Phonics

Phonics Challenge.

Do you know these trigraphs?  Can you write some words with them in?

igh,  ear,   air,   ure

Can you write some sentences using these words?

light,  dear,  hair,  pure

We are now learning about Split Diagraphs.  These are the sounds we will be learning this half term.

a-e,  e-e,  I-e,  o-e,  u-e

Can you help your child recognise these sounds in words?

game,  these,  lives,  home,  cube  

Key phonics Vocabulary.

Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound in a word
Grapheme - letter(s) representing a phoneme: t, ai, igh
Digraph - two letters which make one sound
•A consonant digraph contains two consonants sh ck th ll
•A vowel digraph contains at least one vowel ai ee ar oy
Trigraph - three letters, which make one sound tch ear igh dge
Split vowel - a digraph in which the two letters are not adjacent (e.g. a-e as in make or i-e in site)