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Early Reading

Early Reading . 10 th October 2012. Aims for this session. 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. . Phonics . Some definitions-

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Early Reading

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  1. Early Reading 10th October 2012

  2. Aims for this session. • 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.

  3. Phonics • 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.

  4. CVC words are made up of single letter sounds. c-a-td-o-gm-a-tb-e-d Blending and segmenting – splitting the words into their sounds and blending to read the unfamiliar word. n- igh-tt-r-ai-nsh-ee-p Sound buttons Phonics

  5. Year 1 Phonics Screening

  6. Daily phonics sessions

  7. Tricky words

  8. Mnemonics • 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.

  9. Is reading just about decoding?

  10. Hearing reading in school.

  11. How you can help

  12. Our reading books

  13. Picture books

  14. 4 main strategies • Phonic knowledge • Little words in big words- e.g. Independent • Context, miss out and read words before/ after- what makes sense? • Look at the pictures for help.

  15. Make the most of every opportunity to read!

  16. Common concerns • 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.

  17. Mrs Cox and Miss Sparkes will also be available in their classrooms for any questions.

  18. Some useful websites for you: • 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/alphabet/ • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/ • www.literacytrust.org.uk

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