PHONICS
INFORMATION
At Lawn Primary School our curriculum comprises all the learning and other experiences that we plan to meet the needs and interests of our children. It is constantly evolving to develop the skills needed for children to become successful learners, help prepare them for modern Britain and empower them to achieve success in the future.
Digraph
Two letters make one sound (e.g. sh, ch, ai, ea, ou, ow).
Trigraph
Three letters make one sound (e.g. igh, ear, air, ure).
Split digraph
Two letters make one sound but the letters have been split apart by another letter. (e.g. the a - e sound in cape)
Phoneme
A single unit of sound
Grapheme
Written letter, or group of letter that represent a sound.
Consonants
b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
Vowel
a, e, i, o, u
Blend
To put or merge the sounds together to make a word (e.g. the sounds d-o-g are blended to the word ‘dog’.)
Segment
To break down the word into its individual sounds to spell (e.g cat can be split into the sounds c-a-t.).
Sound talk
A method of segmenting words, saying each sound on a finger (starting with the thumb) and putting it on your chin, as you say it.
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