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Primary 1 Curriculum Workshop:Language. Primary 1 Language. Reading Writing Talking Listening. Early Language Skills. What helps Reading?. Awareness of rhyme. Being able to first identify & then recognise letters. Others at home modelling reading. Concepts of Print.
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Primary 1 Language • Reading • Writing • Talking • Listening
What helps Reading? • Awareness of rhyme • Being able to first identify & then recognise letters • Others at home modelling reading
Concepts of Print • Back, front, picture, page, cover • Recognition of letters upper and lower case • Rhyme, alliteration • Letter, space, word, sentence, punctuation • Left -> right, top -> bottom • Knowing what they read, the difference between text and pictures
Our Approach to Reading Not just one method but a range of strategies • Look and Say • Phonics • Reading for Meaning Why? All children are different and have different learning styles
Phonics Blending ca t Onset and rime c at Synthetic phonics
Reading Homework Now • Match words and letters • Build words using letters • Build a sentence using words • Copy letters, words and sentences • Look for words/letters in the environment Reading Homework Later • Learn new words, revisit old ones • Paired Reading • Ask both literal and inferential questions • Ask child to sequence story, predict, retell • Link what they have read to what they already know • Apply what they know about sounds and words to writing
What is Paired Reading? Promotes reading skills, self confidence and enjoyment of books Sharing a book – 4 stages • Parent reads • Parent and child read together - adult taking the lead • Parent and child read together - child encouraged to take the lead • Child reads
All Reading is Valuable Alone Being read to Reading to an adult/other child Research/ instructions Newspapers/ comics
Listening Skills • Good eye contact, sitting still, nodding, responding • Hear small differences (p & b) • Recite rhymes and poems from memory • Listen for information, instructions and directions • Retell simple stories, instructions, correctly sequenced • Take a turn
Talking Skills • Ask for help • Ask/answer questions • Give simple definitions • Express thoughts and feelings • Be able to use new words and phrases to express, ideas, thoughts and feelings • Speak clearly and audibly • Be aware of their audience • Convey information, instructions and directions
Pre Writing Child needs to develop muscle tone and control in fingers and hands • Construction toys like, Duplo, Lego, Mecanno • Play Dough, plasticine • Jigsaws • Threading beads, tying laces, zips, buttons • Cutting, gluing, sticking, painting, scribbling, colouring in, tracing, dot to dot
Writing • Pencil hold • Letter formation • Experiment with writing • Write own name • Understand we use writing to communicate • Copy a letter, word, sentence • Compose a sentence • Think and talk about writing before starting WEBSITES: english alphabet sky writing sebran