Phonics Teacher Guide Reception

This teacher guide is an essential resource for using Dandelion Launchers and Dandelion Readers for children in Reception learning to read. This guide, designed for teachers, provides an overview of phonics, including explanations of key phonic concepts, terms, and methodologies; an overview of the Phonic Books programme; assessment; and guidance for pronunciation and teaching of high-frequency words. There are also structured lesson plans for varying amounts of time. These plans are full of engaging and effective activities that are easy to implement.

This phonics teacher guide features a time-saving resource for teachers to assist with lesson planning and preparation, teaching material aimed at children aged 3-5, jargon-busting explanations, and step-by-step easily implemented lessons, especially for anyone new to teaching phonics. Activities included, such as word building and word chains, will engage pupils and reinforce previously taught skills.

This guide conveniently breaks down each lesson into five main sections: revision, preparation, application, consolidation, and tracking progress. This enables each lesson to meet the phonics requirements, as well as more general literacy requirements, ensuring pupils are concurrently learning how to read for meaning from the start.

What is phonics? Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to form words. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in publishing decodable, systematic books that support this structured literacy instruction.