English Reading
Phonics
What is Jolly Phonics?
Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups as shown below.
Letter Sound Order
The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building words as early as possible.
How does Jolly Phonics work?
Using a synthetic phonics approach, Jolly Phonics teaches children the five key skills for reading and writing. Complemented by Jolly Readers and Jolly Grammar, it provides a thorough foundation for teaching literacy over four years in school.
The five skills taught in Jolly Phonics
1.Learning the letter sounds
Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue.
2.Learning letter formation
Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters.
3.Blending
Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to read and write new words.
4.Identifying the sounds in words (Segmenting)
Listening for the sounds in words gives children the best start for improving spelling.
5.Tricky words
Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.
Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups as shown below.
Letter Sound Order
The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building words as early as possible.
How does Jolly Phonics work?
Using a synthetic phonics approach, Jolly Phonics teaches children the five key skills for reading and writing. Complemented by Jolly Readers and Jolly Grammar, it provides a thorough foundation for teaching literacy over four years in school.
The five skills taught in Jolly Phonics
1.Learning the letter sounds
Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue.
2.Learning letter formation
Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters.
3.Blending
Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to read and write new words.
4.Identifying the sounds in words (Segmenting)
Listening for the sounds in words gives children the best start for improving spelling.
5.Tricky words
Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.
Sails Reading Scheme
Sails Literacy Senior Infants (Fiction and non-fiction titles).
The Sails Literacy Series is a new reading programme from New Zealand. Comprising over 700 books, both fiction and non fiction, this series is ideal for use with all classes. The Sails Literacy Series introduces children to the three components of language acquisition: oral, written and visual. The stories encourage children to think critically, explore language and process information. It is fun, full of fantasy and humour with strong visual layouts to encourage children's enjoyment of reading. Guide notes inside each book provide readily accessible support for teachers and parents. Children will begin to take home Sails readers from October to practice their reading with parents/guardians and will have an accompanying worksheet in a workbook for each book title.
The Sails Literacy Series is a new reading programme from New Zealand. Comprising over 700 books, both fiction and non fiction, this series is ideal for use with all classes. The Sails Literacy Series introduces children to the three components of language acquisition: oral, written and visual. The stories encourage children to think critically, explore language and process information. It is fun, full of fantasy and humour with strong visual layouts to encourage children's enjoyment of reading. Guide notes inside each book provide readily accessible support for teachers and parents. Children will begin to take home Sails readers from October to practice their reading with parents/guardians and will have an accompanying worksheet in a workbook for each book title.