Welcome to our Welcome to our phonics evening!phonics evening!

Celebrate Reading!Celebrate Reading! Share your own enjoyment of reading - Share your own enjoyment of reading -

whatever you like to read!whatever you like to read! Highlight reading whenever you do it.Highlight reading whenever you do it. Comparing events in stories with your own Comparing events in stories with your own

shared experiences.shared experiences. Point out words, signs and logos when you Point out words, signs and logos when you

go shopping, when you're out driving, go shopping, when you're out driving, when you're watching TV or cooking. when you're watching TV or cooking.

Visit the library or bookshop to explore Visit the library or bookshop to explore and choose different types of books.and choose different types of books.

Read Everything!Read Everything!

Oxford Reading TreeOxford Reading Tree

Other textsOther texts

PhonicsPhonics

Letters and Sounds – Rose review Letters and Sounds – Rose review Focus on letter soundsFocus on letter sounds Keep the sounds shortKeep the sounds short

dogpit

c a t

d ee p

sh i p

ch ur ch

Technical words!Technical words! Phoneme - The smallest unit of speech – a Phoneme - The smallest unit of speech – a

single sound in a word.single sound in a word. Grapheme -The written symbol that Grapheme -The written symbol that

represents a sound.represents a sound. Digraph - two letters that make one soundDigraph - two letters that make one sound Trigraph - three letters that make one soundTrigraph - three letters that make one sound Encoding – (segmenting) Encoding involves Encoding – (segmenting) Encoding involves

listening for the sounds and deciding which listening for the sounds and deciding which letters represent those phonemes. letters represent those phonemes.

Decoding - The process of decoding a word Decoding - The process of decoding a word has two stages. Firstly the individual has two stages. Firstly the individual grapheme-phoneme correspondence is grapheme-phoneme correspondence is recognised and then the phonemes are recognised and then the phonemes are blended into the word as it is read. blended into the word as it is read.

High Frequency WordsHigh Frequency Words

We need to learn to recognise these We need to learn to recognise these words without sounding them out.words without sounding them out.

and

we the

it but I

Tricky WordsTricky Words

These words cannot be sounded out.These words cannot be sounded out.

we she

wasgo people said

Before you read a book:Before you read a book: Talk about the title, author and illustrator.Talk about the title, author and illustrator. Read the blurb.Read the blurb. Look through the pictures together.Look through the pictures together. Discuss what you think the story might be Discuss what you think the story might be

about.about. Will it be a story or an information book?Will it be a story or an information book? Have you ever read a book like this before?Have you ever read a book like this before? Do you recognise any of the characters?Do you recognise any of the characters?

While reading with your While reading with your child:child:

Point to the words as you read them.Point to the words as you read them. Give them time to think but then Give them time to think but then

help them when they get stuck.help them when they get stuck. Talk about the illustrations on each Talk about the illustrations on each

page.page. Ask some questions to encourage Ask some questions to encourage

them to think about what they are them to think about what they are reading.reading.

Some useful questionsSome useful questions

What is happening on this page?What is happening on this page? What do you think might happen next?What do you think might happen next? How do you think they are feeling?How do you think they are feeling? Which is your favourite bit?Which is your favourite bit? Can you find Floppy's name on this Can you find Floppy's name on this

page?page? Can you find something in the picture Can you find something in the picture

that starts with a 's'?that starts with a 's'? Has that ever happened to you?Has that ever happened to you?