple words can read the first set of
  tricky words.
• Reading books come from a variety of published
  reading schemes and are graded according to an
  approved system widely used in schools.

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Reading in YR

• The aim is for all children to be heard read
  twice per week.
• 1 with the class teacher / practitioner
• 1 with a PRA
• Reading in school may take the form of
  practising phonemes using Jolly Phonics cards /
  pictures / actions, working through their sounds
  book, action booklet, practising blending /or
  writing wordbox words reading scheme books
• When your child does any reading activity in
  school 11 with an adult it will be recorded in
  their blue home/school book

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Blue Home/School Books

• Please keep this book in your childs bookbag
  along with all JP work their scheme reading
  book, at all times. Then it will always be
  available should your child have the opportunity
  to read in school
• Please make a record of any reading work your
  child has completed at home (eg. JP practise,
  wordbox work, tricky words reading books)
• Please include the date, title of book, any
  relevant comments and your signature.

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There is a lot to remember !

• But we will keep you informed during each stage
  of the phonics programme to enable you to help
  your child at home
• Keep it fun we will be keeping it fun in school
  by playing lots of phonic games, using the IWB,
  etc
• If your child is tired dont push them, they
  will learn far more when they choose to do it
  rather than if they are made to do it !
• Little and often is best. A little bit of
  practise each day is better than saving it all up
  for a Thursday night! They will be practising
  little often in school during their daily 15min
  phonics session dont do anymore than this at
  home!

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If you have any questions please do ask !!

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