What are the Phase 5 graphemes?
In Phase 5, children are taught that the phoneme /a/ can also be represented by the graphemes ‘ay’ (as in play) or ‘a-e’ (as in make). This variation needs to be taught as it is common in our language system.
What is a GPC in phonics?
GPC – This is short for Grapheme Phoneme Correspondence. Knowing a GPC means being able to match a phoneme to a grapheme and vice versa. Digraph – A grapheme containing two letters that makes just one sound (phoneme). Trigraph – A grapheme containing three letters that makes just one sound (phoneme).
What is the main focus of Phase 5 phonics?
Phase 5 teaches a set of new graphemes, alternative pronunciations for graphemes already known and alternative spellings for phonemes. Monster Phonics colour-coding is particularly useful at this stage, to facilitate the teaching of the alternative spellings and pronunciations.
Are Letters and sounds going?
The Department for Education has announced that is it ‘retiring’ the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme which was published in 2007. Schools and publishers must now apply for validation of their Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programmes. …
What are rare GPC words?
bruise, guarantee, immediately, vehicle, yacht, languages, nougat, Pacific, cruise, celebration. Explore these words with very unusual GPCs, and decide which strategies they have already learnt that will help them remember how to spell them.
Why are letters and sounds important in Phase 5?
Letters and Sounds: Children entering Phase Five are able to read and spell words containing adjacent consonants and some polysyllabic words. (See Appendix 3: Assessment.) The purpose of this phase is for children to broaden their knowledge of graphemes and phonemes for use in reading and spelling.
What is the purpose of Phase 5 reading and spelling?
Children entering Phase Five are able to read and spell words containing adjacent consonants and some polysyllabic words. (See Appendix 3: Assessment.) The purpose of this phase is for children to broaden their knowledge of graphemes and phonemes for use in reading and spelling.
When do you use graphemes in Phase 5?
When spelling words they will learn to choose the appropriate graphemes to represent phonemes and begin to build word-specific knowledge of the spellings of words. The teaching materials in this phase provide a selection of suitable words and sentences for use in teaching Phase Five.