Letters and sounds what is a gpc

Phonics Resources Sheet. Phonics is about the links between letters and the sounds they make. Phoneme: The smallest unit of sound. There are approximately 44 phonemes in English depending on different accents. Phonemes can be put together to make words. Grapheme: A way of writing down a phoneme. Graphemes can be made up from 1 letter e. Knowing a GPC means being able to match a phoneme sound to a grapheme written representation and vice versa.

Digraph: A grapheme containing two letters that makes just one sound phoneme. Trigraph: A grapheme containing three letters that makes just one sound phoneme. Pure sounds: Pronouncing the sound phoneme correctly and not adding 'uh' to the end of the sound. Regular phonics sessions are taught from Nursery through to Year 2. A session is a daily minute structured lesson, where the children have the opportunity to practice reading and writing. These are expected to be taught during the following years:.

At each phase children are taught to recognise individual sounds, pairs and clusters of letters. In phonic sessions children are taught to recognise letters, understand the sound they make and then blend them together to create words. Some words, which cannot be phonetically sounded out, are taught at each phase. In a statutory check was introduced in Year 1. The check assesses phonics knowledge learnt in Reception phase 3 and in Year 1 phase 4,5.

It was developed to help identify the children who need extra help with decoding and blending before they begin Year 2. For information on the Phonics Screening Check please see the attached coffee morning powerpoint. There are many great websites and apps to help support phonics learning at home.

Here are some of our favourites used in school:. Phoneme - The smallest unit of sound.