1. Reading in Primary 1
E.Scott September 2017

2. How will your child learn to read in Primary 1?

3. Building on the Nursery Experience

4. Knowledge of reading is
the enjoyment of reading

5. Reading Trays- Morning routine: putting our reading folders in our group tray

6. Listening to the text.
Reading aloud.
Discussing skills used and skills to try.
Answering questions about the text.

7. Reading Homework

8. What to keep in your reading folder8

9. The Reading Record

10. Please read discuss and practice key words The Magic Key 9/8 E.Scott
Excellent reading with mum E.Scott
The Magic Key
9/8
The Magic Key
Bobby did excellent reading tonight with dad although was finding some of the words difficult
10/8

11. Please read discuss and practice key words
The Magic Key
9/8
Bobby read all of his book with very little help. He was able to identify all of the characters in his book and could use the picture cues to work out the words he didn’t know. Bobby knows all of his key words and can recognise these with ease. When will his new set of words be issued? When is the next time he will be asessed?
The Magic Key
9/8

12. What are reading skills?

13. c – a - t
Decoding
ca - t
cat

14. R e a d i n g i s e a s y t i s n i t

15. Key Words in Reading which form a sight vocabulary

16. The organising of groups:
Biff Group
Kipper Group
Chip Group

17. Constant re-organsing
Biff Group
Kipper Group
Chip Group

18. In reading lessons we are teaching the use of:
Picture cues
Predicting the characters, settings and events
Decoding
Thinking what would make sense
Self-correction
..and developing your child’s:
Comprehension
Sight vocabulary
Enable the children to read with fluency, understanding and enjoyment.

19. Supporting Your Child at Home:
Return the reading bag with book and diary inside every day
Try and read the book and do some of the activities below every night (M, T, W, Th)
Practice the sounds and reading of the key words/tricky words – flashing them up or playing games with them
Play games with the books – how many words on the is page? Find a word beginning with ___. Find the word___.
Write the words from a sentence in their book onto paper, cut it up and get your child to put it in the correct order.

20. Read a wide variety of texts with your child – spotting signs in the street, comics, story books, newspapers, etc.
Read somewhere that there is minimal noise/distraction and with no active screens.
Write common words/keywords and ask your child to read them – this could be done in a tray of sand/rice/lentils/shaving foam for more fun.

21. Always try and praise the skills so that your child can identify what it is they are doing correctly.
Instead of:
“good boy” or “good reading”.
Try:
I liked the way you put the sounds together.
I liked the way you thought about what would make sense.

22. Trouble Shooting:
If you feel you are getting impatient with your child when they are reading – stop, make an excuse and:
get someone else to finish the activity,
come back to it later
save it for the following day and pop a note in the diary

23. Trouble Shooting: Your child is frustrated/makes mistakes:
Tell them “Mistakes are good we know that our brain is getting smarter by trying different things”.
Give them praise when they do try
Remind them of a pre agreed reward if they keep trying hard
You read a page they read a page
Suggest a strategy they could use “why don’t you try sounding it out?”
Stop trying to read each page for a while and try one of the word games above.

24. Trouble Shooting:
Your child is uncooperative or distracted– you will know best if your child is just trying wriggle out of a bit of homework or if they are tired.
Read somewhere that there is minimal noise/distraction and with no active screens
Try praise and reward
Stop and read to the book to them
Leave the reading for another day and pop a note in the reading diary.

25. Most of all read, read, read with your child.
Remember everyone learns at different speeds but with continued effort and hard work they will get there.
Most of all read, read, read with your child.

26. Thank you for listening Any questions regarding reading?