PHONICS

Phonics

At St Mary's we use the Read, Write Inc. Scheme to teach Phonics.

Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. For example, the sound k can be spelled as c, k, ck or ch. Teaching children to blend the sounds of letters together helps them decode unfamiliar or unknown words by sounding them out.

Please do not teach your child to sing or say the alphabet. Children should only be learning the sound of each letter not the name.

For more information about the scheme please click on the Read Write Inc. Parent Website below:

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/parents/

Read Write Inc. Phonics: an overview by Ruth Miskin

How to say the sounds

Uploaded by Ruth Miskin Training on 2019-09-09.

Forming lower case letters correctly

Phonics-sounds-worksheets (1).pdf

Name The Picture

Each sound is represented by a picture.

Watch the video below regularly and encourage your child to join in.

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/1USWJjfU/rSOMKHdh

Please click on the links below to watch a RWI phonics lesson. Each video will show you how we teach sounds at school and will support you in helping your child learn the sound at home.

Please encourage your child to participate in the lesson.

Set 1 - m

Set 1 - a

Set 1 - s

Set 1 - d

Set 1 - t

Set 1 - i

Set 1 - n

Set 1 - p

Set 1 - g

Set 1 - o

Set 1 - c

Set 1 - k

Set 1 - u

Set 1 - b

Set 1 - f

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/5YmvGgFN/yjUlPtGk

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/JM4GojGR/JrVrIAls

Learn to blend

Blending is a method used to help children learn to read by combining different sounds, also known as phonemes, to form words. Blending sounds together teaches learners how words are sounded out, which will help them to decode long and unfamiliar words when they’re reading.

Learning to Blend Lesson 1

Learning to Blend - Lesson 2

Red Words: Tricky Words

A red word is a word that you can not sound out phonetically (Fred Talk); for example go, my, all, etc.

Click on the links below to watch the red word lesson:

Watch - no, the, I

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/cT1tYAoa/sXi1xzzW

Watch - my, of

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/EIZhCOsG/igVWwsS9

Watch - he, your

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/jJyDbxP5/JlqgY9iq

Watch - you, said

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/2k3bf6KI/3un0a1fm

Fred Games

Speaking like Fred helps children to understand that words are made up of sounds. Use Fred Talk throughout the day to help your child practise blending sounds together.

Fred says…

Say: Fred says put your hands on your h-e-d. Ask your child to repeat h-e-d.
Pause to allow your child to jump in with the whole word and do the action.
Say: h-e-d, hed. Ask your child to repeat.

Repeat with:

b-a-k, t-u-m, l-e-g, h-a-n-d, f-u-t, n-ee, r-u-n, s-k-i-p,

h-o-p, s-t-o-p

Watch these Fred Game Videos: