All About Phonics

Year 1 Remedial 2015

What is phonics?
The phonic sounds we make when speaking.
We blend the sounds to make different sounds
and words.

t-ea-ch-er

ph-o-n-ic-s!

Why phonics?
Learningphonicswill help children learn to
read and spell.
Written language can be compared to a code.
So, knowing the sounds of letters and letter
combinations will help them decode words as
they read.
Knowingphonicswill also help your child know

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at is the difference between the

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alphabet and phonics?
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hout an understanding of the relationship betwee

ers and sounds, comprehensive reading cannot oc
need the alphabet to write what we hear or say accur
written English!

What is a grapheme?
A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters
(symbols) that represent a sound (phoneme) in a
word.

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemic-chart

When do I teach phonics?

From Kindergarten or whenever the
learner is ready some is ready as
early as 3 years.
Specifically for phonemic awareness
during English lessons.
Daily across the curriculum.
When teaching sound work, wordbuilding, spelling, reading and writing.

How
do
I
teach
phonics?
Face to
Face
(tradition
al)
Teaching

Co-op
erativ
e
Learn
ing

Whole class
teaching
Group tasks
Paired work
Differentiated
tasks
Verbal activities/
challenges
Independent
writing
Guided
Reading
ProjectBased
Learning

Active
Learni
ng

POLES

Pupil
Organized
Learning
Environments

What about Year 3 and 4

who missed learning phonics?
Make sure they understand the difference
between letters and sounds.
Introduce it through modelling and
constant practice.
Display the phonic and letter alphabets in
class.
Constantly ask students which sounds they

Which RESOURCES are

EFFECTIVE?

A trained, knowledgeable and committed teacher

English Textbook
Linus Program
Phonic and Letter Alphabets
Interactive Pupil Displays
Letter fans, flash cards, stories, books, the whole
works
Technology edutainment; audio and visual
interactive programs/websites.

Assessment or Evaluation

Weekly Spelling Homework

Daily Spelling/ Phonic Games
Weekly Spelling Tests
Word Meaning Checks
Reading and Writing Level Assessments
Informal and formal evaluations during
speaking, reading and writing activities.

lling alphabetically OR phonetica

s-i-ng-ing
Phonetically sounding it out.

s-i-n-g-i-ng
Alphabetical spelling of the word.

It is important to start implementing both as soon as the learner understands the

concepts of sounds and letters.
Asking learners to sound it out for phonetic application AND to spell a word using the
letters of the alphabet gradually results in them being able to distinguish between the
two concepts.
They do become aware that there is a difference between sounding a word out(with

Closing Activity 1

Can every sound we make be

written with alphabet letters?
Lets make some noise and

Closing Activity 2

ow would teaching phonics in

Bahasa Malay

m
for ???

hange the sounds and actions?

of one sound and letter, then demonstrate an action+sound+

ould apply if you used phonics in Malay.
You cannot repeat an example someone else have used alrea

Attendants to take/ view samples of

resources and a list of websites available
as a mingling/ feedback activity at the
end.