RP Rocket Phonics Parent Guide - Web - Updated Nov24 - Flipbook - Page 11
Simple phonics glossary
The phonics glossary below includes the main key terms that are useful to
know when supporting your child to read using phonics.
blending
The process of using phonics for reading. Children identify and
blend the individual sounds together to hear and say the whole
word.
These represent how words are structured.
The ‘c’ = consonant and the ‘v’ = vowel.
cvc, ccvc, cvcc
E.g.
cat = cvc
drip = ccvc
milk = cvcc
common exception
word (CEW)
Sometimes called a tricky word, these words have an unusual
or tricky spelling, e.g. said, one, their. They are not spelt as they
sound.
grapheme
A letter or group of letters representing one sound. A grapheme is
what the sound looks like when written down; the letter shape.
phoneme
The sound that a letter or group of letters makes. This may also be
referred to as a letter-sound.
segmenting
Using phonics skills to support spelling and writing. Children
listen to the whole word and break it up into the letter-sounds.
E.g. ‘lunch’ can be segmented as l-u-n-ch.
sound out
Encouraging children to say each individual sound in a word
before saying the whole word aloud.
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