The Essential Phonics Toolkit

The Essential Phonics Toolkit
August 2025 | 248 pages | Sage UK
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Unlock the magic of teaching phonics with this supportive guide for educators!

In this practical guide, teacher and educator Katie Whitehead takes you through the teaching of phonics from the first steps of building phonological awareness to the fostering of confident readers.

Suitable for all phonics schemes, this supportive guide brings you practical tips, key explanations and over 50 multi-sensory activities for every stage of learning.  It includes guidance on theory, pedagogy, differentiation, and strategies for supporting struggling readers, empowering you to create an engaging and inclusive phonics learning experience in your classroom or setting.

Whether you're new to phonics or developing your professional knowledge, this book is your ultimate phonics teaching resource.

Contents

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Preparing Children for Phonics

2. Preparing Children for Phonics

3. Starting School

3. Starting School

4. Introducing Letters and Sounds

4. Introducing Letters and Sounds

5. Blending to Read

5. Blending to Read

6. Segmenting to Spell

6. Segmenting to Spell

7. Digraphs and Trigraphs

7. Digraphs and Trigraphs

8. Moving on from CVC words

8. Moving on from CVC words

9. Reading Longer Words

9. Reading Longer Words

10. High Frequency Words

10. High Frequency Words

11. Learning to Read and Spell More Complex Words

11. Learning to Read and Spell More Complex Words

12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

13. Developing a Love of Reading

13. Developing a Love of Reading

14. What does an effective Phonics lesson look like?

14. What does an effective Phonics lesson look like?

15. Ofsted Inspections and Reading Deep Dives

15. Ofsted Inspections and Reading Deep Dives

Description

Unlock the magic of teaching phonics with this supportive guide for educators!

In this practical guide, teacher and educator Katie Whitehead takes you through the teaching of phonics from the first steps of building phonological awareness to the fostering of confident readers.

Suitable for all phonics schemes, this supportive guide brings you practical tips, key explanations and over 50 multi-sensory activities for every stage of learning.  It includes guidance on theory, pedagogy, differentiation, and strategies for supporting struggling readers, empowering you to create an engaging and inclusive phonics learning experience in your classroom or setting.

Whether you're new to phonics or developing your professional knowledge, this book is your ultimate phonics teaching resource.

Contents

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Preparing Children for Phonics

2. Preparing Children for Phonics

3. Starting School

3. Starting School

4. Introducing Letters and Sounds

4. Introducing Letters and Sounds

5. Blending to Read

5. Blending to Read

6. Segmenting to Spell

6. Segmenting to Spell

7. Digraphs and Trigraphs

7. Digraphs and Trigraphs

8. Moving on from CVC words

8. Moving on from CVC words

9. Reading Longer Words

9. Reading Longer Words

10. High Frequency Words

10. High Frequency Words

11. Learning to Read and Spell More Complex Words

11. Learning to Read and Spell More Complex Words

12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

13. Developing a Love of Reading

13. Developing a Love of Reading

14. What does an effective Phonics lesson look like?

14. What does an effective Phonics lesson look like?

15. Ofsted Inspections and Reading Deep Dives

15. Ofsted Inspections and Reading Deep Dives

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The Essential Phonics Toolkit


August 2025 | 248 pages | Sage UK

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Paperback 06/01/2025 9781529683448 $34.00
Hardcover 06/01/2025 9781529683455 $135.00
180 Day Ebook 03/09/2025 9781036202934 $20.00
Lifetime 03/09/2025 9781036202934 $29.00

Unlock the magic of teaching phonics with this supportive guide for educators!

In this practical guide, teacher and educator Katie Whitehead takes you through the teaching of phonics from the first steps of building phonological awareness to the fostering of confident readers.

Suitable for all phonics schemes, this supportive guide brings you practical tips, key explanations and over 50 multi-sensory activities for every stage of learning.  It includes guidance on theory, pedagogy, differentiation, and strategies for supporting struggling readers, empowering you to create an engaging and inclusive phonics learning experience in your classroom or setting.

Whether you're new to phonics or developing your professional knowledge, this book is your ultimate phonics teaching resource.

Table Of Contents:

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Preparing Children for Phonics
  • 3. Starting School
  • 4. Introducing Letters and Sounds
  • 5. Blending to Read
  • 6. Segmenting to Spell
  • 7. Digraphs and Trigraphs
  • 8. Moving on from CVC words
  • 9. Reading Longer Words
  • 10. High Frequency Words
  • 11. Learning to Read and Spell More Complex Words
  • 12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
  • 13. Developing a Love of Reading
  • 14. What does an effective Phonics lesson look like?
  • 15. Ofsted Inspections and Reading Deep Dives

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