What is decoding?
What is decoding? Decoding in phonics is about figuring out the sounds that letters and groups of letters make, then blending them together to say the whole word out loud. When children learn phonics, they are learning how to decode words by understanding the sounds (phonemes) that the letters (graphemes) represent. This helps them to […]
What is oral blending?
Oral blending is… ‘Oral blending’ is the spoken version of ‘blending for reading’. Learners are encouraged to orally blend phonemes (sounds) together to form a full word. In schools, children will listen out for sounds and try to make a word from them. For example, the child will hear the sounds /d/ – /o/ – […]
What is segmenting?
Segmenting Segmenting refers to the skill of breaking down full words into their individual sounds (phonemes). Segmenting words and blending phonemes are crucial skills that new readers develop and practice overtime. Segmenting helps them recognise the individual sounds that form words. How are children taught to segment? 1. They Learn Sounds: Children learn the sounds […]
What is a digraph?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. A digraph is… In UK phonics, a digraph refers to two letters that make a single sound when they appear together in a word. These letters work together to […]
What is a grapheme?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. A grapheme is… A grapheme is a unit of a written language’s writing system, representing a single sound (phoneme). Essentially, it’s a symbol or letter that corresponds to a […]
What is a phoneme?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. A phoneme is… A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language. Phonemes are like the building blocks of spoken words and when combined they make full […]