Bug Club
Help with pronunciation
Each eBook comes with a guide to the letters and sounds the reader will encounter, so they can listen to the even if a teacher or parent is unavailable. Plus, each eBook has audio narration to help with pronunciation when children are reading independently.
Parent notes
Parent notes are available from the child's personalised home page to help parents offer exactly the right level of help and encouragement to their child as they practise reading at home.
Mr Thorne
Mr Thorne does Phonics also has a great introduction to phonics as well as a phonics blog . Click on the following links to see more.
Graphemes and their respective Phases.
Phase 2
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s |
a |
t |
p |
i |
n |
m |
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d |
g |
o |
c |
k |
ck |
e |
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u |
r |
h |
b |
f, ff |
l,ll |
ss |
Phase 3
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j |
v |
w |
x |
y |
z,zz |
qu |
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ch |
sh |
th,th |
ng |
ai |
ee |
igh |
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oa |
oo,oo |
ar |
or |
ur |
ow |
oi |
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ear |
air |
ure |
er |
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Phase 4
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ai rain |
ay day |
a-e gate |
ey they |
eigh eight |
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oa boat |
ow snow |
oe toe |
o-e home |
o go |
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ee tree |
ea eat |
ey key |
ie thief |
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igh night |
ie tie |
i-e time |
y fly |
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or for |
aw paw |
au autumn |
al talk |
our four |
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oi oil |
oy boy |
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oo moon |
ew new |
ue blue |
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ur burn |
ir bird |
er her |
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ow owl |
ou out |
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ear clear |
ere here |
eer deer |
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In phase 5 we also teach alternative pronunciation for graphemes
i – fin, find
o – hot, cold
a – hat, what
y – yes, by, very
ou – out, shoulder, could, you
c – cat, cent
g – got, giant
ea – eat, bread
ow – cow, blow
Other important graphemes
wh, ph, kn, gn
