Synthetic Phonics has been widely acknowledge as the most progressive way for young children to learn the letter sounds and letter shapes in the English language.
English has a complicated ‘code’ for the 26 alphabet letters, meaning that the combinations of letters together can give us many ‘sounds’, approximately 42 to start with!
The method will help children initially listen for the unit of sound in a word, recognise the letter shape and learn how to synthetise sounds , which we call blending and segmenting. This progresses to emerging reading and writing skills.
Understanding the method (what synthetic phonics is) means you can apply it to your existing class materials which may be alphabet based and give you the knowledge to progress to other synthetic phonics programs (a program is a resource/material approach), later on.
8 Sessions
Session wise course content
Day 1 Using the Synthetic Phonics Method and the alphabet in your classroom
Understanding the principles of the method and your class materials.
Day 2 The letter sounds
Exploring the alphabet and letter sounds – the simple to complex ‘code’
Day 3 Blending and segmenting
The importance of these ‘life’ skills and how to develop these.
Day 4 The short vowel sounds
Getting these right, at the beginning.
Day 5 The long vowel sounds (spelling rules)
How we progress with the vowels and the rules we start with.
Day 6 Exploring digraphs (and the alternative sounds)
Extending your knowledge with alternative sounds (two letters making a sound)
Day 7 What are 'Tricky Words'?
How do we introduce, plan for and encorproate these into our teaching?
Day 8 Bringing it all together!
Seeing how it all works together, preparing you for your classes!
From The Trainer
Take Aways
What would you gain from the course
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The course is designed to give you the knowledge to start applying the method to your classes.
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How to get started with the most basic resources in your class.
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Where to look for material to support your ‘online’ classes.
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Evaluation and assessment: an ‘reflective’ approach to support your planning.
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Magic ‘e’ flower and flip cards.
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Vowel hand (simple to complex vowels)
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Decodable reader with activities.
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Example activity sheet of consonant digraphs.
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Sample reading strips
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Handout per session with extension ideas, links and ‘next steps’ for your planning.
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Tricky Word Minute a day games
