Welcome to our reading evening AW Outline

Welcome to our reading evening AW

Outline of evening • How children learn to read – tuning into sounds to reading fluently • What we do in school • Activities to support your child at home VB

Word Jargon buster Definition Phoneme Small unit of sound Grapheme A letter or number of letters that represent a sound. Digraphs Two letters that makes 1 sound, e. g - ow / ea Trigraphs Three letters that makes 1 sound, e. g - igh Split digraph Another letter comes in between the phoneme, e. g - cake Vowel digraph Spelling pattern using vowels: E. g Blend Hearing the phonemes and blending together. Segment Hearing a word and splitting it into the different phonemes. Red words Can not be sounded out easily. Chunking Group words into syllables to support sounding out Speed sounds Order that we teach all 44 speech sounds e. g m a s d t i n p ea slice

Phonics and learning to read • They are taught individual sounds • They use these to ‘sound’ out and ‘blend’ for reading words and simple sentences • There also sight (or red) words that need t o be learned VB

Tuning in…. • Environmental sounds • Instrumental sounds • Listening games GR

Letter sounds • Children are introduced to letter sounds in order • Single letter sounds to begin, moving on to digraphs, trigraphs and split digraphs • Correct pronunciation is key! • Video/handout GR

Red Words Red words -These are words that must be read on sight – they can not be sounded out. I of AP no are my was you some there said so all

Green words - these can be sounded out and the children can practice and apply the sounds they know to read these words when hang with grow sleep them own VB will bunk sheet can cool pool and big right

Alien Words These are nonsense words – examples These words are part of the RWI assessments and the Y 1 phonic screening test.

Sounds to work on • Slip inside reading record on a Friday. • Important that reading folders are returned to school each day. VB

Supporting phonics at home • Early Reading Packs • Handout of activities • Flash cards that parents can buy AP

Reading Strategies • Before you open the book. • Wide range of books are sent home. • What to do when your child gets stuck on a word – – – NP Picture prompts Read on and go back – context Split longer words Look for words inside words Word family

Supporting reading at home • • Comprehension Expression Punctuation Sharing books Longer books – few pages Websites – oxford owl Daily reading AP

Reading - books • Assessment • Bookbands • Reading for pleasure AW

Guided reading in school • Children read as a small group • Specific focus – word level or text level • Some form of response – verbal/written • Slip in reading record to share focus VB

Thank you for your time. Any questions?