Reading Workshop 2015 Supporting your child in learning to read

Reading

Pause for thought… ‘Any child who cannot read can never access a broad curriculum…’

It is therefore vital that all children find learning to read a rewarding and successful experience…

We use a variety of methods to teach reading as a discrete skill. Read, Write Inc. Phonics, later Spelling and Literacy and Language. Listening to children read individually. Guided Reading. Borrowing non-fiction books from our library. Shared reading, as a whole class or smaller group. Sending home, reading books. Monitoring through home/school reading records. Sending home Literacy homework in Key Stage 2.

What is Read Write Inc. all about? Systemat ic Lively In school manager Lesson length varies Grouped by reading ability 8 weekly assessments Tutoring

Read, Write, Inc. Phonics Phonics = the sounds in our language. Begins in Stampers Discrete teaching of the individual sounds, in groups, saying their pure forms (Fred talk), not with an additional ending, eg; ‘ffff’, not ‘fuh’, ‘llll’ not ‘luh’, ‘mmmm’, not ‘muh’, ‘rrrr’ not ‘ruh’.

A bit of technical knowledge… What should these phonics sound like? Watch our sound pronunciation guide.sound pronunciation guide. Now it is your turn to practise…

Letter names After all initial sounds have been learnt the letter names are then taught.

The English language is a complex code… It would be easy if we only had to learn Set 1 and Set 2 sounds. Set 3 sounds ayigh play eight cake straight right spie kite fly

How do phonics help us read? Say “hello” to Fred. Fred can only talk in sounds... He says “c_a_t.” Not cat. We call this Fred Talk (blending) Watch Ruth Miskin explains Fred Talk.Ruth Miskin explains Fred Talk

Oxford University Press publish the resources

What’s next? Having mastered the Year 2 skills and therefore being Year 3 ready, the children go on to Read, Write, Inc. Spelling. This continues to teach the more difficult blends and ‘Red words’ and works alongside Read, Write, Inc. Literacy and Language.

Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language Literacy and Language is a creative writing, comprehension and spoken language programme for Years 2 to 6 that meets the requirements of the new curriculum and statutory assessments. It will: Develop children’s writing, so they become thoughtful and confident writers. Further develop comprehension skills asking more difficult and probing questions about the characters, settings, plots or facts in the texts – inferring and deducing. Engage children with drama and discussion. Build vocabulary and develop spoken language. Teach grammar in context. Prepare every child for the key stage 1 and key stage 2 grammar, punctuation and spelling tests.

Read, Write Inc Progress Results We have now been teaching RWI for six years. Children are assessed every eight weeks and results confirm that reading and writing standards have significantly improved. Children are now, on average, between six months and one year ahead of previous reading levels. As well as these fantastic results, children’s ability to understand more complex texts, whilst also tackling probing questions with confidence, has also improved considerably.

Time for a break and a chance to look at the Read, Write, Inc. resources

Guided Reading What is it?

Guided Reading at SFS begins in Reception using the Pearsons ‘Bug’ scheme is a teaching strategy which allows staff to work very closely with groups of children in one or more aspects of reading which are linked to planned objectives is organised in ability groups is carried out in a quiet space is learning reading skills rather than practising reading takes place at regular intervals – usually once a week per child

The texts used: are carefully chosen to challenge without discouraging can be read with 90 – 95% accuracy are a selection of fiction, poetry, playscripts and non-fiction

What does it look like? For children just beginning to read Oral work Blending Answering questions More fluent readers Quiet reading Answering more open questions, referring to the text and giving opinions Practising fluency and expression

Progress in guided reading: Can he/she:- use a range of strategies to read and understand the text? retrieve information from the text? infer meaning from the text? identify the organisation of the text? explain the author’s use of language? comment on the author’s purpose and view? relate texts to their traditions?

Educational research shows that parental support in a child’s learning in school can lead to improvement in progress of up to 30%

How can parents help? Read a minimum of four times a week with your child and sign your child’s reading/homework diary. Regularly visit your local library. Let your child see you enjoying reading. How SFS supports this Reading books sent home. Information for parents/carers as to how they can support their children. Variety of different up-to-date schemes. Books organised using colour coded levels. Weekly reading and homework clubs (10/15 mins) run by a Teaching Assistant, to help those children who need a little more support.

Reading booklets for parents 2015 The reading booklets to support parents at home have recently been updated. These booklets summarise the importance of supporting your child’s reading at home. They also give lots of question ideas. This will really help to develop your child’s understanding of the texts and in turn develop their writing skills. Just because your child can ‘read the words’ doesn’t make them a ‘good reader’. Children also need to understand their reading, and to learn how to answer probing questions in their comprehension work. It is these skills which are sometimes more difficult to develop.

SFS Non-Fiction Library Children borrow quality non-fiction and poetry books once every 3 weeks. Read in school time Taught a variety of non fiction reading skills Year 4 librarians support

Handouts Red word charts How to say sounds Fred games Spelling grapheme chart Parents booklets for Reception, Key Stage 1 and 2 Magazines/Newspapers for children Powerpoint slides