Phase Four
Children entering phase 4 will know the 44 phonemes, and be able to blend phonemes to read CVC words and segment CVC words for spelling. They will have some experience in reading two-syllable words and captions. They will know letter names and be able to read and spell some tricky words. In week 5, children will learn a series of suffixes including s/es, ing, ed, er, est, although these are already decodable, they will help children whilst reading, and also link to the KS1 national expectations.
The purpose of phase 4 is to consolidate children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.
Each week of our phase 4 phonics scheme comprises of 5 lessons that follow the four part lesson sequence suggested in the Letters and Sounds framework.
Each lesson will develop the skill of reading and writing words with adjacent consonants and reading polysyllabic words, incorporating them into sentences with the sounds and tricky words learned in phases 2 and 3.
There are 5 weeks in total for phase 4, after which we recommend moving onto our phase 5 phonics programme.
Weeks
5 weeks - 25 lessons
Sounds
Adjacent consonants, ccvc, cvcc, Phase 3 graphemes, Phase 3 phonemes, Polysyllabic words
Introduction to Phase 4
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What is learnt in phase 4 phonics?
- Consolidation of children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.
- Blending and segmenting CVCC and CCVC words.
- Reading of some high-frequency ‘tricky’ words including: your, said, so, have, like, some, come, out, were, there, little, one, do, when, what.
- To blend and segment longer words including simple words containing more than one syllable.
- To read or write sentences using one or more high-frequency words and words containing adjacent consonants.
- Recognition and recall of phase 2 and 3 graphemes and reading and spelling CVC words.
- To read and write simple sentences.
What's included?
Time for Phonics provides teachers with a specialist created Letters and Sounds phonics scheme for phase 4, including:
- Daily and weekly phase 4 phonics planning, following the Letters and Sounds progression.
- Phase 4 decodable texts and mini-books.
- On-demand phonics training videos.
- Phase 4 interactive online phonics games that work on any computer or device.
- Handwriting resources.
- Accompanying low-prep phase 4 phonics resources.
- Phase 4 phonics assessments to track your pupils' progress.
Suitable for both phonics and non-specialists, with fresh ideas and inspiration,
Time for Phonics is a systematic, synthetic phonics scheme for everyone!
In this first week of Phase 4, children will revise the phase 2 and 3 graphemes and phonemes and learn to read and spell some CVCC words. They will also read sentences containing high frequency and tricky words.
Allow: 1:30 - 2:30 Hours
Sounds: cvcc
In this second week of Phase 4, children will continue revising phase 2 and 3 graphemes and phonemes and will learn to read CCVC words. They will also learn to write CVCC and CCVC words as well as learn the phase 4 tricky words have, like, some, come, was and you.
Allow: 1:30 - 2:30 Hours
Sounds: ccvc, cvcc
In this third week of Phase 4, children will continue revising phase 3 graphemes and phonemes and will start reading words with adjacent consonants. Children will work on the tricky words: were, there, little, one, they, all and are. They will also work on reading and making simple sentences.
Allow: 1:30 - 2:30 Hours
Sounds: Adjacent consonants, Phase 3 graphemes, Phase 3 phonemes
In this fourth week of Phase 4, children will continue to revise phase 2 and 3 phonemes and graphemes, as well as recognising, saying and reading and writing words with adjacent consonants. Children will also have a go at reading sentences with polysyllabic words.
Allow: 1:30 - 2:30 Hours
Sounds: Adjacent consonants, Phase 3 graphemes, Phase 3 phonemes, Polysyllabic words
In this last week of Phase 4, learning will cover suffixes, including s/es, ed, ing, est and er. Although these are already decodable, they will help children whilst reading, and also link to the KS1 national expectations.
Allow: 1:30 - 2:30 Hours
Sounds: ed, er, est, ing, s/es
Easy to use phase 4 assessment materials to track children's progress as they work through phase 4. Includes:
- tick sheet assessment/record of all phase 4 learning, tricky and high frequency words.
- tracker to help identify the lowest 20% of pupils and assign the most appropriate decodable text.
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