Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics - Audit and Test

A self audit and application text for trainee teachers to support them in the acquisition of subject knowledge for systematic synthetic phonics.

List of contents

Introduction
Discriminating Sounds and Phonemes
Challenges
Grapheme-phoneme Correspondences and ¿Tricky Words¿
Decoding and Encoding Text
Long Vowel Diagraphs
Spelling
Teaching Phonics in the Early Years
Multisensory Approaches
Teaching a Systematic and Structured Programme
Planning for Phonics
Tracking and Assessing Pupils¿ Learning
Phonics at Key Stage 2
Using a Range of Programmes and Resources
Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Initial Audit Answers
Appendix 2: Long Audit
Appendix 3: Long Audit Answers
Index

About the author

David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017.

Ruth Harrison-Palmer is a former acting head teacher. She has worked for the National Strategies and Cumbria Local Authority as a literacy consultant. Currently Ruth has a senior role in ITE at the University of Cumbria. 

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Harrison-Palmer, Harrison-Palmer Ruth, David Waugh, David Harrison-Palmer Waugh, Waugh David
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2013
• EAN: 9781446268940
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-6894-0
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Transforming Primary QTS Series; Transforming Primary QTS Series; Transforming Primary QTS
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; English, Teaching of a specific subject, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Literacy; Elementary English