Clase Primary School
Ysgol Gynradd y Clâs
Phonics
Welcome to Monster Phonics
Monster Phonics is a fun and structured way for children to learn to read.
It follows a clear step-by-step phonics programme, but adds extra support to make learning easier and more memorable. Colours and friendly Monster characters help children remember tricky sounds like long vowels and silent letters.
These supports are used often at first and then gradually removed as children become more confident, independent readers. The monsters each represent a sound, which makes phonics enjoyable and helps children learn more quickly.
Meet the Monsters
Watch this video to learn about all the different Monsters and the sounds they make!
Pure Letter Sounds
Using pure sounds (like /s/ not “suh”) helps children learn to read more easily. It makes it simpler for them to blend sounds together to read words, spell correctly, and avoid getting confused by extra noises. Pure sounds keep reading clear and straightforward, helping children become confident readers.
For more information or guides visit the parent section of the Monster Phonics website below!
https://monsterphonics.com/phonics-support-for-parents/
Phase One
Phonics Activities
Handwriting & Fine Motor Activities
Phonics Words Explained
When you are searching for different phonics activities you may come across some of these words. We understand that these might be difficult to understand, so thought we'd do our best to try and explain them to you.
| Phoneme | This is a sound. A sound can be made up of one, two or three letters. The English language has 44 different sounds! |
| Grapheme | These are the letters and groups of letters that make up a sound. Sometimes one letter will represent a sound, but at other times more than one letter will represent a sound. |
| Digraph | A sound that is made up of two letters, e.g. sh. |
| Trigraph | A sound that is made up of three letters, e.g. igh. |
| Decode | This is working out what a word is, in many ways 'breaking the code'. To do this, children need to use a combination of skills and knowledge. |
| Blending | This is the skill of joining sounds together to read words. Children are taught to say the separate sounds in a word and to then blend them together to decode the word. |
| Split Digraph | A digraph that is split in two by other letters, e.g. the sound 'a' in take is represented by the split digraph a_e. |
| Segmenting | This is the opposite of blending. You take a whole word and separate it into it's individual sounds, e.g. cat: c - a - t. |
