New to Teaching Phonics Training Zone

We know getting your head around teaching a new area of the curriculum can be daunting. But we promise phonics lessons can be fun and easy to teach (and we’re not just saying that because we’re a phonics programme!).

We have a lot of short videos tackling different elements. To help you get started with confidence, we have identified six core training videos that we recommend you watch before heading over to the Intervention Training Zone to watch these short videos too.

If you find those interesting, you will find more to explore under them! We recommend you bookmark this page in your browser, because it is best to listen to the contents over more than one session.

Phonics is full of terminology which can seem confusing at first but is really straightforward once you get your head around it!

If there is any terminology that you are unsure of, we recommend you take a look through our Phonics Jargon videos before getting started with the core training videos.

Phonics Jargon Videos

Getting Started: The Must Knows

Getting Started: The Must Knows Quiz

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1. How does the intervention process, All Aboard Phonics Plus, help to get all of your pupil’s on track with phonics? (select two)

1. It repeats the same phonics lessons the pupil has already done in the classroom

2. It pinpoints the exact cause of reading difficulty

3. It creates an individualised action plan for a child

4. Only highly skilled and extensively trained members of staff can run the intervention

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2. Select the statement that is true…

1. The onset sound of each pictophone character name is the sound it represents

2. There is a pictophone for every grapheme (written letters) in phonics

3. Pictophones are boring and difficult to remember

Your score is

The average score is 59%

Short and Sweet: How to Structure an All Aboard Phonics Lesson

Short and Sweet: How to Structure an All Aboard Phonics Lesson Quiz

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How long and how often should a phonics session be? (Select one)

1. 20 minutes, every day

2. 1 hour, 3 times a week

3. 30 minutes, every day

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2. Select the correct order of steps to structure a phonics lesson.

1. Introduce, Revisit, Teach, Practise, Apply.

2. Practise, Teach, Apply, Revisit, Introduce.

3. Apply, Introduce, Revisit, Teach, Practise.

Your score is

The average score is 94%

Watch an All Aboard Lesson in Action!

Head over to our lesson walk through page to watch a Phase 2 and Phase 5 lesson in action!

Lesson Walk Throughs

The Top 5 Tips for All Aboard Success

The Top 5 Tips for All Aboard Success Quiz

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1. Why must you avoid adding a schwa when voicing phonemes? (select one)

1. It doesn’t sound nice

2. It will make blending easier when you voice the crisp sounds only

3. You shouldn’t, the schwa is the correct way to voice phonemes

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2. What can you do to help a child who struggles with blending? (select one)

1. Leave them to struggle

2. Remove them from whole class phonics teaching

3. Ask them to segment and blend 5 words a day out loud

Your score is

The average score is 95%

Pictophones: Who, What, When, Where, How?

Pictophones: Who, What, When, Where, How Quiz

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1. Which phoneme does the Ape in a Cape represent?

1. /ph/

2. /k/

3. /ai/

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2. Which phoneme does the Pig in a Wig represent?

1. /p/

2. /w/

3. /g/

Your score is

The average score is 90%

Essential Skills: How to Teach Blending and Segmenting

How to Teach Blending and Segmenting Quiz

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1. How should you do our blending exercises? (select one)

1. Model slowly segmenting and blending words for them.

2. Show them the written word.

3. Ask them to choose 5 words a day to orally segment and blend.

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2. How should you model phoneme voicing? (select one)

1. Add an ‘uh’ sound after a consonant.

2. Make short and crisp sounds.

3. Talk slowly and loudly.

Your score is

The average score is 68%

How to Teach Tricky Words

How to Teach Tricky Words Quiz

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Why is it important for children to learn to decode tricky words? (select one)

1. So that they read them more slowly.

2. So that they can pass the phonics screening check.

3. So that they don’t rely on memorising words or whole sight recognition of words.

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2. Why is trainertext a useful way to teach tricky words? (select one)

1. It is fun for the child to look at pictures.

2. It provides a visual scaffold for the decode and blend process.

3. It helps revise the pictophone characters.

Your score is

The average score is 95%

Unique Interventions: All Aboard Phonics Plus

Congratulations! Now you are building a good understanding of All Aboard Phonics, the last key part to explore is our intervention process; All Aboard Phonics Plus.

Understanding why a child is finding learning to read difficult and implementing individualised approaches to support them is key for your struggling readers, you and your school’s public results.

Head across to our Intervention Training Zone to find out how to get all learners reading!

Training for Teachers New to Phonics

Phonics Jargon

Getting Started: The Must Knows

Short and Sweet: How to Structure an All Aboard Phonics Lesson

Watch an All Aboard Lesson in Action!

The Top 5 Tips for All Aboard Success

Pictophones: Who, What, When, Where, How?

Essential Skills: How to Teach Blending and Segmenting

How to Teach Tricky Words

Unique Interventions: All Aboard Phonics Plus

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