Welcome to ‘Supporting your child with Reading’

1. Welcome to‘Supporting your child with Reading’

2. Reading has two components Comprehension Word Recognition The process by which words, information and sentences are interpreted and understood. The same applies to both spoken and written understanding. Continues to develop throughout life! Recognising words presented in and out of context. The ability to apply phonic rules - blending phonemes to decode. Quality phonics work – main approach for beginners in learning to decode ( sound out).

3. Developing word recognition skills Phoneme (letter sound) awareness and phonics teaching Repetition and teaching of ‘tricky’ words Recognising patterns in words. c-a-t

4. Structure of a Phonics Session Review/Revisit Teach Practise Apply Children are taught phonics for 30 minutes a day, but will be expected to apply this knowledge across all areas of their learning. Year 1 children are given phonic reading books as well as their colour band book. c-a-t

5. Example: oa Show pictures and say the words aloud Show the words Find the spelling pattern – use phonic knowledge Share write spellings with the given pattern Write given spellings

6. Reading in school.

7. Guided Reading KS1 Reciprocal Reading KS2 • Small groups, reading and /or discussing a text. • Teacher led small groups, modelling reading skills/phonics/word meanings, reading and discussing a text.

8. Guided Reading Sequence Introduce the text – discuss the front cover and title Read the blurb – predict what they think will happen in the text. This is where the children need to take ideas from the title and the pictures on the cover. Children to read individually whilst the teacher listens, focusing on one child at a time with a specific target in mind. Feedback is given to the child Other groups are completing reading based activities.

9. Yr 1 Reading Comprehension • Year one - oral comprehension in guided reading and when reading with the children • Later on this will become more formal • Year one comprehension progression - Oral comprehension – discussing books • Learn question words • Read question • Underline keywords • Skim text to find keywords in the text • Underline keywords • Read around the word to find the answer

11. Yr 2 Reading Comprehension • At the end of KS1 the children sit 2 papers • They are taught sets of steps to help them make sense of the text. Read the text carefully Read the question Highlight the keywords in the question Scan read the text looking for the key words highlighted Write the answer

12. Yr 2 Reading Comprehension The children may also be asked to: • Predict parts of the story • Describe characters • Write what they think of a character/event based on what they have already read • Find words in a text to describe something • Explain the author’s choice of language of a word or phrase

13. Yr 2 Reading Comprehension The children will also practise answering different types of comprehension questions such as; • short answers • longer more detailed answers • tick boxes • ordering events • matching words to their meaning/antonyms or synonyms • giving opinion or thoughts about events or characters actions • filling in missing information on a table,

14. Our school reading programme that joins books with eBooks Phonics Club

15. Supporting your child with Reading. Thank you for coming. Your commitment is very much appreciated.