Stone C of E Combined School Parents Phonics

Stone C of E Combined School Parents Phonics and Reading Workshop Welcome and Introductions

Aims for the afternoon: • Share an understanding of reading development with you. • Introduce the way we teach phonics and reading in school. • Discuss how we organise our reading system and clarify home learning. • Share strategies to support you at home with your child’s reading development. 9/10/2021 Copyright Ruth Miskin Literacy

Teach a child to read and keep that child reading and we will change everything. And I mean everything! Jeanette Winterson • At Stone we want our children to learn to read as quickly as possible and then to keep on reading. • We aim for them to read widely and often and be a lifelong reader. • Research shows that children who learn to read quickly go on to succeed in school and in life.

Who is Read Write Inc. Phonics for?

Read Write Inc. Phonics • Reception and Y 1 children • Older children who need to‘catch-up’ • Children who are new to English Our teaching and learning focuses on what children already know and what they need to learn next in order to make best possible progress - by stage not age.

What is Read Write Inc. Phonics?

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What is systematic phonics?

Phonics is the method of teaching reading through the identification of phoneme and graphemes. Phoneme All words are made up of sounds e. g. in ‘mat’ we have the sounds ‘m’, ‘a’, ‘t’. Graphemes A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that represent the sound. We teach phonics so that your children will have the tools to read any word.

The importance of using ‘pure sounds’ Here is the lovely Sylvie demonstrating how we pronounce our ‘pure sounds’. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Rlpsmp. WOUFY

English alphabetic code • As you can see, English is one of the most complex alphabetic codes in the world. • To illustrate this point we have a short video clip to share with you. ttps: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MAL 9 VD 6 Lz 9 Y

How does Read Write Inc. use phonics to teach reading and help children to ‘crack’ the complex English code?

Simple Speed Sounds

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Complex Speed Sounds chart

Storybooks

How does Read Write Inc. teach spelling?

Fred Fingers

Phonics check • • June Year 1 Real words and nonsense words Children encouraged to use what they have learnt in RWI. 9/10/2021 Copyright Ruth Miskin Literacy

What should my child read at home?

‘I can’ book - Read Write Inc. Storybook • We aim for your child to bring home a paper version of the Storybook that they have been working on that week. • This book should be a ‘celebration’ of what they can read and a chance for them to ‘show off’ their great reading skills.

• Let your child lead this session as they could act it/read with expression/get you to read it and get you to ‘jump in’. • They should know all of the sounds used in the Storybook as they will bring home the book that they have already read three times in the classroom. • This means they will be able to read the text with fluency and confidence – like a storyteller. They will enjoy reading to you. • This does not mean the text is too easy for them – it means they are reading at the correct level.

‘We can’ book - Book band book/s that link to their Read, Write, Inc. level • In addition to their RWI book your child will also be bringing home a book band book that is linked to their RWI level. • This will book will not have been read at school yet and will be new to your child. • We aim to change book band books on a Monday and Thursday. • Please use the reading record to let us know how your child is getting on.

Library book: to share with an adult at home. This could be read by the adult and/or child.

How can you help at home?

Storytime • Read to your children as well as listening to them read. • Let them ‘catch’ you reading! • Ask lots of questions and share opinions • Discuss vocabulary choices and meaning. You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. • Dr Seuss

Any other questions