Communication, Language and Communication, Language and Literacy in the EYFSLiteracy in the EYFS

Aims of this SessionAims of this Session

To understand how reading and To understand how reading and writing is taught in the EYFSwriting is taught in the EYFS– Letters and SoundsLetters and Sounds– Reading at homeReading at home– Guided ReadingGuided Reading

To gain some ideas for supporting To gain some ideas for supporting your child at homeyour child at home

Letters and SoundsLetters and Sounds

Designed to help teach children Designed to help teach children how the alphabet works for how the alphabet works for reading and spelling by:reading and spelling by:– fostering children’s speaking and fostering children’s speaking and

listening skillslistening skills– teaching high quality phonic workteaching high quality phonic work

Letters and Sounds aims to secure Letters and Sounds aims to secure fluent word recognition skills for fluent word recognition skills for reading by the end of Key Stage 1reading by the end of Key Stage 1

Making a good start – Making a good start – Phase OnePhase One

Phase One activities concentrate on Phase One activities concentrate on developing children’s: developing children’s: – speaking and listening skillsspeaking and listening skills– phonological awareness phonological awareness – oral blending and segmentingoral blending and segmenting

Phase 1Phase 1

Activities are arranged under Activities are arranged under seven aspects:seven aspects:– Environmental sounds– Instrumental sounds– Body percussion– Rhythm and rhyme– Alliteration– Voice sounds– Oral blending and segmenting

Phase 1Phase 1

Activities within the seven aspects are Activities within the seven aspects are designed to help children;designed to help children;

listen attentivelylisten attentively enlarge their vocabularyenlarge their vocabulary speak confidently to adults and other speak confidently to adults and other

childrenchildren discriminate phonemesdiscriminate phonemes say the phonemes they hear, in order, all say the phonemes they hear, in order, all

through the wordthrough the word use sound-talk to segment words into use sound-talk to segment words into

phonemesphonemes

The more words children know The more words children know and understand before they and understand before they

start on a systematic start on a systematic programme of phonic work the programme of phonic work the

better equipped they are to better equipped they are to succeed.succeed.

Systematic high quality Systematic high quality phonics – Phase Twophonics – Phase Two

The purpose of this phase is toThe purpose of this phase is to teach at least 19 lettersteach at least 19 letters begin blending and segmenting begin blending and segmenting

with letterswith letters learn to read some high-frequency learn to read some high-frequency

(tricky) words(tricky) words

By the end of the phase many children will By the end of the phase many children will be able to read some words and spell them be able to read some words and spell them either on paper or using magnetic letterseither on paper or using magnetic letters

Systematic high quality Systematic high quality phonics – Phase Twophonics – Phase Two

discrete daily sessions, of around discrete daily sessions, of around 20 minutes 20 minutes

opportunities to use and apply opportunities to use and apply phonic knowledge and skills as phonic knowledge and skills as opportunities arise across the opportunities arise across the curriculum throughout the daycurriculum throughout the day

multi-sensory activitiesmulti-sensory activities

Systematic high quality Systematic high quality phonics – Phase 3phonics – Phase 3

The purpose of this phase is toThe purpose of this phase is to teach another 25 graphemes, most teach another 25 graphemes, most

of them comprising of two lettersof them comprising of two letters learn to read more tricky wordslearn to read more tricky words

Automatic reading of all words – Automatic reading of all words – decodable and tricky - is the decodable and tricky - is the

ultimate goal.ultimate goal.

Aims of this SessionAims of this Session

To understand how reading and To understand how reading and writing is taught in the EYFSwriting is taught in the EYFSLetters and SoundsLetters and Sounds– Reading at homeReading at home– Guided ReadingGuided Reading

To gain some ideas for supporting To gain some ideas for supporting your child at homeyour child at home

Reading at HomeReading at Home Read yourself – be a good role modelRead yourself – be a good role model Read everyday with your childRead everyday with your child Read aloudRead aloud Give books as giftsGive books as gifts Make reading a privilegeMake reading a privilege Talk about the booksTalk about the books Involve your child in everyday activities Involve your child in everyday activities

such as making a shopping list and such as making a shopping list and buying the groceries.buying the groceries.

Help your child become a more successful Help your child become a more successful reader by reading to him or her from the reader by reading to him or her from the

time your child is born time your child is born

Guided ReadingGuided Reading

Guided Reading sessions involve a Guided Reading sessions involve a teacher and a small group of teacher and a small group of children, The session would have a children, The session would have a set of objectives to be taught set of objectives to be taught through the course of a roughly through the course of a roughly twenty minute session. twenty minute session.

Guided Reading Guided Reading

The structure of a typical session The structure of a typical session may include;may include;

Book introductionBook introduction Strategy checkStrategy check Independent readingIndependent reading Returning to the textReturning to the text Response to the textResponse to the text Re-reading guided textRe-reading guided text

Please help yourselves to Please help yourselves to the handoutsthe handouts

Letters and SoundsLetters and Sounds HFWsHFWs Letter ProgressionLetter Progression