Year 1 Reading Supporting your child to reach

Year 1 Reading Supporting your child to reach their full potential

We hope that you find the following slides helpful and that you can use the information to further support your child’s reading development at home.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.

Throughout Year 1 we will continue to build upon the reading skills introduced in Reception.

In school the children will develop their reading skills through their daily guided reading session where they will have access to a range of quality reading activities. They will read with the teacher as part of a group once each week. They will also take part in a daily Read Write Inc lesson which will develop the children’s knowledge of sounds and words. Reading and writing are an integral part of these lessons.

In addition, the children will have a daily Literacy lesson which will focus on key genres and focused texts aimed to further develop their reading and writing skills. With a mixture of child initiated and adult led activities during each Literacy lesson, there is plenty of time for the children to rehearse the skills that they are learning in school both with an adult and independently.

So how can you help at home?

At home it is important to spend quality time sharing and talking about books in order to foster a love of reading.

Spend time reading to each other. Whether it be your home school reading book or a book from your own collection. All reading is good reading.

It is a key skill to be able to sound out and blend new words. sleep

But we want to develop the children’s sight vocabulary so they don’t need to sound everything out.

This in turn will develop their fluency which means they will be able to read with increased flow and pace.

This is why learning sight words is so important.

By the end of Reception most children should recognise all pink and red words by sight. By the end of Year 1 most children should recognise all pink, red, yellow, blue and most green words by sight.

Pink Words I like going look the am at went in my on dad come up can is said me a sat mum to here and for

Red Words we go was he as likes little get no where this too down see put they you are not big so with today she will but it looked

Yellow Words when make day play that saw of her came an into ran then his yes baby one all oh do there got mother father It’s back out take him looking from

Blue Words have don’t end or what had run let than very here’s because making soon did girl again bag your find help last could cake now under need goes were home next walk talked fun about laugh coming

Green Words always please feel house over thank you sister good them just old love school round walked use left their still much another know want best right took brother myself

Green Words Continued… new made water Mr over our most some people how I’m love can’t asked children Mrs who still after called away if didn’t took time

We support this at school by revising these words daily and as often as possible.

At home, you will be able to focus on learning the words that are specific to your child.

To know where to begin, check the colour of your child’s school reading book as a guide.

Use the Power. Points on the blog to identify 10 words that your child reads confidently and 3 that they need to learn.

Write these words on a piece of card or paper and keep them somewhere accessible to use at reading time.

Look at your selection words together every day. Consistency and repetition are key here. Allow your child to read the words that they know well. Encourage speed.

If your child is unsure of a word use the my turn your turn approach where the adult says the word and the child repeats. Notice which parts of the words make them tricky. In the word was for example the a makes an short vowel ‘o’ sound. Point it out and notice that it’s unusual.

If your child can sound the words out that’s a good starting point but don’t be tempted to add more words until they recognise all words in your pack on sight.

Once your child recognises all of the words instantly, add 3 more words to learn into the pack and continue to follow this pattern.

You will be amazed by the impact that taking this simple but consistent approach will have on your child’s reading confidence.

Obviously, we want to foster readers that can enjoy and understand the stories that they are reading. Talking about key events and characters, posing challenging questions to check their understanding should be a part of the children’s reading experience at home and at school.

Above our the reading strategies we learn during our Reading sessions in the classroom. Next term (Spring 1) the children will come home with their own bookmark of these strategies.