Leading the teaching of literacy A comprehensive

Leading the teaching of literacy

A comprehensive programme for reading and writing

Research The Jolly Phonics’ children’s reading skills were 11 months above the level expected for their age. We found that the boys did as well as the girls. In the Jolly Phonics group the ‘tail’ of low achievement in writing was simply abolished.

Storybooks Readingbookstochildrengivesthem: • Aloveofbooks • Awidervocabulary • Agreater understanding oflanguage But thechildrenneedto‘crackthecode’of Englishtobecomeindependentreaders.

The 5 Basic. Skills 6 The 5 basicskillsof Jolly. Phonics are: 1. Learningthelettersounds 2. Learningletterformation 3. Blending 4. Identifyingsoundsinwords 5. Trickywords

Letter. Sounds 71. Learningthelettersounds Learningtheactionforthe/s/ sound: Weaveyourhandlikea snake, makingan‘s’shape, sayingsssss.

Letter. Sounds 81. Learningthelettersounds

Digraphs 91. Learningthelettersounds

Alternative. Spellings 10 Introduced as: (rain) (play) (flame) (feet) (boat) (leaf) (these) (snow) (bone)Taught later as: 1. Learningthelettersounds

Letter. Formation 112. Learningtheletterformation

Pencil. Hold 122. Learningtheletterformation

Blending. Skills Blendingskillsareessentialforreading. They canbetaughtrightfromthestart. 133. Blending

Blending. Words Thenumberofregularwordsforblendinggrows witheachnewlettersound: 14 Jolly. Phonics. Word. Book Word. Boxes 3. Blending

Blending. Activities Blendingactivitiescanbefunandmultisensory: • Randomletters • ‘ Miming’words • Readand. Seebooks 15 s a p i n tc e 3. Blending

Blending. Harder. Words Regularpracticeisthekeytoblendingwords withdigraphsandconsonantblends: 163. Blending Digraphs Word. Boxes

Phonological. Awareness Phonologicalawarenesscanbeencouraged fromtheveryfirstlesson: 174. Identifyingsoundsinwords

Hearingthe. Sounds 184. Identifyingsoundsinwords

Dictation 194. Identifyingsoundsinwords

Simple. Dictation 204. Identifyingsoundsinwords

Forchildrentowriteindependentlytheyneed toknow: • The 42 lettersounds • Howtohearthesoundsinwords • Onewayofwritingthelettersounds • Whattheywanttosay Independent. Writing 214. Identifyingsoundsinwords

Independentwritingtowardstheendofthefirst year: Independent. Writing 224. Identifyingsoundsinwords

Tricky. Words 235. Trickywords

Tricky. Words 245. Trickywords

‘ Look, copy, cover, writeandcheck’isagood waytolearnhowtowritetrickywords. (Click image to play animation)Tricky. Words 255. Trickywords

Awealthofinteresting, decodabletexts Jolly. Phonics. Readers

Jolly. Phonics. Readers Level 1: Red. Readers 27 Guide to the letter sounds and tricky words needed for each book Guidance for teachers and parents, including comprehension questions. Variety of interesting and engaging stories in decodable language

Jolly. Phonics. Readers

Parental. Support

First. Year. Timetable 30 First part of year Second part of year Last part of year Teach the 42 sounds Introduce letter names Teach alternative spellings Revise alternative spellings Teach how to form the letters correctly Teach handwriting rules and give writing practice Give handwriting practice Teach how to blend simple regular words Introduce the Readers Practice blending words with alternative spellings Continue with Jolly Readers and blending practice Teach how to write words by listening for sounds Give regular dictation of words and sentences Continue regular dictation Encourage independent writing Teach how to read and write the first set of tricky words Teach the reading and writing of more tricky words Ensure the children know the first 60 tricky words

Knows sounds Blends regular words with these sounds Writes regular words with these sounds s a t i p n ai j oa ie ee or ay ea igh ow ew Knows sound Knows name Forms correctly Alphabet: lower case letters Alphabet: capital letters Sings/ Recites Knows Alphabet order 1 -10 11 -20 21 -30 31 -40 41 -50 51 -60 Able to read tricky words Able to spell tricky words First. Year. Checklist

Systematicapproach Fun, multisensoryteaching Rangeofageappropriatematerials 7 years’literacyteaching Enablesconfident, independentlearning. Leading the teaching of literacy

Printor. Precursive 33 Precursivelettershavejoiningtailsto encouragecursivewriting. Printlettersarestandard letters, withoutjoiningtails.