1. Welcome to our reading eveningAW

2. 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

3. Tuning in…. Environmental sounds Instrumental sounds Listening games
Initial letter sounds
Rhyme and rhythm
Alliteration GR

4. Phonics and learning to read
Children have daily phonic sessions following the Read Write Inc scheme.
They are taught individual sounds at their level.
They use these to ‘sound’ out and ‘blend’ for reading words and simple sentences
There are also sight (or red) words that need t o be learned VB

5. Jargon buster Word 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 slice
Vowel digraph
Spelling pattern using vowels: E.g ea
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

6. 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

7. Set 2 and set 3 sounds PS

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

9. Alien Words
These are nonsense words – examples These words are part of the RWI assessments and the Y1 phonic screening test. PS

10. What is the phonics Screen?
It is a national assessment for all pupils at the end of year 1
It will assess your child’s decoding skills
They are required to read a total of 40 real and non words VB

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

12. How will I know what my child has been working on?
Slip inside reading record on a weekly basis.
Important that reading folders are returned to school each day.
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13. Supporting phonics at home
Early Reading Packs
Handout of activities
Flash cards that parents can buy GR

14. Early Reading behaviours
Book a week
Rhyme and rhythm
Alliteration
Settings, events and characters
Re-tell stories
Picture cues
Environmental print
Handling the book
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15. Early phonics in reading
Looking at initial sounds
Reading decodable texts – simple cvc words to begin
Building up to words with known sounds
Comprehension still important at this stage
GR/VB

16. Developing readers Phonics is secure
More emphasis on a range of comprehension skills – inference and deduction
Fluency and expression is developed
Focus on vocabulary and word meaning
Awareness of punctuation
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17. 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
Phonics as first approach
Picture prompts
Split longer words (chunking)
Read on and go back – what would make sense? (context)
Look for words inside words
Word family PS

18. Supporting reading at home
Daily reading
Longer books – few pages
Comprehension
Expression
Punctuation
Sharing books
Websites – oxford owl
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19. 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

20. New Curriculum
New curriculum there is a shift towards consolidating skills before moving on.
Children need a breadth of understanding and experience within a range of different texts, in particular poetry
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21. Finally… Reading for pleasure Sharing books with your child
Be positive and give lots of praise and encouragement.

22. Thank you for your time. Any questions?