Active Literacy

Pyramid of Learning

Reading Book Banding – books are colour coded, not organised by ‘level’ Parent prompt sheet – with suggestions to try when children have difficulty reading a word Read story to a sibling, teddy , relative, record it or even Face Time!

Cross check Did the word you said - sound right? look right? make sense?

Chunky Monkey Look for chunks you know Wed-nes-day Pic-tures

Rhyming Robot ‘chair’ reminds me of hair and fair

Cover the ending walking Cover the –ed or –ing Focus on the root word walk. Then add the ending back. walked

Magic ‘e’ Makes the vowel day its name but it stays silent. mate

When 2 vowels go walking… Chair … the first one does the talking.

Use the pictures ‘Oh that word must be dragon because I see one in the picture’.

Skip the word Read the rest of the sentence, then come back and try again. There are often clues in the sentence which can help.

3 sounds of -ed t baked d waved id haunted

Swap the sound

Swap the sound

Phonics A method of teaching spelling and reading bases on the sounds of letters – not their names s – ssss not es a – aaaa not ay First 6 sounds – a t s I p n

Common Words Common words – often cannot be sounded out, need to use other strategies to learn them Children will learn 3 new words a week Children will very quickly build up a bank of ‘sight’ words to use in their reading and writing Primary 1 3 words a week First 3 common words - a at the

5 Finger Approach Blend Make/Break Read Say Write

Handwriting It is important to start writing letters in the correct place. Children should be use a froggy legs pencil grip