The purpose of Phase 5 is for children to broaden their knowledge of graphemes and phonemes for use in reading and spelling. They will learn new graphemes and alternative pronunciations for some graphemes, e.g. the ‘ou’ grapheme makes a different sound in the words ‘mouth’ and ‘shoulder’. Children become quicker at recognising graphemes and at blending the phonemes they represent. When spelling words, they will learn to choose the appropriate graphemes to represent phonemes and begin to build word-specific knowledge of the spellings of words. We can teach children how to make ‘best bets’ (best guess) when spelling new or unfamiliar words.
New sounds in Phase 5:
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ay day |
oy boy |
wh when |
a-e make |
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ou out |
ir girl |
ph photo |
e-e these |
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ie tie |
ue blue |
ew new |
i-e like |
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ea eat |
aw saw |
oe toe |
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au Paul |
o-e home |
u-e rule |
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Alternative pronunciation for graphemes
Phase 5 introduces the idea that some graphemes can be pronounced in more than one way. E.g. the ‘ch’ grapheme can be pronounced in each of these ways: ‘check, chef and school’.
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i |
fin find |
g |
got giant |
ea |
eat bread |
y |
yes by very |
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o |
hot cold |
ow |
cow blow |
er |
farmer her |
ch |
chin school chef |
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c |
cat cent |
ie |
tie field |
a |
hat what |
ou |
out shoulder you |
Phase 5 tricky words for reading
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oh |
their |
people |
Mrs |
Mr |
looked |
asked |
called |
Phase 5 tricky words for spelling
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said |
so |
have |
like |
some |
come |
were |
there |
By the end of Phase 5 children should:
- give the sound when shown any grapheme that has been taught.
- for any given sound, write the common graphemes.
- apply phonic knowledge and skill as the prime approach to reading and spelling unfamiliar words that are not completely decodable.
- read and spell phonically decodable two-syllable and three-syllable words.
- read automatically all the words in the list of 100 high-frequency words.
- accurately spell most of the words in the list of 100 high-frequency words.
- Children’s spellings should be phonetically plausible by the end of Phase 5.
