Welcome Welcome to ourto our

““Phonics and Early Phonics and Early ReadingReading””MeetingMeeting

Tuesday 11Tuesday 11thth October 2011 October 2011

Our OutcomesOur Outcomes

To be able to understand more about:To be able to understand more about:

Letters & Sounds The early stages of reading Reading in school and at home The books your child will bring home How to help your child with their reading

Letters and SoundsLetters and Sounds

The phonics resource used at Panaga School.

Phase

Year Group and Timings

1 Nursery

2 Nursery/P1

3 P1

4 P1/P2

5 P2/P3

6 P3

Basic skillsBasic skills1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Letter formation

3. Identifying (segmenting) sounds in words

4. Blending VC and CVC

5. Tricky words

6. Learning digraphs

Letter SoundsLetter Sounds

Group 1

Sounds and actionsSounds and actions

Learning the s soundaction:

Weave your hand like a snake, making an ‘s’ shape, saying ssssss

Have a go …

m

n

r

Letter FormationLetter Formation• Copy letter

• In the air

• On the board

• In sand

• Playdough

• Water and brushes

SegmentingSegmenting

Identifying one or all of the sounds in a word.For example, if a child hears the word log, they should be able to identify that log has 3 sounds.

l – o - g

‘Sound- talk’

‘Robot arms’

‘Metal Mike’

Have a go …

CVC wordsCVC words

C consonant

V vowel

C consonant

Blending: VC and CVCBlending: VC and CVC

Panaga School Parent Curriculum Information 5 - Early Reading YC/LD/SJ/JB

Children can say each individual sound in a simple word and blend them together to successfully read the word.

For example, the word ‘cat’. Children should be able to say and blend the 3 separate sounds c - a - t to read the word ‘cat’.

Have a go …

m o p. . .

c a n. . .

f u n . . .

Tricky wordsTricky words

I the go

DigraphsDigraphs

Two letters that make

one sound.

Eg. ‘ai’ pain

DigraphsDigraphs

sh ch

th ng

DigraphsDigraphs

ee er ar oa

oi ou oo ai

r – ai - n

c – oa - t

sh – ee - p

Reading SchemesReading Schemes

Collins Big CatOxford Reading Tree (ORT)Ginn 360PM Starters Reading books will be sent after half term

holiday, twice weekly with the reading diary.

First steps to readingFirst steps to reading

Books chosen to support the stage of the individual child.

Aim to ensure a breadth of reading experiences.

Aim to ensure a broad range of books, non fiction and fiction.

Picture booksFirst wordsSentencesLibrary books

Reading in schoolReading in school

Phonics sessions Modelling and sharing reading with big books and a

range of books Puppets for story telling Re-telling stories in groups Signs and environmental print Role play: characters/drama Sequencing pictures Games with words/ letters Guided and individual reading Modelling strategies for reading

Reading at homeReading at home Please help to feedback on your child’s

progress by signing the yellow reading diary and commenting where appropriate.

Please send in the book and yellow diary in your child’s book folder each day.

Additional support activities may be given e.g. phonic/flashcard activities.

Books changed twice weekly, teachers will communicate if there are any changes.

Key questions and question starters Aims: to help you to encourage your child to

engage in the pictures and in the story. What can you see? What do you think will happen next? What is the …doing? What is the …saying? What is the …thinking? Where is …? Who is….? Why is? How does he/she/it feel? How many ….can you see? Who/what is your favourite character? Do you like the story? Why/why not? Which was your favourite part?

Supporting and extending Supporting and extending reading at homereading at home

Make reading fun and enjoyable Choose the best time and place for your child Read everyday if possible Model reading (expression and characters) Talk about the pictures and ‘play’ with the words Find opportunities to extend and build on phonic skills Environmental print Library books and extending reading Ask lots of questions and encourage children to

describe the pictures and predict the story Give meaningful praise, opportunities to succeed.

Have fun and enjoy reading with your

child

Thank you for coming to our meeting