Progression of phonics and reading in Key Stage 1 Overview of reading in KS1 Initial sounds Blending Fluency Digging deeper

YEAR 1 WORKING AT TARGETS Word reading and Comprehension

YEAR 2 WORKING AT TARGETS Word-reading, comprehension and spelling

What your child is doing. Year 1 4 x 60 minutes a week 4 sessions taught weekly through RWInc. phonics programme - children are grouped according to their knowledge of ‘sounds’ and word reading fluency Guided reading weekly for comprehension and writing opportunities Phonics screening test Year 2 3 x 45 minutes a week Some children continue with RWInc phonics programme Spelling (and grammar) Guided reading for digging deeper – inference esp. Optional SATS SPAG paper and grammar paper RW inc scheme, phonics screening test – knowledge of sounds NOT reading comprehension Y2 SATS – reading comprehension Children regularly regrouped

It is a process – not all children progress at the same rate. However, out-of-school reading habits of students has shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year. 

Phonics in reading For more help with pronouncing the sounds go to: http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/

segmenting/sounding out blending digraph consonant cluster trigraph alien/monster words tricky words PHONICS JARGON What do these terms actually mean? phoneme grapheme segmenting/sounding out blending digraph consonant cluster trigraph

segmenting/sounding out blending digraph consonant cluster trigraph alien/monster words Those words made up to test decoding skills tricky words Common words with irregular spelling PHONICS JARGON phoneme grapheme segmenting/sounding out blending digraph consonant cluster trigraph CVC word Consonant vowel consonant word like cat sat The units of sounds in a word. There are around 44 different phonemes /sounds that make up spoken English. Letters for writing down the sounds. Identifying the individual sounds in a spoken word and saying, reading or writing them. Reading and saying the sounds quickly from left to right to make a word. Two letters that represent one sound e.g. oo, ee, sh Three letters that represent one sound e.g. igh, air, ear sk/ sp/str

Phonics screening check (mid-June) - 80% of children pass - Not all those who pass are fluent readers. - The highest scores are not always by the most fluent readers.

Is our alphabetic code really that hard? 20 spoken vowel sounds – but only 5 vowels 44 phonemes – the different sounds NOT spellings 69 spellings with more than one pronunciation 80 - 84 basic spelling patterns with one or more alternative spellings 91 basic English spelling system spelling patterns 185 - 205 spellings for 44 phonemes (50 spellings is the European average) 2828 unpredictably spelt words that need memorising among the 7000 most common History and alphabetic code http://spellingsociety.org/irregularities-of-english-spelling#/page/3

decoding exception words comprehension and inference spelling & writing confidence

It’s not all about phonics and spelling!!! The content of a book –knowing the story, understanding the message, the information, empathising with the characters, reading between the lines – these things all matter.

syllable prefix/suffix silent letters compound word SPELLING JARGON syllable prefix/suffix silent letters compound word write climb contraction root word & apostrophe wa/ter ba/na/na in/for/ma/tion un- -ing -ed -s/-es/-ies -er -est car park cupboard snowfall k/h/b/t/gh/w don’t isn’t rain (rainy/rainfall/rains/rained/raining)

My first misspelt ‘can’t’ was a big shock Does spelling matter?

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt!

The simple view of reading

ENJOY BOOKS TALK ABOUT BOOKS Some tips: Reading aloud with your child A few ideas for reading ENJOY BOOKS TALK ABOUT BOOKS Some tips: Reading aloud with your child

Is my child falling behind? Don’t panic if your child is not yet fluent in reading. Keep it enjoyable and be proud of every achievement. Read all kinds of books – the sky is the limit! Link reading to writing - encourage writing a diary, shopping lists, addressing envelopes …

Reluctant or struggling? Take turns, and go at your child’s pace Online books – listen/read/listen and read /Exploit the oral tradition Retell a story to each other or to another member of the family Reinforce any of the phonemes/spelling features Deal with the nasties first Have discussions, or read and reread Encourage children to read and say the words accurately Congratulate even the smallest of achievements Once your child can blend, they should try blending in their head Read with your child – male, female, friends, family, old, young/ Choice: read anything and everything

Parent help/games and websites Online reading Teach your monster to read Mr Phonics (youtube) Ruth Miskin (RWInc.) Websites such as: http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/how-to-share-books/reading- with-your-child-booklets/