RWI Phonics Parent Meeting

Aims  To share how phonics is taught in Quwwat-Ul Islam  To teach the basics of phonics  To develop parents’ confidence in helping their children with phonics and reading  To give parents an opportunity to ask questions

Why Phonics?  A complete literacy programme – targets individual level of each child and ensure they are making speedy progress in reading and writing.  Meets the demands of the new national curriculum, giving your children the best chance of success in the national tests.

Read Write Inc - Biggest changes you will notice. Stage not age – Children are grouped based on their reading level. They will move to the next group once they are secure at their level.

 Phonics teaches children to be able to listen carefully and identify the sounds that make up each word.  This helps children to learn to read words and to spell words. So, what exactly is phonics?

 26 letters of alphabet 44 sounds  These letters and combinations of these letters make 44 sounds  Speech sounds- phonemes- the smallest units of sound in words  Letters or groups of letters- graphemes Phonemes and graphemes

One letter or one group of letters used to write one sound. e.g. Grapheme The sound ‘f’ can be written with the grapheme f(fun) ff ( huff) ph (phone)

Blending This is when children say the sounds that make up a word and merge the sounds together until they can hear what the word is. This skill is vital in learning to read. Recognising the letter sounds in a written word, for example:c-a-t and blending them in the order in which they are written to pronounce the word ‘cat’. Not cuh-a-tuh

Segmenting This is the opposite of blending. Children are able to say a word and then break it up into the phonemes that make it up. This skill is vital in being able to spell words. ‘Chopping Up’ the word to s p e ll it out! The opposite of blending. For example, Play --- P l ay Play --- P l ay Dot dash count: Shop, green, stay

How do phonics help us read? Say “hello” to Fred. Fred can only talk in sounds... He says “c_a_t.” Not cat. We call this Fred Talk.

You can have fun with Fred Talk. “What a tidy r-oo-m!” “Where’s your c-oa-t?” “Time for b-e-d!”

Now it is your turn to practice …

Sh ph ay ch

 On-going assessment of individual children (regular regrouping as necessary)  Opportunities provided for children who need more help(intervention)  Year 1 Phonics screening check Assessment

Oxford University Press publish the resources

Blend the sounds by pointing to each letter, then run your finger under the whole word as you say it. Talk about the meaning if your child does not understand the word they have read. Work at your child’s pace. Always be positive and give lots of praise and encouragement. Helping your child with decoding unfamiliar words

How to help your child at home… Weekly Spellings Tricky words (Red words) Story Books (Fri- Mon) Homework

Tricky Words There are many words that cannot be blended or segmented. They are not written the way they are sounded out. These words are learnt through practice. example: said (sed) some (sum)

And... By reading your child lots of lovely stories and asking lots of questions! Use these prompts to help you: What is that character thinking? What is the character saying? What do you think that character is feeling now? What is happening? What do you think happens next?