The Magic of Phonics and Word Building · Autumn Term

Decoding and Blending

Focusing on GPCs (grapheme-phoneme correspondences) to blend sounds into words.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do individual sounds change when we push them together?
  2. 2Why do some letters make different sounds in different words?
  3. 3What strategies can we use when we meet a word we do not recognize?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS1: English - Reading (Word Reading)KS1: English - Phonics
Year: Year 1
Subject: English
Unit: The Magic of Phonics and Word Building
Period: Autumn Term

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