Leading the teaching of literacy

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Leading the teaching of literacy
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The Research

• The Jolly Phonics childrens reading skills were
  11 months above the level expected for their age

The synthetic phonics classes outperformed the
whole language classes on 16 out of 19 reading
and spelling measures
The results demonstrated that Jolly Phonics
produced effects that were long-lasting
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3 years of literacy teaching
1st Year 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year
Jolly Phonics Jolly Phonics Jolly Grammar Jolly Grammar
Jolly Readers Jolly Readers Jolly Readers
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5 basic skills

1. Learning the letter sounds
2. Letter formation
3. Blending
4. Identifying sounds in words
5. Tricky Words

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1. Learning the letter sounds
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Letter Sound Order
1) Learning Letter Sounds
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Storylines and Actions

• Learning the sound s
• Action
• Weave hand like a snake, saying ssssss

1) Learning Letter Sounds
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The Phonics Handbook

• Detailed teaching notes
• Sound Sheets
• Games and Activities

1) Learning Letter Sounds
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Digraphs

• Two or more letters that make one sound

sh
1) Learning Letter Sounds
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Alternative Vowel Sounds

• Introduced as

Alternatives taught later
ay (play) and a-e (flame)
ai (rain)
ee (feet)
ea (leaf)
oa (boat)
ow (snow) and o-e (bone)
1) Learning Letter Sounds
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2. Letter Formation
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Feel Formation

• Finger Phonics books
• On the board
• In the air

2) Letter Formation
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Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip
• Froggy Legs movement

2) Letter Formation
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Writing Letters

• Tracing dots
• Pencil stroke directions
• Joining tails
• Joined-up (cursive) handwriting

2) Letter Formation
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3. Blending
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Sounding Out Letters

• s-u-n

b-oy
3) Blending
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Blending Activities

• Pointing to letters one-by-one
• Miming words
• Word boxes
• Read and See books

a
s
i
n
h
p
f
t
3) Blending
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Words with Consonant Blends

• pl-a-n..plan
• tr-i-ck..trick
• br-u-shbrush

pl
cr
gr
tr
dw
br
fl
thr
scr
spl
3) Blending
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4. Identifying Sounds in Words
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Hearing Individual Sounds

• Hearing one sound
• Identifying all sounds in a word

4) Identifying Sounds in Words
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Games and Activities
Identifying sounds

• I-Spy
• Counting sounds
• Word families
• Rhyming words
• Take away a sound
• Chopping Game

4) Identifying Sounds in Words
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Dictation

• Dictate letter sounds
• CVC words
• Homework writing books

4) Identifying Sounds in Words
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5. Learning Tricky Words
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Tricky Words

• Reading blend and learn
• Spelling Techniques
• Look, cover, write and check
• Say it as it sounds
• Mnemonics

5) Tricky Words
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At the end of the 1st nine weeks

• The majority of children can
• Read and write 42 letter sounds
• Form letters correctly, with tripod grip
• Blend regular words eg. leg, flag, shoot
• Write simple words by listening for sounds
• Read and spell some of tricky words

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Independent Writing
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Independent Writing

• Ian is 5 years
• In the first 18 weeks of school
• A typical student in the class

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First Year Timetable
First part of year Second part of year Last part of year
Teach 42 sounds Introduce letter names Teach alternative spellings Revise alternative spellings
Teach how to form letters correctly Teach handwriting rules and give writing practice Give handwriting practice
Teach how to blend simple regular words Introduce Jolly Readers Blending practice with alternative spellings Continue with Jolly Readers and blending practice
Teach how to write words by listening for sounds Dictation words and sentences Independent writing Continue dictation practice
Teach how to read and spell a few tricky words Reading and spelling of more tricky words First 60 tricky words taught
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Level 3
Level 2
Level 1

• Inky Mouse
• Friends

General Fiction
Nonfiction
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Books per pack
Pages per book
Tricky words per book
Alt Spellings per book
Sentences per page
Level 3
6
16
40
4
4
Level 2
6
12
20
0
2

• Level 1

6
8
11
0
1
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Level 1

• Some of the
• words used in
• Level 1
• dog
• fish
• silver
• ground
• strongest
• sleeping
• squirrel

• Example Tricky Words
• I, the, was, have

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First year checklist
Knows sounds Knows sounds Blends regular words with these sounds Blends regular words with these sounds Writes regular words with these sounds Writes regular words with these sounds
s a t i p n
ai j oa ie ee or
ay ea igh ow ew
Knows sound Knows sound Knows name Knows name Forms correctly Forms correctly
Alphabet lower case letters
Alphabet capital letters
Sings/recites Sings/recites Knows Knows
Alphabet order
1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60
Able to read tricky words
Able to spell tricky words
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1st Year 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year
Jolly Phonics Jolly Phonics Jolly Grammar The Grammar Handbook 1 Jolly Grammar Big Book 1 Jolly Grammar The Grammar Handbook 2 Jolly Grammar Big Book 2
Jolly Dictionary Jolly Dictionary
Jolly Readers Jolly Readers Jolly Readers
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The Grammar Handbooks

• Similar format to The Phonics Handbook
• Spelling Grammar lessons
• Actions for grammar points

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Jolly Grammar Big Books

• Gr Hbks Gr Big Bks
• Coding
• eg. Verbs are red
• Dictionary lessons

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Precursive or Print Letters?
Precursive letters have exit strokes to
encourage cursive writing
Print letters are standard letters, without
exit strokes