Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in Primary Schools

by Wendy Jolliffe, David Waugh, Angela Gill

The government prioritizes systematic synthetic phonics as a key strategy in the teaching of reading and this is your guide to teaching systematic synthetic phonics in primary schools.

This text supports trainee teachers working towards primary QTS through the exploration of a range of aspects of phonics teaching.  It gives a balance of research and practice and allows trainees to develop and in-depth understanding of what works in phonics teaching, and why.

It begins with the subject knowledge that underpins effective teaching - key aspects of the alphabetic code from discriminating sounds and phonemes to teaching long vowel phonemes and their different spellings and pronunciations. It goes on to explore pedagogy from the early years to Key Stage2 giving guidance on, among others, systematic progression, intervention and multi-sensory and interactive methods.  The title includes a review of different popular phonics programmes, set against the DfE (2011) criteria for high-quality phonics teaching.

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Genres: School

352 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard going, mainly because I struggle with the subject matter. Get the feeling this will become more relevant in september! Prescribed pre PGCE reading... I've read it. Lots of references in it that I feel would be useful to follow up, so that's next on my to-do list.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read but most of it was covered at university.