Guest Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 I actually find phase 4 to be a bit of a nonsense. I think most children who can read words with vowel digraphs can certainly read adjacent consonants. I would be delighted if children came up to year one and knew all their phase 3 sounds. It rarely happens in our school though. We split all our reception/year one and year two into 5 groups. Often the teacher who is teaching phase 3 tends to combine it with phase 4. I personally would teach the alternatives as and when they crop up in writing or reading, not in the phonics teaching. I think we should more or less follow Letters and Sounds order of teaching.
AnonyMouse_3307 Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 We do have to report them because we are a funded CLLD authority and as such work very closely with the regional advisers to ensure a clear set of expected milestones is shared across the settings that are reported on. As I say it will be the same expectation across all 50 funded LAs. Cx ps do we have a new feature on the site - spell checking seems to be going on as I type!!!
Guest Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 We are a CLLD school and have to set targets for the number of children who we think will be secure at phase 3 by end of year (i.e. working within phase 4). I have found Phase 4 can be tricky for some children even when good at phase 3. Putting those two consonants together is hard for some of them, particularly when segmenting.
AnonyMouse_79 Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 ps do we have a new feature on the site - spell checking seems to be going on as I type!!! Lucky you! I used to have a spell check within firefox but somewhere along the line with its updates I lost it but would welcome its return!
AnonyMouse_3307 Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Ahhhh that would explain it -was using firefox not usual browser! Cx
Guest Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 Hi. Can I use this thread to ask a question. When introducing ch sound, have others had children offer words like train and track? What have you done to rectify it? I used Jolly Phonics song "the train goes chugging up the hill" - a feely bag game and then asked for children's suggestions. I also have two children still mixing up b and d (one of these two, also confusing i and j). Any good ideas to sort this one out?
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 I think this is a problem with JP some children focus on the stories and pictures rather than on the sounds. I find /r/and /n/ actions-stories often cause confusion. For b and d we hold our hands out in front and make a fist then pop up the thumbs and say the rhyme to make a bed for baby first we need a b (left hand) e comes in the middle finish with a d (right hand) i and j are less confusing if shown sitting on and under a line
Guest Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 I made some posters using my daughter hands which I have on display.
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