Phonics planning

On my 'phonics blog' I am writing a whole series of planning sessions aimed at children with SEN or children who are falling behind. Each day I am adding a lesson. You can access all the lessons so far by looking on this link.

Letters and Sounds planning, week 6 for children with SEN

Two of my children are struggling with the difference between /n/ and /m/. They just can't hear the difference. I have planned one little session using a rubbish bin and treasure box where they have to sort picture cards between rubbish and treasure. Also I plan to use mirrors so the children can look at the shape of their mouths when they say each sound. Apart from that the children are really starting to make progress. Their writing is improving but they still need more work on the PGCs. Hear the phoneme and write it down. So you will find lots of 'quickwrite' sessions too.


Planning week 6

Letters and Sounds planning, week 5 for children with SEN

This is week five planning for my group. The children are excellent at reading the sounds now but not so good at writing them. I have put a huge emphasis this week on 'quickwrite'. The children need lots of practise at writing the sounds. We are also only learning 2 sounds this week. I will assess whether they can cope with anymore at the end of next week.

Week 5 Planning

Letters and Sounds phase 2 planning, week 4 for children with SEN

This is for next week so I won't be posting anymore until next weekend. I am giving my group a break from learning new sounds this week. We are just playing lots of games, practising blending, segmenting and getting our grapheme/phoneme correspondances really fast.

Week four planning

Letters and Sounds planning, phase 2, week 3 for children with SEN

Here is the 3rd weeks planning. I am now teaching only 2 letters per week and for next week I will not be teaching anymore letters. My group are pretty good now at the sounds I have taught but need lots and lots of practise with blending and segmenting. I have one star blender in the group and one child who nearly gets it but gets the end sound wrong. The rest can just about hear a blend when I say the sounds. As for segmenting some of the group are still struggling to hear initial sounds. I have 2 in the group who can now segment a cvc word. I am trying to cater for all these children in these plans. I hope they may give you some ideas of how you can teach phonics to small groups.

Week three planning

Letters and Sounds planning, phase 2, week 2 for children with SEN

Here is week 2. It is important to mention that I won't be teaching tricky words for a while. I need my little group blending and segmenting cvc words and I don't want to confuse them with tricky words. You have to make your own decisions based on the children you teach.


Week Two Planning

I also use this assessment sheet which you may find useful.

Letters and Sounds planning, phase 2 week 1 for children with SEN

I thought I would share my planning for Letters and Sounds phase 2. This planning is written for SEN children. I will add a week at a time. I think it's important to make the sessions fun, multisensory, visual and with lots to do. The sessions need to be pacey to keep interest. We like to sing songs and I find that really useful for keeping everyone on task. I have added hyperlinks in the planning to resources on this blog which I have made for this group.

Week One Planning