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Reading and Phonics 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

Simple View of Reading

Word Recognition

Word Reading Phonics Letters and Sounds Separate sounds within words Blending sounds together

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

PHASE 2 SOUNDS Ss Aa Tt Pp Ii Nn Mm Dd Gg Oo Cc Kk ck Ee Rr Hh Bb Ff Ll ss Uu

Tricky Words Words that cannot be sounded out using the child’s phonics she sh e Quick recognition

Simple View of Reading

Language and Reading Comprehension

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

Questions? 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/