Leading the teaching of literacy

1. Leading the teaching of literacy

2. The Research “The Jolly Phonics children’s 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”

3. 3 years of literacy teaching

4. 5 basic skills • Learning the letter sounds • Letter formation • Blending • Identifying sounds in words • Tricky Words

5. 1. Learning the letter sounds

6. Letter Sound Order 1) Learning Letter Sounds

7. Storylines and Actions Learning the sound ‘s’ Action: Weave hand like a snake, saying ssssss 1) Learning Letter Sounds

8. The Phonics Handbook • Detailed teaching notes • Sound Sheets • Games and Activities 1) Learning Letter Sounds

9. Digraphs Two or more letters that make one sound sh 1) Learning Letter Sounds

10. 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

11. 2. Letter Formation

12. Feel Formation • Finger Phonics books • On the board • In the air 2) Letter Formation

13. Pencil Hold • Tripod grip • ‘Froggy Legs’ movement 2) Letter Formation

14. Writing Letters • Tracing dots • Pencil stroke directions • Joining tails • Joined-up (cursive) handwriting 2) Letter Formation

15. 3. Blending

16. Sounding Out Letters s-u-n b-oy 3) Blending

17. 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

18. Words with Consonant Blends • pl-a-n……..plan • tr-i-ck……..trick • br-u-sh……brush pl gr cr tr dw fl br scr spl thr 3) Blending

19. 4. Identifying Sounds in Words

20. Hearing Individual Sounds • Hearing one sound • Identifying all sounds in a word 4) Identifying Sounds in Words

21. Games and Activities Identifying sounds • I-Spy • Counting sounds • Word families • Rhyming words • Take away a sound • Chopping Game 4) Identifying Sounds in Words

22. Dictation • Dictate letter sounds • CVC words • Homework writing books 4) Identifying Sounds in Words

23. 5. Learning Tricky Words

24. Tricky Words • Reading – blend and learn • Spelling Techniques • Look, cover, write and check • Say it as it sounds • Mnemonics 5) Tricky Words

25. 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

26. Independent Writing

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

28. First Year Timetable 1 2 3 4 5

29. Inky Mouse & Friends Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 General Fiction Nonfiction

30. Level 1 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 6 8 11 0 1

31. Level 1 • Some of the • words used in • Level 1 : • dog • fish • silver • ground • strongest • sleeping • squirrel • Example Tricky Words: • I, the, was, have

32. First year checklist

34. Similar format to The Phonics Handbook • Spelling & Grammar lessons • Actions for grammar points The Grammar Handbooks

35. Gr Hbks + Gr Big Bks • Coding • eg. Verbs are red • Dictionary lessons Jolly Grammar Big Books

36. Leading the teaching of literacy

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