Phonics Teacher Guide Reception

The Foundations of Phonics, Engaging Activity Ideas, Lesson Plans, Progress Tracking and Assessment

This teacher guide is an essential resource for using Dandelion Launchers and Dandelion Readers for children in Reception learning to read

This guide designed for teachers provides an overview of phonics, including explanations of key phonic concepts, terms and methodologies; an overview of the Phonic Books programme; assessment; and guidance for pronunciation and teaching of high-frequency words. There are also structured lesson plans for varying amounts of time. These plans are full of engaging and effective activities which are easy to implement.

This phonics teacher guide features:

• A time-saving guide for teachers to help with lesson planning and preparation.
• Teaching material aimed at children aged 3-5.
• Jargon-busting explanations and step-by-step easily implemented lessons, especially for anyone new to teaching phonics.
• Activities included, such as word building and word chains, that will engage pupils and implement previously taught skills.

This guide conveniently breaks down each lesson into five main sections: Revision, Preparation, Application, Consolidation and Tracking Progress. This enables each lesson to meet the phonics requirements, as well as more general literacy requirements and ensure pupils are concurrently learning how to read for meaning from the start.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.

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