1. Welcome to our phonics evening!

2. Celebrate Reading! Share your own enjoyment of reading - whatever you like to read! Share your own enjoyment of reading - whatever you like to read! Highlight reading whenever you do it. Highlight reading whenever you do it. Comparing events in stories with your own shared experiences. Comparing events in stories with your own shared experiences. Point out words, signs and logos when you go shopping, when you're out driving, when you're watching TV or cooking. Point out words, signs and logos when you go shopping, when you're out driving, when you're watching TV or cooking. Visit the library or bookshop to explore and choose different types of books. Visit the library or bookshop to explore and choose different types of books.

3. Read Everything!

4. Oxford Reading Tree

5. Other texts

6. Phonics Letters and Sounds – Rose review Letters and Sounds – Rose review Focus on letter sounds Focus on letter sounds Keep the sounds short Keep the sounds short dog pit

7. c at d ee p sh i p church

8. Technical words! Phoneme - The smallest unit of speech – a single sound in a word. Phoneme - The smallest unit of speech – a single sound in a word. Grapheme -The written symbol that represents a sound. Grapheme -The written symbol that represents a sound. Digraph - two letters that make one sound Digraph - two letters that make one sound Trigraph - three letters that make one sound Trigraph - three letters that make one sound Encoding – (segmenting) Encoding involves listening for the sounds and deciding which letters represent those phonemes. Encoding – (segmenting) Encoding involves listening for the sounds and deciding which letters represent those phonemes. Decoding - The process of decoding a word has two stages. Firstly the individual grapheme- phoneme correspondence is recognised and then the phonemes are blended into the word as it is read. Decoding - The process of decoding a word has two stages. Firstly the individual grapheme- phoneme correspondence is recognised and then the phonemes are blended into the word as it is read.

9. High Frequency Words We need to learn to recognise these words without sounding them out. We need to learn to recognise these words without sounding them out. and wethe itbutI

10. Tricky Words These words cannot be sounded out. These words cannot be sounded out. we she was go people sai d

11. Before you read a book: Talk about the title, author and illustrator. Talk about the title, author and illustrator. Read the blurb. Read the blurb. Look through the pictures together. Look through the pictures together. Discuss what you think the story might be about. Discuss what you think the story might be about. Will it be a story or an information book? Will it be a story or an information book? Have you ever read a book like this before? Have you ever read a book like this before? Do you recognise any of the characters? Do you recognise any of the characters?

12. While reading with your child: Point to the words as you read them. Point to the words as you read them. Give them time to think but then help them when they get stuck. Give them time to think but then help them when they get stuck. Talk about the illustrations on each page. Talk about the illustrations on each page. Ask some questions to encourage them to think about what they are reading. Ask some questions to encourage them to think about what they are reading.

13. Some useful questions What is happening on this page? What is happening on this page? What do you think might happen next? What do you think might happen next? How do you think they are feeling? How do you think they are feeling? Which is your favourite bit? Which is your favourite bit? Can you find Floppy's name on this page? Can you find Floppy's name on this page? Can you find something in the picture that starts with a 's'? Can you find something in the picture that starts with a 's'? Has that ever happened to you? Has that ever happened to you?