An introduction to phonics, spelling, punctuation and grammar Primary Literacy at BSJ

Introduction  Welcome  Purpose of the workshop  Questions and activities  This presentation will be ed to you

Mission Statement To Inspire, Challenge and Nurture for Excellence Our Guiding Principles: ✓ to sustain our reputation for academic excellence by providing a rigorous and balanced international curriculum. ✓ to enable our students to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. ✓ to foster leadership abilities in our students within a friendly and caring community that inspires, challenges and reflects our international ethos. ✓ to enable our students to develop a strong sense of belonging, respect and social responsibility in order to create a better more peaceful world. ✓ to be internationally recognized for our commitment to education for international understanding and partnerships.

What is phonics? An approach to teaching reading and writing. Phoneme: the sound Grapheme: the written representation Digraph: two letters making one phoneme, e.g. ‘sh’ in ship. Segment: split a word into phonemes in order to spell Blend: draw individual phonemes together to read

Revisit: revise the previous day’s session sh

Revisit: revise the previous day’s session sh shopship shine shock

Teach: something new! a-e

Teach: something new! a-e game tamelame shame

Practise: pupils have a go reading and highlighting game online magnetic letters jumbled up letters

Apply: child to show their understanding Reading sentences: The lion is lame. The game is on Saturday. Writing sentences: oral dictation

How do we promote a love of reading? Daily guided reading sessions for pupils to apply their reading skills Timetabled visits to the library and encouragement to visit at break/lunchtimes Home readers with a wide selection of texts to choose from Listening to stories/exciting stimulus during literacy lessons.

Spelling: is it important? Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs!cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Spelling at BSJ Develop an interest in words Feel safe trying new words Know about spelling patterns Develop a range of strategies to spell Explore the meanings of words

Foundation and Key Stage 1 Spelling Spelling in Foundation and Key Stage 1 is primarily taught through Letters and Sounds. 100 High Frequency Words (HFW), The next 200 High Frequency Words.

Key Stage 2: No Nonsense Spelling Comprehensive and progressive Exploring spelling words linked by patterns and rules Different strategies for practising Routines for learning spellings Links with home learning

KS2 Spelling: Journals practising strategies learning words recording rules/conventions/ generalisations as an aide-memoire word lists of really tricky words ‘Having a go’ at the point of writing ongoing record of words learnt investigations recording spelling targets or goals spelling tests

KS2 spelling: No Nonsense structure Revise, teach, practise, apply, assess: these are types of lessons Focus and an activity

KS2 spelling: Strategies Let’s try!

KS2 Spelling: Strategies Look, Cover, Write, Check Trace, Copy and Replicate Segmentation Strategy QuickWrite Drawing around the word (boxes) Drawing an image around the word Words without vowels Pyramid Words

Spelling: How can I help at home?  Use some of the strategies we just practised at home  Limit the number of words to five a week to ensure success and enable deeper learning  Support your child learning spellings in context, e.g. in a given sentence, generating sentences for each word, saying a sentence which include the focused word  Talking about spelling and expectating the correct application in writing once a word has been learned.

Punctuation and Grammar  Taught within the context of a literacy lesson/sequence  Explore the rule/punctuation mark  Play/try it out  Cross curricular links  Expectation

Thank you. Any questions?  Volunteer and visit often  Feel free to make suggestions  Leave feedback on today’s workshop here.here  Queries or questions?

Useful links  Literacy Trust Literacy Trust  Phonics Play Phonics Play  No Nonsense Spelling No Nonsense Spelling