Sound Phonics prepares children for full fluency in reading, writing and spellin
g by providing intensive practice in phonics. A comprehensive phonics resource,
it is fully compatible with 'Letters and Sounds' and any other incremental phoni
cs programme. Its graded activities, best completed with an adult, reinforce ear
ly literacy skills through listening and speaking, and support a multi-sensory a
pproach.
In Sound Phonics Phase Five, the child explores different pronunciat
ions of the same grapheme and different spellings of the same phoneme, and key s
pelling patterns are identified and practised. By Phase Five, children are more
skilled at recognising graphemes made up of more than one letter, so the use of
'sound buttons' is much reduced. Instead the emphasis is on 'sounding out' words
without them.
The use of phoneme frames is also phased out as children pract
ise spelling through counting phonemes, recognising spelling patterns or applyin
g spelling rules. Sound Phonics Phase Five Book 3 is the eighth book in the seri
es and a one-per-child activity book. It focuses on alternative spellings of 23
sounds and learning spelling patterns.
