PHONICS
This week we will be learning a trigraph (3 letters that make 1 sound) /igh/ and the digraph /oo/. When we learn our sounds we will look at the sound the letters make, practise writing the sound and also applying the sound to words/sentences. I will be handing out the activity sheets for these sounds as well as a list of words to practise at home that contain the sounds. Practise sounding out and blending the word list and then see if your child can write the word by you sounding it out to them. Eventually move on to you just saying the word and your child writes it. Can they write any sentences that contain any of the words? (Remember finger space, capital letters and full stops and writing in a line from left to right).
When we learn /oo/ there are two different sounds - /oo/ as in zoo and /OO/ as in foot. There will be 2 different word lists sent home to practise these sounds.
The activity sheet for /ee/ /or/ will be sent home on Monday as this was not given out last week.
A few parents have asked me if it is ok if your child spells words incorrectly and whether they should correct them. It is perfectly fine if they spell them wrong if what they have written is phonetically plausible. Some examples we have had in class are;
aip for ape
choak for choke
thoas for those
We have not yet learnt the split digraph o_e .
This demonstrates your child's understanding of phonics and their application of the sounds we have learnt so far. It is ok to point out to your child that we actually spell those words differently (if it won't confuse them) and explain that they have not learnt those sounds yet, but always praise them for using their phonics knowledge to have a go at writing those words.
READING BOOKS
We will be changing reading books on Monday provided there is a comment to say your child has read their book over the weekend with no problems.
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