Reception Inspiring young readers

Reading is a complex activity

Beginner readers need to learn to handle more that one set of information. They need to learn to hold on to the message being processed while looking for and checking other information.

We read to understand

Reading words and understanding are two separate processes.

It is possible to read without understanding. The fot snickled haplut the mossledupple and venkled snuther plo crisdover

It is difficult to comprehend the meaning of a text in which many of the words are not accurately identified. Likewise, limited knowledge or lack of understanding of many of the words will limit comprehension however accurately the words are pronounced.

Bringing stories to life!

Bringing stories to life! Widening vocabulary, developing imagination. Learning through play Trip Trap video.

Experiences and representations through play

Awareness of rhyme, playing with words. Video- Incy Wincy Spider.

Once upon a time…

Story language “Once upon a time a beautiful kingdom called Mackia. Cinderella lived in this castle. A ginormous spider what could grab people, grabbed Cinderella and he put her in the spider web. She was a good climber and climbed and climbed and climbed off the web back to her castle. Do you know who was waiting? Mum, Dad and Prince Charming. The End.” Charlotte Tobias video.

Secure knowledge of sounds and the ability to segment and blend are the foundations needed to read.

Jolly Phonics

Video- Megan

SSSSSSS Snail! Linking spoken sound to letter shape

Environment

Print awareness Self-registration

Strategies to identify words while reading text: Blending together the individual sounds represented by the letters in words. (sounding out) – this is the most important during early stages Noticing and blending together familiar spelling patterns (more advanced) Recognising printed words as whole units (by sight) As children read the same word accurately several times it eventually becomes stored in memory as a sight word. Usually read within 1 second, no pauses between words. Making analogies to other words already known (some come) Using clues from the context to guess a word’s identity Persephone video.