Lessons in Teaching Phonics in Primary Schools : Learning Matters : 9781473915930 : 1473915937 : 15 Aug 2015 : Lesson planning in line with the new Primary National Curriculum! Phonics is taught every day in primary schools across England.  It is fully embedded in the National Curriculum and is a huge part of teaching children to read. How do you ensure that you understand both what and how to teach?  How do you separate good phonics teaching from the many phonics schemes that are used?  What does a good phonics lesson look like? This text provides exemplar lessons in phonics and supports you to teach tricky words, alternative spellings, and pronunciation as well as addressing other phonics teaching challenges.  It explores the most popular phonics schemes and shows you how good phonics teaching works across schemes. The adaptable and inspired lesson plans included, highlight how phonics teaching can be fun, offering ideas for teaching phonics outdoors, whole class phonics teaching a