Phonics Workshop for Reception Parents 6/12/17

Why learn to read? Evidence suggests that children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform better than those who don’t, but also develop a broader vocabulary, increased general knowledge and a better understanding of other cultures. In fact, reading for pleasure is more likely to determine whether a child does well at school than any other factor.

Learning to read is about listening and understanding as well as working out what’s printed on the page. Through hearing stories, children are exposed to a wide range of words. This helps them build their own vocabulary and improve their understanding when they listen, which is vital as they start to read. It’s important for them to understand how stories work too. Even if your child doesn’t understand every word, they’ll hear new sounds, words and phrases which they can then try out, copying what they have heard.

Imagine …. Hello everyone Imagine that you could not read – How would you do most day to day tasks? What does this say? Hello everyone

How would we work out what this says? Hello everyone - h e - e l - l o - o v- v r – r y – y n - n

Teaching in School using Read Write Inc. Every child deserves success right from the start. We know that the sooner children learn to read, the greater their success at school. This is why we put reading at the heart of what we do. We use a teaching programme called Read Write Inc. Phonics to teach our children to read and write. We make sure every child can read the last set of phonic stories before they progress to our higher level programmes. All Reception children are taught using Read Write Inc for about 20/30 mins every day. We closely monitor progress and reassess every 6 weeks. Some children complete the programme in Year 1 and others in Year 2. Year 3 and 4 children who need extra support follow this programme too; struggling readers in Year 5 and 6 children follow a similar programme called Fresh Start.

http://www. ruthmiskin http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-1-understanding-read-write-inc-phonics/

Letter sounds First we teach the children one way to read and write the letters sounds. We use pictures to help, for example we make ‘a’ into the shape of an apple, ‘s’ into the shape of a snake. These pictures help all children to read the sounds easily.

How to say the letter sounds correctly – set 1. http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound- pronunciation-guide/

Lets learn the letter sound ‘m’

Special Friends – 2 letters 1 sound

Fred Frog Fred Frog helps the children to blend the letter sounds together to make words. http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-preparing-teach-reading-fred-games/

Set 2 and Set 3 letter sounds http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide

Green and Red Words

Spelling and Writing Fred fingers help to work out how many letter sounds in a word. Writing is taught alongside the reading, therefore children can succeed quickly at both reading and writing.

Reading books During the sessions at school the children will read a book 3 times before it comes home to be read to you. During the three sessions in school the children will have read the words carefully, fluently and talked about the story to support their understanding of the text. By the time the book comes home to you, your child will be reading it confidently with expression. It will be easily read by your child – this is the most important thing – we want the children to realise they can read!!

How to help at home Support the teaching of the letter sounds by using the green sound book we sent home. Listen to your child read – either the wordless book or the RWI reading book. Read a bedtime story to your child.

More information http://www.threepeaksacademy.org.uk/supporting-read-write-inc-at- home/ http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/