All about Phase 5.

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All about Phase 5.
Year 1 Phonics
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Key Principles we want children to learn in Phase
5.

• Phonemes are units of sound.
• Phonemes are represented by graphemes.
• A grapheme may consist of one (t, h), two (kn,
  er) or more letters (igh, tch).
• A phoneme can be represented/spelled in more than
  one way cat, kennel, choir / rain, may, lake.
• The same grapheme may represent more than one
  phoneme me, met.

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Being secure at Phase 5.Children need to-

• Say the sound when shown any grapheme that has
  been taught.
• Write the common graphemes for any given sound.
• Begin to self correct when reading.
• Begin to become more fluent e.g not sounding out
  most words.
• Choose the correct phoneme or grapheme when
  writing or be able to offer an alternative when
  prompted by an adult.

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What might your child find difficult?

• Understanding the split digraph - laet (late),
  tiem (time), liek (like)
• Choices for alternative spellings e.g /ai/ as in
  again, today, snake, crayon, eight
• Awareness of alternative pronunciations for
  specific graphemes in reading, e.g /ou/ out,
  shoulder, could, you

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Nonsense Words

• The children have to show their phonic knowledge
  by reading words that are real and nonsense.
• Many games we play will ensure the children are
  exposed to both types of words.
• We have to use nonsense words to check the
  childrens ability to recognise a specific
  grapheme not just sight read words. This also
  shows that they can decode properly.

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Year 1 Phonics Screening

• At the end of Year 1 one there is a statutory
  phonics screening .
• This is compulsary for all children.
• The screening is completed on a 1 to 1 basis with
  the class teacher.
• Within this screening the children must read real
  and nonsense words.

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Phonics homework

• The phonics homework sheets provide you with an
  overview of the graphemes the children have been
  learning that week. Phonics homework is not
  something we expect to be handed in each week.
• Here are some games you can play........
• Bingo
• Snap
• Memory
• Kims Game
• Labelling pictures
• Writing sentences with the Phase 5 graphemes
• Dont forget to look on the school website too!