10 th october 2012. how we teach children to read is reading just about decoding? hearing reading...
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Early Reading 10th October 2012
How we teach children to read Is reading just about decoding? Hearing reading in school How you can help Common concerns Any questions? Opening of classrooms to look at the
resources available.
Aims for this session.
Some definitions- A phoneme – This is the smallest unit of a
sound in a word. How many phonemes can you hear in the
word cat? A grapheme – These are the letters that
represent the phoneme. The grapheme could be 1letter, 2 letters or more. We call these Sound Buttons.
Phonics
Phonics CVC words are made up of single letter
sounds. c-a-t d-o-g m-a-t b-e-d
Blending and segmenting – splitting the words into their sounds and blending to read the unfamiliar word.
n- igh-t t-r-ai-n sh-ee-p Sound buttons
Year 1 Phonics Screening
Daily phonics sessions
Tricky words
because- birds eat cake and uncles suck eggs
people – people eat oranges penguins lay eggs
Making up your own mnemonic for tricky words, can help children to remember the spellings.
Mnemonics
Is reading just about decoding?
Hearing reading in school.
How you can help
Our reading books
Picture books
1. Phonic knowledge 2. Little words in big words- e.g.
Independent3. Context, miss out and read
words before/ after- what makes sense?
4. Look at the pictures for help.
4 main strategies
Texts sent home not hard enough for child.
Is my child where he/she should be with regard to reading.
Child choosing same book again.
Common concerns
Mrs Cox and Miss Sparkes will also be available in their classrooms for any
questions.
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationdetail/Page1/DFES-00281-2007
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/alphab
et/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictu
res/ www.literacytrust.org.uk
Some useful websites for you: