How we help children learn to read and

How we help children learn to read and write

What is Phonics? • A method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system. • It provides the building blocks for learning to read and spell. We also link it to letter formation to support early writing.

Terminology • Phoneme is a sound in a word • Grapheme is a letter or sequence of letters that represent a phoneme • Segment/sound talk/sound out breaking a word down into its sounds • Blending/blend building the word from its sounds to make the whole word. • Tricky Words words that don’t follow a rule

How do we teach it? • • Letters and Sounds programme Teach the pure sound, a sound a day Ruth Miskin 20 minutes everyday Whole class phonics Supported groups and Pre Teach Part of everyday provision inside/outside

Speaking and listening Reading and writing skills are built on the foundations of speaking and listening § Development of speaking and listening underpins everything we do § Listening games § Talk partners § Encouragement to use language to describe emotions, ideas and explain thinking § Opportunities to listen to other children § Speaking and listening are highly valued

Making stories Our classrooms are saturated with opportunities to retell or make up narratives, inside and out § § § Role play Small world Story sacks Puppets Book Corner Story time

Drawing into Writing • To make up and tell stories based on: – Their own experience – Their knowledge of stories – Their imaginations – Particular stories • Drawing improves fine motor skills • Drawing with chalk, pens, pencils, playdough, in sand etc

Writing opportunities Reading and writing for a purpose • • • In the home corner In construction area In maths area In creative area In the writing area Outside

1: 1 reading & Reading Books – – – – Once a week 1: 1 with an adult Understanding what they have read Linking pictures with the language for understanding Use pictures as cues Which way up Picture cues Noticing text Reading l-r Initial sounds End and the middle sounds in simple cvc Comprehension 90% correct before we move on to new level New Reading Record book Enjoy the book

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