Jolly Phonics/ Leading the teaching of literacy

1.

Leading the teaching of literacy

2. The Research

“The Jolly Phonics children’s reading skills were 11
months above the level expected for their age”
“The synthetic phonics classes outperformed the
whole language classes on 16 out of 19
reading and spelling measures”
“The results demonstrated that Jolly Phonics
produced effects that were long-lasting”

3. 3 years of literacy teaching

1st Year
Jolly
Phonics
2nd Year
3rd Year
Jolly Grammar
Jolly Readers

4. 5 basic skills

1) Learning the letter sounds
2) Letter formation
3) Blending
4) Identifying sounds in words
5) Tricky Words

5. 1. Learning the letter sounds

6. Letter Sound Order

1) Learning Letter Sounds

7. Storylines and Actions

Learning the sound ‘s’
Action:
Weave hand like a
snake, saying ssssss
1) Learning Letter Sounds

8. The Phonics Handbook

• Detailed teaching notes
• Sound Sheets
• Games and Activities
1) Learning Letter Sounds

9. Digraphs

Two or more letters that make one sound
sh
1) Learning Letter Sounds

10. Alternative Vowel Sounds

Introduced as:
Alternatives taught later:
‘ai’ (rain)
‘ay’ (play) and ‘a-e’ (flame)
‘ee’ (feet)
‘ea’ (leaf)
‘oa’ (boat)
‘ow’ (snow) and ‘o-e’ (bone)
1) Learning Letter Sounds

11. 2. Letter Formation

12. Feel Formation

• Finger Phonics books
• On the board
• In the air
2) Letter Formation

13. Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip
• ‘Froggy Legs’
movement
2) Letter Formation

14. Writing Letters

• Tracing dots
• Pencil stroke directions
• Joining tails
• Joined-up (cursive)
handwriting
2) Letter Formation

15. 3. Blending

16. Sounding Out Letters

s-u-n
3) Blending
b-oy

17. Blending Activities

• Pointing to letters
one-by-one
s
• Miming words
• Word boxes
• Read and See books
3) Blending
p
a
i
n
h
f
t

18. Words with Consonant Blends

• pl-a-n……..plan
• tr-i-ck……..trick
• br-u-sh……brush
3) Blending
tr
pl gr cr
dw fl
scr
spl
br
thr

19. 4. Identifying Sounds in Words

20. Hearing Individual Sounds

• Hearing one sound
• Identifying all sounds in a word
4) Identifying Sounds in Words

21. Games and Activities

Identifying sounds
I-Spy
Counting sounds
Word families
Rhyming words
Take away a sound
Chopping Game
4) Identifying Sounds in Words

22. Dictation

• Dictate letter sounds
• CVC words
• Homework writing
books
4) Identifying Sounds in Words

23. 5. Learning Tricky Words

24. Tricky Words

• Reading – blend and learn
• Spelling Techniques
– Look, cover, write and check
– Say it as it sounds
– Mnemonics
5) Tricky Words

25. At the end of the 1st nine weeks

The majority of children can:
• Read and write 42 letter sounds
• Form letters correctly, with tripod grip
• Blend regular words eg. leg, flag, shoot
• Write simple words by listening for sounds
• Read and spell some of tricky words

26. Independent Writing

27. Independent Writing

• Ian is 5 years
• In the first 18 weeks
of school
• A typical student in
the class

28. First Year Timetable

First part of year
Second part of year
Last part of year
1
Teach 42 sounds
Introduce letter names
Teach alternative spellings
Revise alternative spellings
2
Teach how to form
letters correctly
Teach handwriting rules and give
writing practice
Give handwriting practice
3
Teach how to blend simple
regular words
• Introduce Jolly Readers
• Blending practice with
alternative spellings
Continue with Jolly Readers
and blending practice
4
Teach how to write words by
listening for sounds
Dictation – words and
sentences
• Independent writing
• Continue dictation practice
5
Teach how to read and spell
a few tricky words
Reading and spelling of
more tricky words
First 60 tricky words taught

29.

Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Inky Mouse
& Friends
General Fiction
Nonfiction

30.

Books
per pack
Pages per Tricky words Alt Spellings Sentences
book
per book
per book
per page
Level 3
6
16
40
4
4
Level 2
6
12
20
0
2
Level 1
6
8
11
0
1

31.

Level 1
Some of the
words used in
Level 1 :
• dog
• fish
• silver
• ground
• strongest
• sleeping
• squirrel
Example Tricky Words:
• I, the, was, have

32. First year checklist

Knows sounds
Blends regular words
with these sounds
Writes regular words
with these sounds
s a t i p n
ai j oa ie ee or
ay ea igh ow ew
Knows sound
Knows name
Forms correctly
Alphabet – lower case letters
Alphabet – capital letters
Sings/recites
Knows
Alphabet order
1-10
Able to read tricky words
Able to spell tricky words
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60

33.

1st Year
Jolly Phonics
2nd Year
3rd Year
Jolly Grammar
Jolly Grammar
The Grammar Handbook 1
Jolly Grammar Big Book 1
The Grammar Handbook 2
Jolly Grammar Big Book 2
Jolly Dictionary
Jolly Readers

34.

The Grammar Handbooks
• Similar format to The
Phonics Handbook
• Spelling & Grammar
lessons
• Actions for grammar
points

35.

Jolly Grammar Big Books
• Gr Hbks + Gr Big Bks
• Coding
– eg. Verbs are red
• Dictionary lessons

36.

Leading the teaching of literacy

37. Precursive or Print Letters?

Precursive letters have
‘exit’ strokes to encourage
cursive writing
Print letters are standard
letters, without ‘exit’
strokes