Reading and Phonics
St Catharine’s Catholic Primary School
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Reading and Phonics St Catharines Catholic Primary School Aims Elements of reading Learning to read Skills Strategies Reading at Home Why reading? The world around them Use across school Language development Developing writing Love
St Catharine’s Catholic Primary School
Aims
Elements of reading Learning to read Skills Strategies Reading at Home
Why reading?
The world around them Use across school Language development Developing writing Love of reading
Word Reading
Letters and Sounds Separate sounds within words Blending sounds together
Phonics
Segmenting and Blending
Segmenting words into sounds Blending them together
cat c a t cat
Pure sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCI2mu7URBc
Story Time Phonics
Picture books 1 sound per lesson Activities Recapping previous learning
Phoneme = Sound Grapheme = Letter
Graphemes
c as in cat ai as in snail igh as in light (digraph) (trigraph)
Graphemes
ie as in tie i-e as in bike igh as in light (split digraph)
Phonic Actions
Each grapheme has an action Remind children of the phoneme Use when reading
Ss Tt Aa Ii Pp Dd ck Kk Cc Rr ss Hh Ll Ff Uu
PHASE 2 SOUNDS
Ee Nn Gg Mm Oo Bb
Tricky Words
Words that cannot be sounded out using the child’s phonics
she sh e
Quick recognition
Comprehension
Develop understanding of language
Comprehension when reading
Questioning Find it: literal questions – what colour was the ball? Prove it: inference and deduction – why was the boy sad? Refer to pictures Refer back to the text
Reading at Home
Listen to them read every day Use phonic strategies: segmenting and blending Demonstrate to child Give them time! Refer to sound mat / action cards Partially blend it Repeat segmenting and blending to hear relationship Re-reading
Extra Tips
Turn off the TV Talk! Read when you are out and about – road signs, timetables, billboards Games Show yourselves reading Sing songs and rhymes Library
Reading to your child
Valuing stories Make time! Choose a wide range of books Re-reading books All join in Understanding of harder text and increased vocabulary
English as an Additional Language
Keep sharing books, stories and rhymes in your first language Children love the sound of your voice Spending time together
howarde@st-catharines.gloucs.sch.uk
Links
Oxford Owl Phonics Guide: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/learn-to-read-phonics/ How to pronounce pure sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCI2mu7URBc Oxford University Press Closing the word gap: http://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/oxed/ Closing%20the%20Word%20Gap_Primary_Reading%20at%20Home.pdf Education Endowment Foundation Literacy: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/guidance-reports/preparing-for- literacy/ St Catharine’s Reading Resources: https://www.st-catharines.gloucs.sch.uk/curriculum/phonics-and-reading-scheme/