Full Description
The government prioritizes systematic synthetic phonics as a key strategy in the teaching of reading and this is your guide to teaching systematic synthetic phonics in primary schools.This text supports trainee teachers working towards primary QTS through the exploration of a range of aspects of phonics teaching. It gives a balance of research and practice and allows trainees to develop and in-depth understanding of what works in phonics teaching, and why.It begins with the subject knowledge that underpins effective teaching - key aspects of the alphabetic code from discriminating sounds and phonemes to teaching long vowel phonemes and their different spellings and pronunciations. It goes on to explore pedagogy from the early years to Key Stage2 giving guidance on, among others, systematic progression, intervention and multi-sensory and interactive methods. The title includes a review of different popular phonics programmes, set against the DfE (2011) criteria for high-quality phonics teaching.What's new to this edition?Audit and test sections at the end of every chapter so students can test themselves and see how much progress they've madeA new chapter reviewing the use of technology to support the teaching of phonics.
Contents
Section 11. Discriminating sounds and phonemes2. Challenges3. Grapheme-phoneme correspondences and 'tricky' or common exception words4. Decoding and encoding text5. Long vowel digraphs - the advanced alphabetic code6. Phonics into spellingSection 2: Effective pedagogy7. Teaching phonics in the early years8. Multi-sensory and interactive methods9. Teaching a systematic structured progression10. Planning for phonics11. Tracking and assessing pupils' learning and effective intervention12. Teaching phonics in Key Stage 213. Using a range of programmes and resources14. Using technology to support the teaching of phonics
