Early Reading 10th October 2012

How we teach children to read Is reading just about decoding? Hearing reading in school How you can help Common concerns Any questions? Opening of classrooms to look at the

resources available.

Aims for this session.

Some definitions- A phoneme – This is the smallest unit of a

sound in a word. How many phonemes can you hear in the

word cat? A grapheme – These are the letters that

represent the phoneme. The grapheme could be 1letter, 2 letters or more. We call these Sound Buttons.

Phonics

Phonics CVC words are made up of single letter

sounds. c-a-t d-o-g m-a-t b-e-d

Blending and segmenting – splitting the words into their sounds and blending to read the unfamiliar word.

n- igh-t t-r-ai-n sh-ee-p Sound buttons

Year 1 Phonics Screening

Daily phonics sessions

Tricky words

because- birds eat cake and uncles suck eggs

people – people eat oranges penguins lay eggs

Making up your own mnemonic for tricky words, can help children to remember the spellings.

Mnemonics

Is reading just about decoding?

Hearing reading in school.

How you can help

Our reading books

Picture books

1. Phonic knowledge 2. Little words in big words- e.g.

Independent3. Context, miss out and read

words before/ after- what makes sense?

4. Look at the pictures for help.

4 main strategies

Make the most of every opportunity to read!

Texts sent home not hard enough for child.

Is my child where he/she should be with regard to reading.

Child choosing same book again.

Common concerns

Mrs Cox and Miss Sparkes will also be available in their classrooms for any

questions.

https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationdetail/Page1/DFES-00281-2007

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/alphab

et/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictu

res/ www.literacytrust.org.uk

Some useful websites for you: