1. Phonics & Reading Meeting September 2017

2. What will we cover tonight. What is phonics
What will we cover tonight? What is phonics? How do we teach your child to read and write How you can support your child at home

3. What is phonics? Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing the English language. The aim is to increase your child's ability to hear, identify, and manipulate letters and sounds. We will watch a training video by Ruth Miskin available on ‘You tube’ Parent Information: Understanding phonics.

4. How do we teach phonics? How can you help? Every day
Follow Letters and Sounds
3 or 4 new sounds a week and tricky words too.
Children will need to be using Phase 2 sounds, before they progress onto Phase 3
Songs, actions, objects, whiteboard work, flash cards, sound mats………
How can you help?
Home Learning Sound Book – activity and flash card
Tricky and High Frequency Word Flash Card Keyring
Blending and Segmenting
By letting the child have a go themselves.
Internet/computer games: alphablocks, Ruth Miskin, phonics play.co.uk

5. Reading Books – without words to start with, then progress onto books with words, when starting to know sounds and blend them together. How can you help? Read for 10 mins daily (7x a week if possible) Write in reading record book when you have read at home Home Learning Tokens

6. This is an exciting and recent addition to our reading resources.
Bug Club
This is an exciting  and recent addition to our reading resources.
In the front of your reading record book is a book mark with log in details for your child.  They can access their own personal reading world.
We will show you how

7. Sensory play