Phonics International

To date I am happy with our progress using the PI programme. The strong emphasis that was placed on the idea of the language being a code has been largely understood and is being applied in reading and spelling. I used the Sound Activity Sheets from Unit 2 as a foundation for the approach I was usin...

Thanks Susan.

Hi Debbie'

I was just wondering if there is such a thing as a reverse Alphabetic Code Chart. By that I mean sonmething that says


The grapheme ea = /e/ /ai/ /ee/
The grapheme e = /e/ /ee/

etc

Thanks

Hi Debbie, Thanks for your quick response and don't worry about sounding critical of my methods. My intention is to regualrly post here and raise questions I have regarding your programme. I welcome your detailed and honest responses and I will combine them with my own experiences to hopefully achie...

Hi Debbie, I would be interested in your opinion on the importance of accuracy in reading the I can read texts. As I have said before I am working with older children (11 and 12) who have struggled with reading. I have decided to start the programme at Unit 2 and I am happy with how we are progressi...

Just starting using the programme with two groups of two boys. The boys are around eleven years old and they enjoyed finding a grapheme that is not on the chart. The word was cough /k/ /o/ /f/ A favourite game at the moment is two boys standing in front of the chart and racing to find the graphemes ...

Hi Debbie, I am looking at trialing a phonics approach with some of our older children, 10 to 12 year olds, who are struggling with English. I have quite a few years of experience promoting synthetic phonics in our younger classes, but I would like to try a phonics programme with some of our older c...