Jolly Phonics

September 20, 2012                                         

Grade 1

 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

What is Jolly Phonics?

Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centered approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups as shown below.

Letter Sound Order

The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building words as early as possible.

How does Jolly Phonics work?

Using a synthetic phonics approach, Jolly Phonics teaches children the five key skills for reading and writing. Complemented by Jolly Readers and Jolly Grammar, it provides a thorough foundation for teaching literacy over three years in school.

The five skills taught in Jolly Phonics

1.Learning the letter sounds

Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue.

2.Learning letter formation

Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters.

3.Blending

Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to read and write new words.

4.Identifying the sounds in words (Segmenting)

Listening for the sounds in words gives children the best start for improving spelling.

5.Tricky words

Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.

 

To date we have learned the following letters:

s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h.

We have been diligently forming words. We have been learning the sounds, actions, spelling and orally putting these words into sentences. We will soon be starting daily writing and putting these newly learned words into practice. The following is a list of words we have been working on daily:(see attached list) Please feel free to print these words out and cut apart and use as flash cards.

Please spend five to ten minutes in the evening going through the words with your child. I appreciate your support. Thank you in advance!

 

 

 

sat	sap	tip
sit	it	pit
pat	tap	sip
tan	sin	tin
pin	pan	snip
snap	ink	tick
peck	pet	at
ant	neck	pen
set	tack	sack
can	kin	pick
pack	kit	cat
past	hen	hit
hat	hint	heck
has	hip