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

What’s in your pack to take home?

Home Learning

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