Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 Let's look together
When we read, the words should match the letters and make sense together. We do not guess from a picture. If a word sounds wrong, stop. Look from left to right, say the taught sounds, blend again and reread the whole sentence.
The print says, 'The red hen sat on the nest.' If someone reads 'The red hen sat on the net,' the last word does not match all the letters. Look at n-e-s-t, blend nest, then reread the sentence correctly.
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I hear net, but I see an s before t. I point to n-e-s-t, blend nest and reread: 'The red hen sat on the nest.' Now the spoken word matches the print and the sentence makes sense.
3 Your turn
The print says 'A frog jumps into the pond.' Your adult pretends to read pool. What should you do?
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Let's check together
Stop and look at p-o-n-d, blend pond using taught correspondences, then reread the complete sentence with pond.
4 Try it away from the page
Ask an adult to make one pretend substitution in a short sentence matched to your taught phonics. Find it by checking the print, correct it and reread smoothly.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Use only words containing taught correspondences. Meaning is a final check after decoding, never a reason to guess an unknown printed word from a picture or first letter.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Blend and reread words matched to taught sound-spelling knowledge.
Explain vocabulary, find information, infer and predict with evidence.