Welcome to Year 1 Phonics and Reading

Meeting

Aims of the talk:

• To understand what phonics is and how we teach it in school

• To share reading and phonic strategies you can use at home to improve reading skills.

What is phonics?

http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-information-understanding-phonics/

Bouncy and Stretchy sounds (sound mat)

How to segment and blend words

http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-teaching-sound-blending/

How much support shall I give my child when reading a word? What if my child does not know the sounds in a word?

At the front of reading record we will keep a diary of what children are learning in phonics.

Sounds they have been taught will be highlighted off.

Please note: When children are taught a new sound we ensure they are able to apply that sound confidently to reading and writing.

How will I know what sounds my child knows?

Introduce new sound

Revisit all previously learned sounds

How we teach phonics:

t p m n l

y e c u h

z v m k o

g i y r f

Ensure children recognise the letters that make that sound.

Read words with previously learnt sounds and the new sound.six

waxfix fox mix

Write words with previously learnt sounds and the new sound.

Play the high frequency word games.

Practise saying bouncy and stretchy sounds with flashcards provided. (New sound flashcards will be given as children are taught the new sounds in school).

Read with your child each day for 10 minutes. Use the phonics home/ school sheet in reading records.

What you can do at home to help us help your child

Reading activities/questions

Front cover

Blurb (text on back cover)

Use prior knowledge context and vocabulary provided to understand texts

Begin to draw inferences from the text and/ or the illustrations

Make predictions based on the events on the text

Guided reading

Inside cover

Slow down and look at words carefully!

Other strategies we teach children to use for reading…

Using the pictures.

(Use earlier picture of book)

Miss the unknown word out and read on…

Add in example of breaking words up.

Break the words up

Once children have sounded out a word they do not know encourage them to re- read the sentence so they comprehend what they have read.

Re- reading the sentence

Thank you for coming!