How do children learn to read? Cracking the code

Key Skills: What is a book? Picture reading Phonics Blending Decoding Tricky words Comprehension and understanding

Picture reading elephant giraffe Water hole The elephant and giraffe are drinking at the waterhole.

Phonics

Consonant and vowel digraphs

Blending g a r d e n c a t sh i p

Decoding pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ultra a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.

Tricky Words where whair the thi I ie ball school skool bol Can’t be decoded phonetically where whair the thi I ie ball school skool bol

Lets put all these skills together to read a piece of text…..

Baa, baa, Black Sheep. Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full. One for the master, One for the dame and One for the little boy who lives down the lane.