Supporting your child with their progress in Reading and Writing.

Literacy starts with language Skills for talk Playing with words- Songs and rhymes, rhyming games, alliteration Story Time- joining in and talking about Language for creating stories Learning grammar conventions, tenses Developing oral sentence structure

How you can support language development at home Talk, talk and more talk Make time for quality talk beyond ‘business talk’ ensuring background noise is minimal Gentle correcting and modelling Encourage good skills for speaking and listening at home Help your child to develop language for creating stories by reading to them daily, supporting and encouraging small world and pretend play.

Phonics What are Synthetic phonics? Systematic phonic work involves teaching the children the correspondence between units of sound in spoken language, phonemes and letters, graphemes in written language In synthetic phonics these are taught in a clearly defined sequence and at pace. Research has shown that this is the most effective way for children to learn to read and write

Phonics- How we teach it at School Everyday new phoneme inputs, Fridays tricky word work Progression of sounds (phonemes) - rapid input with pace within sessions The Importance of correct sounds for blending Handwriting linked to the letters Robot talk – oral blending and segmenting Reading words- sound buttons Building then writing words, eventually into captions and sentences

How you can support your child with their phonic development at home Practice phonemes and letters in Home Learning folders Playing phonic/word games and simple word books sent home Play some of the traditional games such as eye spy, point out words and letters you see, select words for them to read with you Support them to write letters with correct formation

How you can support reading work, and word work at home Practice reading ‘tricky’ words we send home Support your child to sound out- sound buttons Encourage them to look at the pictures to help them If the are struggling too much on a word just say it for them Repetition is vital to gain flow and then from this comprehension Ask questions about what they have read e.g. what colour was the…? What did…say?

Use of tricky words- a tricky word is one that is not phonetic i. e Use of tricky words- a tricky word is one that is not phonetic i.e. you cannot sound it out. These are words the children need to learn by sight for e.g. The, I, go, no, my, to

How you can support at home Support your child in practicing saying them daily Point them out when reading books Practice writing them once they are confident with reading them

Reading at school Children all learn to read at different paces…its not a race it’s a journey Children read everyday at school within phonics time in differentiated input and games in reading time its not always about the reading book. Reading group books and activities are closely differentiated according to the children's ability to blend sounds and their phonic ability Children are regularly assessed to ensure the level the are working at is appropriate, to ascertain their skills for reading and identify their next steps Book change for parents will be happening after half term on a Wednesday and will be a mixture of game pages and books dependent on your child’s current level.

How you can support reading at home As parents you are your child's most influential teacher with an important part to play in helping your child to learn to read. Here are some suggestions on how you can help to make this a positive experience Read to them as regularly as possible, never sacrifice reading to them for hearing them read. Encourage the child to join in with the words when you read It's not just books, magazines, online stories, packaging, non-fiction Comprehension- There is more to being a good reader than just being able to read the words accurately.

Supporting them with their reading activity or book at home Try to read with your child on most school days. 'Little and often' is best. Always be positive- Constant praise. Remember 'Nothing succeeds like success‘ pushing on too quickly can have the opposite effect. Encourage your child to follow the words with their finger and sound out the words (c-a-t: cat). Encourage them to look at clues in the pictures Support them with reading longer words by helping them split the word into 2 or more sections. Communicate- Your child has a reading log, try to communicate regularly with positive comments. Your child will then know that you are interested in their progress and that you value their reading.

As they become more fluent encourage them to use expression in their voice when reading Discuss the punctuation and the effect that has on how we read e.g. use of exclamation marks Point out ‘tricky’ words in the text

Developing Physical abilities for Handwriting

Developing Handwriting at School Daily Hand Gym Handwriting- associated saying with letters Joining of diagraphs e.g. oo or ay Lead ins are shown when the children have a good grasp of correct formation of letters Targets- letters on line, size, formation, hanging letters

Developing skills for writing Motivation! Purpose for writing Hold a sentence Sentence structure- punctuation Developing ideas for writing Developing confidence and independence Targets for next time- next steps

How you can support your child with their writing skills at home Provide mark making opportunities including using scissors Encourage correct formation but be positive Encourage independence Writing for a purpose Encourage them to spell the ‘tricky words’ you know they know, correctly

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