Fun With Phonics Reception 2016-17

1. Fun With PhonicsReception 2016-17 A guide to supporting your child’s reading and phonics development.

2. Reading • At Meadow Lane we give the children lots of opportunities to read: • Morning box of books • Big books linked to the topics • Book areas • Reading with volunteers • Parents’ reading mornings • Guided Reading • Library

3. Reading at School • In phonics children learn to read different graphemes, spelling patterns and key words. They practise using and applying these when reading words and sentences. • Children are given the opportunity to read quietly on a regular basis. This helps them to develop their skills independently as well as deepening enjoyment and comprehension. Library • To foster a love of reading we aim to create comfortable spaces where there are a wide range of books available. The children are therefore encouraged to spend time reading in the library and class books corners. Phonics Quiet Reading

4. Reading at School • Children are taught in a small group. There is a specific focus linked to the children’s reading level and target. It is also an opportunity to model reading behaviours. • This takes place several times a week at story time and in literacy sessions. Usually the focus is on enjoyment, understanding and comprehension skills. The same book is often revisited several times. • Children read individually with a teacher at various times. They may also read more regularly with a literacy volunteer or teaching assistant. Individual Reading Guided Reading Shared Reading

5. Reading at Home At Meadow Lane Infant School we believe in the importance of parents and staff working together to give your child the best start. • Reading at home is one of the most important things you can do to support your child’s learning as: • Children need to constantly practise learned reading skills. • Individual reading is focused on your child and what they need. • It’s an opportunity to foster enjoyment and enthusiasm for reading.

6. Reading with your child at home Talk about the book together to aid comprehension and enjoyment. Choose a time and a text which suits both of you! 5 minutes every evening Use phonics and some other strategies to work out what words say.

7. Beginning to Read: Early Learning Goals • Begins with books with no words to books with few words in simple sentences, often repeated. • Children begin to understand the conventions of books. • They begin to track print. • They are beginning to use their phonic knowledge to decode words. • They may recognise on sight some simple common words such as the, at, and, in. • They can talk about the stories and the pictures: • Eg Recounting what has happened, answering simple questions, giving opinions.

8. Week Commencing……22.9.14……………………...…………………………… Home Reading Reading Diaries

9. Guided Reading • The children read with the teacher once per week in a group. • Each child has the same book in the group. • The teacher works on skills linked to the Literacy Early Learning Goals. • The teacher will record comments in the Guided Reading box.

10. Jolly Phonics • Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centered approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers. The letter sounds are split into seven groups. • 1. s a t p I n • 2. ck e h r m d • 3. g o u l f b • 4. ai j oa ie ee or • 5. z w ng v oo 00 • 6. y x ch sh th th • 7.qu ou oi ue er ar

11. Five skills taught in Jolly Phonics • 1.Learning the letter sounds • Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue. • 2.Learning letter formation • Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters. • 3.Blending • Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to read and write new words. • 4.Identifying the sounds in words (Segmenting) • Listening for the sounds in words gives children the best start for improving spelling. • 5.Tricky words • Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately. • http://jollylearning.co.uk/overview-about-jolly-phonics/

12. The smallest unit of sound in a word Sounding out A written representation of a phoneme Eg, a, ai, igh Commonly occuring words which are tricky to decode Imaginary ‘button’ under phonemes Running sounds together to make a word eg c- a- t Makes the vowels in words say their names Splitting words up to work out which phonemes are in them make, eve, pine, hope, tune,

13. How should we pronounce phonemes to make reading easy for our children? f l a g

14. Tricky Words • Some words cannot be decoded phonetically. • These are often the more common words in the English language. For example was, said, the, of, he, me. • They cannot be sounded out so children just have to learn them. For example through: • Look, cover, write, check

15. Key messages • Have fun with reading • Talk about the text with your child • Use phonics first • Press the sound buttons as you read • Remember the tricky words