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Improving Standards in Literacy
Parent Information session
Jenna JonesLiteracy/Numeracy Project Coordinator
Was it a positive experience?
Who taught you to read?
Research undertaken by Literacy Matters states that over 80% of those surveyed believed that their parents taught them to read
Reading Skills
… a refresher
WORD RECOGNITION LANGUAGE
COMPREHENSION
Phonicknowledge
Graphicknowledge
Word recognition
Contextual understanding
Grammatical knowledge
Reading Skills
How is Reading Taught in Schools?
Reading Skills
… decoding
• Memory• Picture clues• Sight recognition• Phonic knowledge
Decoding Print
• POPAT• Tric a Chlic
How we teach decoding at YGG Abercynon
Story Sack Library
• It gives the child an overview of the story
so that they can concentrate on reading
for meaning
• It prepares them for unfamiliar vocabulary
enabling them to read with 95% success
• It gives the child more confidence to tackle
the text
Pre-Read
Helping your child to decode
• Sight recognition
• Rhyming words
• Sound buttons
• Blending/segmenting
• Picture clues
• Read sentence leaving out a word. Discuss what
the word could be.
• Word games
• Positive reinforcement
Helping your child to decode
• Stay calm!
• Allow the child time to decode the word before
telling them.
• Encourage sounding out
• Prompt the child to look at the pictures, there
may be a clue.
• Encourage the child to re-read the sentence, or
complete the sentence.
When a child gets stuck
Reading Skills
… understanding – (higher order reading skills)
Reading is a complex process. It involves more than just reading the words; it involves getting at the message behind the words. We can be fooled into thinking that learners can read effectively when, in fact, they are merely efficient decoders who gain little understanding of the writers’ message.
What is Reading?
Many children are decoders, not readers. Children must know that text is supposed to make sense and they need explicit instruction in how to comprehend.
What is Reading?
Making meaning from text
What do we do when we read?
Make predictions or give opinions, then decide if we are right
Decide whether we think it is a good book or not
Work out the main characters and the main themes
Compare the book to others that we have read
Decide whether we agree with what characters do, or how our lives are the same or different to theirs
Think of questions that we want to find out the answers to
Try to understand what the author’s message is
Think about why the writer has used certain features e.g. layout and words
How is Reading Taught in Schools?
• Guided reading sessions• Whole class reading• Use of technology
How we teach higher-order reading skills at YGG
Abercynon
Guided reading with teacher – approx. 6
in a group
Follow-up activity from the guided reading session
Independent reading
Handwriting activity
Spelling activities / games
Be a great role model• Let them catch you reading• Let your children see that you get pleasure from
reading• Share your favourite books/reading material with
them• Show them the value of being able to read
What Can You Do To Help Your Child?
Make the experience pleasurable• Find a comfortable place• Give them plenty of time• Avoid interruptions• Keep the time positive• Stay clear of competition and comparisons with
others – reading scheme-itis.
What Can You Do To Help Your Child?
Provide a wide range of reading material
A school reading book is only one part of a child’s reading repertoire
What Can You Do To Help Your Child?
•Magazines•Comics•Information books•Brochures•Catalogues•Flyers
•Newspapers•Websites•Take-away menus•Instructions•Guide books
8 magical strategies for improving comprehension
• Make connections• Infer• Predict• Visualise• Question• Determine importance• Synthesise• Fix-up strategies
What Can You Do To Help Your Child?
What Can You Do To Help Your Child?
www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
www.cool-reads.co.uk
www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk
www.booktrusted.com
www.redhouse.co.uk
www.lovereading4schools.co.uk
www.oxfordowl.co.uk
Parent leaflets
Please help yourself to the leaflets you
think will be useful
"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out
is a spark." — Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
Thank You!