This course is for teachers and support staff who need an entry level course to kick-start a phonics program. If you want to know what sounds to teach first, how to teach teach those sounds and how to get your students to read and write them, then this is the phonics course for you.
We give you an easy to follow routine to teach the sounds and then a second routine that shows you how to get your students to put those sounds together to form three letter words. Together these routines set you up with a solid base on which to grow a healthy phonics program.
These 15 minute phonics routines will become a fantastic addition to your reading program.
As you can see from our developmental progression, this is the very first step toward reading proficiency.
Do you want to have a look under the bonnet?
Flexible learning - In-your-own-time, at-your-own- pace OR do it all at once.
Come back regularly to review and consolidate your understanding
Teaching Scripts support your delivery of the routines.
Letter and Picture Flash Cards to download and use in your lessons.
Downloadable Course Book - an at-your-fingertips reference for the classroom.
We show you exactly what teaching phonics is like, either in a small group or with a whole class, with real classroom footage. Subtitles and important notes make it very easy for you to process and adopt the structured phonics routines.
READ /LISTEN TO - Clear explanations of each learning goal
WATCH - annotated video modelling of the teaching expectation
HAVE A GO - go away and practise what you have learnt on your class
COME BACK and REVIEW
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SharpPhonics has 4 units and each unit is a nice self-contained piece of learning.
We give you clear guidance on what sounds and letters to teach first and what comes next in 7 incremental stages.
An explanation of each of the stages, how long it takes to work through each stage and what you need.
Assessment tools so you can pinpoint what your students have learned and what will have to be reviewed.
The content and the delivery have been trialed and tested over many years by phonics specialists at Yolanda Soryl Literacy.
When you teach your first lesson your students will respond quickly to the structure of the phonics routines. They will say the right sounds and words and begin to read and write letters before your eyes. Student success breeds a cycle of confidence for all involved.
Being confident in what you are teaching is a very gratifying feeling. It comes from knowing what you are doing, why you are doing it, and having a regular routine that you can rely on. Teaching phonics is now expected in every junior classroom and needs a solid well tested approach to provide this confidence.
Our approach to teaching phonics has been used extensively throughout New Zealand classrooms as it is easy to pick up and replicate to become a solid part of your daily literacy program. Its a structure you can rely on.
Within days you will be able to teach our phonics routine. If you are ever unsure you can contact us at any time to access our knowledge and experience.
This training programme is the result of a collaboration with Yolanda Soryl Literacy (a very well know NZ phonics consultancy) and SharpReading.
Yolanda has had twenty-eight years of classroom teaching in New Zealand and the UK and is a recognized specialist in her field. She is an ‘Advanced Skills Teacher’, a Reading Recovery teacher and an itinerant teacher working with children with Special Needs. She also trained in First Steps and Multilit.
Brian has been involved in education for 30 years as a teacher, teacher trainer and international education consultant. Over the last 10 years he has worked with specialists like Yolanda, to produce educational training in a clear step by step format. The aim is to enable teachers with new skills and practice withing hours of starting a course.