Preparatory Phonics Planning

During week 1 children are:

• introduced to the concept of connecting sounds with symbols
• encouraged to play sound games to develop their awareness of language sounds
• supported to build their spoken vocabulary
• given a baseline assessment of their reading skills

Resources you can use for these activities include:

• The Phonics Progress and Monitoring Pack
• How to Become a Wizzy Word slides (free)
• The Sounds Write guide to making sounds with phonics
• The Phonics Vocabulary Builder