Why is it important?
- addresses basic literacy using the strategy of phonics and move on the enable pupils to become independent readers.
- pupils phonemics awareness will be developed by means of phonics.
- recognising leeter sounds is an essential and useful early reading skill.
- pupils should be aware of the relationship between phonemes and the grapheme
Phonics
- phonics is knowing that sounds and letters have a relationship
- a child who has mastered phonics can connect the sounds she/he knows with letters, then put them together to make words.
- phonics offers your beginning reader the strategies she/he needs to sound out words.
- 26 letters in our alphabet correspond to 44 sounds.
| Phoneme (sound) | Grapheme (letter) | Words |
| /s/ | s , ss | sun , sit, cross |
| /æ/ | a | apple, cat, pat |
| /t/ | t | cat, tap , pot |
| /p/ | p | pull, pet, top |
| /ɪ/ | i | tin, pin , sit |
| /n/ | n | net, nine, nose |
| /m/ | m | mouth, moon, man |
| /d/ | d | door, duck, doll |
| /g/ | g | goat, girl, log |
| /ɒ/ | o | clock, hot, top |
| /k/ | k, c, ck | cup, kid, kick |
| /e/ | e | pen, ten, bell |
| /ʌ/ | u | cup, up, bun |
| /r/ | r | red, rose, run |
| /h/ | h | hut, hot, hit |
| /b/ | b | ball, book, tab |
| /f/ | f, ff | five, fin, puff |
| /l/ | l, ll | lid, line, ball |
| /dʒ/ | j | jar, jam, jug |
| /v/ | v | van, veil, vase |
| /w/ | w | wall, wet, well |
| /ks/ /gz/ | x | box, fox |
| /j/ | y | yellow, yo-yo |
| /z/ | z, zz | zoo, zip, zebra |
| /kw/ | qu | queen, quick, quill |
| /tʃ/ | ch | chip, cherry, chick |
| /ʃ/ | sh | ship, shoes, flash |
| /θ/ /ð/ | th | thin, the, think |
| /ŋ/ | ng | wing, thing, bring |
| /eɪ/ | ai , ay | tail, pay, paint |
| /i:/ | ee, ea, e-e | sheep, tea, |
| /aɪ/ | igh, ie, i-e | tie, high, tide |
| /ʊ/,/u:/ | oo, ue, u-e | pool, blue |
| /әʊ/ | oa, ow, oe, o-e | boat, elbow, toe |
| /a:/ | ar, ear | car, heart, barn |
| /ɔ:/ | or, aw, au | fork, draw, auto |
| /ɜ:/ | ur, er, ir | burn, brother, sir |
| /ɔI/ | oi, oy | coin, boy |
| /eә/ | air | chair |
| /ʊә/ | ure | sure |
| /aʊ/ | ou, ow | round, cow |
| /w/ | wh | wheel |
| */f/ | ph | photo |
| /ju:/ | ew | few |
| /eɪ/ | a-e | cake, gate |
