I have been learning my sounds, and they help me write sentences and read.
KS3 pupil
There are approximately 44 sounds (phonemes) that are represented by 26 letters in about 140 letter combinations. 1:1 phonics intervention offers a systematic teaching of phonics and spelling that helps pupils to learn to identify the phonemes and learn how each of these phonemes is commonly spelt.
Some phonemes will correspond to a single letter while others, for example the long vowel phonemes, will have several common spellings using one or more letters.
Through the phonics intervention, we teach pupils to:
- Identify sounds in spoken words (phonological awareness)
- Recognise the common spellings for each phoneme
- Blend phonemes into words for reading
- Segment words into phonemes for spelling
