1. Progression of phonics and reading in Key Stage 1
Overview of reading in KS1
Initial sounds
Blending
Fluency
Digging deeper

2. YEAR 1 WORKING AT TARGETS
Word reading and
Comprehension

3. YEAR 2 WORKING AT TARGETS Word-reading, comprehension and spelling

4. What your child is doing.
Year 1
4 x 60 minutes a week
4 sessions taught weekly through RWInc. phonics programme - children are grouped according to their knowledge of ‘sounds’ and word reading fluency
Guided reading weekly for comprehension and writing opportunities
Phonics screening test
Year 2
3 x 45 minutes a week
Some children continue with RWInc phonics programme
Spelling (and grammar)
Guided reading for digging deeper – inference esp.
Optional SATS SPAG paper and grammar paper
RW inc scheme, phonics screening test – knowledge of sounds NOT reading comprehension Y2 SATS – reading comprehension
Children regularly regrouped

5. It is a process – not all children progress at the same rate.
However, out-of-school reading habits of students has shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year. 

6. Phonics in reading
For more help with pronouncing the sounds go to:

7. segmenting/sounding out blending digraph consonant cluster trigraph
alien/monster words
tricky words
PHONICS JARGON
What do these terms actually mean?
phoneme grapheme
segmenting/sounding out
blending
digraph consonant cluster trigraph

8. segmenting/sounding out blending digraph consonant cluster trigraph
alien/monster words Those words made up to test decoding skills
tricky words
Common words with irregular spelling
PHONICS JARGON
phoneme grapheme
segmenting/sounding out
blending
digraph consonant cluster trigraph
CVC word Consonant vowel consonant word like
cat sat
The units of sounds in a word.
There are around 44 different phonemes
/sounds that make up spoken English.
Letters for writing down
the sounds.
Identifying the individual sounds in a spoken word and saying, reading or writing them.
Reading and saying the sounds quickly from left to right to make a word.
Two letters that represent one sound e.g. oo, ee, sh
Three letters that represent one sound e.g. igh, air, ear
sk/ sp/str

9. Phonics screening check (mid-June) - 80% of children pass - Not all those who pass are fluent readers. - The highest scores are not always by the most fluent readers.

10. Is our alphabetic code really that hard?20
spoken vowel sounds – but only 5 vowels 44
phonemes – the different sounds NOT spellings 69
spellings with more than one pronunciation
basic spelling patterns with one or more alternative spellings 91
basic English spelling system spelling patterns
spellings for 44 phonemes (50 spellings is the European average)
2828
unpredictably spelt words that need memorising among the 7000 most common
History and alphabetic code

11. decoding exception words comprehension and inference spelling & writing
confidence

12. It’s not all about phonics and spelling!!!
The content of a book –knowing the story, understanding the message, the information, empathising with the characters, reading between the lines – these things all matter.

14. syllable prefix/suffix silent letters compound word
SPELLING JARGON
syllable
prefix/suffix
silent letters
compound word
write climb
contraction root word
&
apostrophe
wa/ter ba/na/na in/for/ma/tion
un- -ing -ed -s/-es/-ies -er -est
car park
cupboard
snowfall
k/h/b/t/gh/w
don’t
isn’t
rain (rainy/rainfall/rains/rained/raining)

15. My first misspelt ‘can’t’ was a big shock
Does spelling matter?

16. I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg
I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt!

17. The simple view of reading

18. ENJOY BOOKS TALK ABOUT BOOKS Some tips: Reading aloud with your child
A few ideas for reading
ENJOY BOOKS TALK ABOUT BOOKS Some tips: Reading aloud with your child

19. Is my child falling behind?
Don’t panic if your child is not yet fluent in reading.
Keep it enjoyable and be proud of every achievement.
Read all kinds of books – the sky is the limit!
Link reading to writing - encourage writing a diary, shopping lists, addressing envelopes …

20. Reluctant or struggling?
Take turns, and go at your child’s pace Online books – listen/read/listen and read /Exploit the oral tradition Retell a story to each other or to another member of the family Reinforce any of the phonemes/spelling features Deal with the nasties first Have discussions, or read and reread Encourage children to read and say the words accurately Congratulate even the smallest of achievements Once your child can blend, they should try blending in their head Read with your child – male, female, friends, family, old, young/
Choice:
read anything and everything

21. Parent help/games and websites
Online reading
Teach your monster to read
Mr Phonics (youtube)
Ruth Miskin (RWInc.)
Websites such as:
with-your-child-booklets/