Phonics &
Comprehension
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What is Phonics?
The English written language is an alphabetic code. Letters (graphemes) are symbols that represent the individual sounds (phonemes) of spoken language. Phonics is understanding the relationship between the sounds and the letter/s that represent them.
There are a number of different approaches to teaching phonics, all with varying levels of effectiveness. The evidence is clear, however, that systematic, synthetic phonics is the most effective approach.
A synthetic phonics approach teaches beginner readers:
grapheme–phoneme (letter–sound) correspondences (the alphabetic principle) in a clearly defined, incremental sequence
to apply the highly important skill of blending (synthesising) phonemes in order, to read a word
to apply the skills of segmenting words into their constituent phonemes to spell.
that blending and segmenting are reversible processes.
Synthetic Phonics Teaching Programs
Fully Decodable Readers
Foundation to Year 2
52 fiction and non-fiction texts, fully aligned to Letters and Sounds.
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Foundation to Year 4
Small steps of progression to ensure independent reading from day one.
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Foundation to Year 2
100% decodable retellings of classic tales with clear phonic progression.
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Practise decoding and comprehension with a curated library
Oxford has over 300 titles that are fully decodable and sequenced to
Letters and Sounds. We've mapped all of the series to each phase, so you can pick and choose your favourites and create your own decodable reading list!
Browse the different series and titles below and use the correlation chart to match them to the Phonics sequence. Then, contact your local Education Consultant to talk through your school's needs and place an order.
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