Rising Stars Essentials: Phonics

Rising Stars Essentials are designed to give teachers a quick and easy way to top-up their knowledge and boost their skills. These handy paperbacks offer unique and creative ideas and are packed full of practical advice and expert tips. Phonics Essentials is aimed at teachers who want to extend their knowledge and understanding of phonics. Starting with the English alphabetic code and a full explanation of what synthetic phonics is, the book goes on to cover how to teach blending and segmenting skills, high-frequency and tricky words; what to teach and in what order; phonics for reading and phonics for writing; as well as advice on teaching phonics to older beginner readers. Ideal for non-specialist teachers (both primary and secondary), NQTs and trainees as well as a handy knowledge top-up for more experienced phonics teachers.