Notes for Parents and Teachers - Phonic Pack 3
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Notes for Parents and Teachers - Phonic Pack 3.
Phonic Pack Three for Parents, Tutors and Teachers
This Phonic Pack follows Phonic Packs One and Two.
Phonic Pack One introduces the single sounds, sounding out two and three letter
words and listening for beginning, middle and end sounds. Phonic Pack One also
covers writing the correct letter formation for each capital and lower case letter
of the alphabet and writing two and three letter words.
Phonic Pack Two covers double letters, initial and final blends and 6 digraphs (ck, th, wh, ch, sh and ee.) It also covers ‘e’ as in me, ‘y’ as in sky, ‘ing’ as in ring, ‘old’ as in gold, ‘all’ as in ball and ‘y’ as in teddy.
Common sight words are also introduced in this Pack.
Phonic Pack Three consists of 42 lessons and covers digraphs ar, ai, oa, ea, ow
(cow), ur, ay, ir, and oo (moon). It also covers i-e, a-e, o-e and u-e.
introduced in this Pack. A comprehension activity follows the introduction of
every sound because it is important that children comprehend what they read.
Writing sentences, with a capital letter and a full stop, is also emphasised in this
Phonic Pack.
I have prepared this Phonic Pack especially for parents to work with their children at home.
Tutors and teachers will also find the lessons invaluable as they progressively and systematically work through a direct phonic programme. These lessons could be your phonic programme. However, each lesson stands alone, so if tutors and teachers do not want to move through the programme lesson by lesson they can choose which lessons are applicable to their situation.
Working through this Phonic Pack will compliment your child’s school reading programme. Working progressively through these Phonic Packs provides a comprehensive Phonic Programme for teachers to use in the classroom.
It is important for you to read through and be well prepared for each lesson before working through it with your child. Your child will benefit more from the lesson if you know what that particular lesson is aiming to teach your child, and you are confident with presentation.
When a new digraph or sound is introduced, the words in the brackets in the caption under the picture are there to help you with pronunciation only. (This is an informal way of helping you know what to say).You do not read the words in the brackets aloud. eg ‘ar’ as in car, ‘a’ (ay), and ‘r’ (are) together say (using the sound) ‘ar’ as in car.
It is assumed your child knows the correct letter formations and correct pencil hold, as covered in Phonic Packs One and Two. Insist your child uses correct letter formation and pencil hold when writing. Keep the ‘Alphabet Sheet’ handy for quick reference.
Once a flashcard is introduced, practise it every day until it is well known. Practise the sounds with the picture at first. When your child is confident with this, introduce the flashcard without the picture clue.
Each child in your class could have a personal set of flashcards. You could play games with them to help with the children’s learning.
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eg Game One: The first child to hold up the flashcard for the digraph you have
just called out could be allowed to print that digraph on the board.
Game Two: Each child turns his/her flashcards over so the digraphs cannot be
seen. Teacher holds up a flashcard. Without looking, each child chooses one of
his/her flashcards and holds it up in the air. The children who have chosen the
digraph which matches the teacher’s is given a token. At the end of the game the
child with the most tokens wins.
I’m sure you can make up other games.
It is important for you to develop a routine for working through the lessons. One huge advantage of this pack is that your child will have one-to-one tutoring. It is important for your child to have your attention and guidance for each lesson.
It is important for your child to know you are positive, enthusiastic and happy to be committed to this programme.
Be liberal with your encouragement. Praise your child and give reward stickers for genuine effort. Your child is going to enjoy the learning more if he/she is succeeding.
Another huge advantage of this Parent Phonic Pack is that your child can move through it at his/her own pace. It is important for your child to progress at a pace where she/he can understand and remember the work being covered.
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About the lessons in Phonic Pack Three:
At the beginning of each lesson your child will write his/her name. By the end of this Phonic Pack your child should be able to confidently write her/his first and surname.
Let your child read the instructions for each lesson but cheerfully give help if needed. Reading the instructions gives your child important, purposeful reading practise.
If your child is more comfortable pointing to the words he/she is reading let him/her do so. This habit will be dropped as soon as he/she feels confident enough to read without it.
When covering the new words for the lesson make sure your child knows the meaning of each word. Putting the words into a sentence is a good exercise. It is putting the word into context and giving your child practise at ordering his/her thoughts.
All sentences your child writes should have a capital letter and a full stop.
You do not have to cover a whole lesson at each sitting. To be successful work at a comfortable pace for your child. It is important for your child to understand and be able to remember the work being covered.
When working an activity let your child read and then work with only as much help as she/he needs to succeed. Your child will remember better if he/she has worked the activity or exercise by him/herself.
Work with a lead pencil, then mistakes can easily be erased and corrected. Always correct mistakes. Your child will not get everything right all the time and will learn by correcting his/her mistakes.
When you dictate words for your child to write (after she/he has practised the words) let him/her write the word as he/she remembers it. Then get him/her to check it from the correct list - you do not check it, just supervise the process. If the word is spelt correctly let your child give it a tick. If the word is not spelt correctly ask your child to erase it and write it correctly. Take note of and come back to the words your child needs more time to learn another day.
Telling stories is an important exercise for your child. It encourages your child to get his/her thoughts in order and to sort the events of the story into a logical sequence. The stories do not have to be long.
Before your child writes a sentence ask her/him to say the sentence to you first. This helps clarify the sentence in your child’s mind and helps prevent him/her from ‘rambling’.
Listening to and following instructions are two important skills to be practised by your child.
At the beginning of each lesson encourage your child to read the number of the lesson and the page number. This is invaluable practise at reading numbers and number sequence.
We learn to read so we can read. It is important for your child to read his/her own books or books from the school or town library. I cannot emphasise this enough. It is important too, for you to read regularly to your child.
Looking at pages in books or papers and finding words with the digraph or sound being covered on that day is an excellent game to play with your child.
If you are not sure of the sound of a digraph (or other letters), say the word and listen for the sound.
Enjoy the journey.
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Resources needed for Phonic Pack Three:
Note: You may have some of these resources from previous Phonic Packs.
scrap book
coloured pencils
lead pencils
pencil sharpener
glue stick
scissors
eraser
textas
reward stickers
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