Letters And Sounds Powerpoint[1] For Parents

Letters and Sounds Information for Parents February 2009

The way that spelling and reading is taught in schools has changed recently as a result of the Jim Rose report.

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Phonics at a glance ,[object Object],Skills of segmentation and blending Knowledge of the alphabetic code.

Phonics Consists of: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Phases Explained The ‘Letters and Sounds’ document is split into 6 distinct phases.

Phase 1 (pre school) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Phase 2 (Reception 6 wks ) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Letter sets (phase 2 up to 6wks ) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Enunciation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Phase 3 (Reception up to 12wks ) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Phase 3 cont. ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Phase 4 ( Reception/Year 1 up to 6wks ) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Phase 5 ( throughout Year 1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Phase 6 (Year 2 throughout ) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Phase 6 cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Some Definitions ,[object Object],[object Object],How many phonemes can you hear in cat ?

[object Object],[object Object],The grapheme could be 1 letter, 2 letters or more! We refer to these as sound buttons . t ai igh

Put the sound buttons under these words jumper crawl foil broom toast slight crayon speed

This is where it gets tricky! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How many phonemes are in each of these words? pencil chair jumper cow flop bleed Phonemes Word

[object Object],[object Object],A word always has the same number of phonemes and graphemes!

Grapheme Key Vocabulary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blending (for reading) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Segmenting (for spelling) ,[object Object]

[object Object],Here are the phases. Where Can I Go To Find Out More?

Useful web sites ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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