1. Teaching a love of reading in KS1. Literacy levels have risen but the number of children reading for pleasure has dropped.

2. Children entering school. Most children here at PBS come from homes where books are available and most children are read to regularly

3. Phonic programme We start by teaching 6 sounds, to recognise and write. These 6 sounds can be blended together to read words and the sounds segmented to spell. The letters have not been introduced in alphabetical order. The first group (s,a,t,i,p,n) has been chosen because they make more simple three-letter words than any other six letters. The letters b and d are introduced in different groups to avoid confusion.

4. Jolly Phonics It’s multi-sensory There are actions, sounds and songs to go with each letter. Teachers can give clues to the letters to help remember the sound when reading or spelling.

5. High frequency words. Sight words: This term refers to Nonphonetic words - those needing to be recognised by sight because they can't be sounded out (e.g., was, through). Frequently occurring words - they are words that students encounter a lot in reading and writing. Automatic recognition leads to fluency. High-interest words - e.g Mum, Dad, love, birthday, Christmas, dinosaur, etc. Comprehension begins to break down when students are focused on trying to decode or sound out the words.

6. Games we play to teach HFW’s Word bingo Magnetic letters Rainbow writing Swat: in 2 teams run to board to hit the required HFW Fish game: Is my fish behind…. Making sentences using two HFW’s Put the words on the wall to read as they leave the class. Hunt for word list of week in books or text.

7. Reading scheme Children need: To use picture clues to make predictions about unfamiliar words (a certain level of English vocabulary is necessary for this!) Ability to sound out words A sight vocabulary of around 10-12 words. To be reading confidently at a certain level 90% of words should be read correctly without support.

8. Stages 4 - Further skills are required to decode slightly more complex sentences. Three Clue System Meaning (Semantic)Structure (Syntactic)Visual (Graphophonic) What is it? Does it make sense? Example of child using meaning clue purring The small cat was sitting quietly by the window. Example of child not using structure clue The small cat was sitting quetty quietly by the window. Does it sound right? Example of child using structure clue standing The small cat was sitting quietly by the window. Example of child not using structure clue sit The small cat was sitting quietly by the window. Does it look right? An example of a reader using VISUAL cue, smell The small cat was sitting quietly by the window. An example of a reader NOT using a visual cue, lettle The small cat was sitting quietly by the window.

9. Example of reading using visual clues.

10. Some disadvantages of the reading scheme. Too much competition to climb the ladder. Children then begin to rely on one strategy for reading which often the comprehension and/or fluency is lost and reading becomes a pointless and laborious activity. Children begin to rely on the reading scheme and only read books in the scheme. Often with time restraints parents spend longer listening to their children read rather than reading stories to their children. The rich vocabulary and enjoyment of sharing picture books ‘ real’ books the more complex story lines and the imagination begin to decrease. A strong possibility of why literacy levels are increasing but reading for enjoyment is diminishing.

11. Guided reading and story time Every day we have story time to read a story to the children. We try to make it interactive, exciting but changing voices, using props etc. Guided reading. We use a real book and share the story together, recognising HFW’s, making predictions, looking a range of books by the same Author, to look at why the Author used certain words… but most importantly enjoying a story in a small group. We complete guided reading in small groups of 4/5 children. After the story the children complete a small activity so the teacher can see what they have understood from the story. AF targets the teachers use

12. Anthony Horowitz ( 4.41 ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edudzy4u-18