Use Three Waves of Support to Differentiate Effectively
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Curriculum
Getting Started With Phonics
If phonics terms leave you guessing, this is where to learn them, along with the daily routine that gets young children reading.
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About this course
Phonics has its own vocabulary, and if nobody has ever explained the difference between a phoneme and a grapheme, it's hard to join in confidently when you're supporting a group.
Start here. You'll see how children move from hearing sounds to reading and writing simple words. Most daily sessions follow the same five-part routine: go back over old sounds, teach a new one, read words with it, write words with it, then practise tricky words. There's advice on modelling a sound cleanly, one short "t" rather than "t-t-t", and on helping a child segment and blend a word like "tin". Games such as silly soup make initial sounds stick.
It's the first of three phonics courses, and the other two build on what you learn here.
Modules
7 modules- 1Introduction – what is phonics?1 min
- 2Why is phonics important in Early Years and KS1?4 min
- 3How is phonics taught?9 min
- 4Exploring key vocabulary used when referring to phonics6 min
- 5How can you introduce initial sounds?7 min
- 6How do pupils begin to read words?
- 7Wrap up3 min
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