Caldecote Primary School How do you pronounce GHOTI? WELCOME Reading & Handwriting at Caldecote Primary School Question while you wait: How do you pronounce GHOTI? Karen

Answer: FISH ????????? the ‘GH’ = f as in the rouGH the ‘O’ = i as in wOmen The ‘TI’ = sh as in naTIon

What is phonics? Approximately 44 sounds in the English language and these are written using approximately 140 graphemes (a single letter or group of letters). Grapheme Blending Laura Quiz for parents Phoneme Digraph Segmenting Trigraph Split digraph

Phonics Progression at, cat the, to, I, no, go soap all, was, my, they Phase 2 - Vowel Consonant – VC and CVC words - Tricky words - Getting ready for writing Phase 3 - CVC words with digraph at, cat the, to, I, no, go Fiona soap all, was, my, they

Phase 4 - CCVC words - Tricky words clap some, said, when

Phonics Progression Phase 5 - Alternative graphemes for reading and spelling - Polysyllabic - Tricky words - Getting ready for writing Phase 6 - Alternative spellings for each phoneme - suffixes - prefixes - contractions First 200 words – high frequency Fiona

Reading in Key Stage 1

Phonics and Word Recognition Reading requires two key skills Understanding The ability to understand the meaning of the words and sentences in a text. The ability to understand the ideas, information and themes in a text. If a child understands what they hear, they will understand the same information when they read. Phonics and Word Recognition The ability to recognise words presented in and out of context. The ability to blend letter sounds (phonemes) together to read words.

Reading Book Banding Colour Level Pink Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Turquoise Purple Gold White Lime

Reading in School The Teaching of Reading Phonics Guided reading Independent reading Focused reading activities Reading across the curriculum Class novels and stories The hearing of reading is NOT the teaching of reading

What we do if a child is stuck Use phonics first. What sound does the word begin with? Can you say the sounds in the word? Blend them together. Read to the end of the sentence. What would make sense? What is the text about – what might fit here? Does it sound right? Look at the picture. Does it help?

Accelerated Reader AR AR – begins in year 3 – ch. work through this during the rest of the schooling. Move from decoding Star test – initially – gives us a reading band for the ch. to read books from. Each book is levelled Read the book – then they sit an AR quiz on the computer. If they get 100% three times they move up to the next level. If the ch. get a low score they re-read the book and then sit another test. Each book also has its own amount of points. The ch. are targets – to reach a certain number or points – or certification level. Certification levels: They achieve these certificates by reading a certain number of books in a level or scoring a certain number of points. These certification levels can be assessed from home. Also from home you can see how well your child has done and when they have sat quizzes. Points available Book level https://Ukhosted5.renlearn.co.uk/2233452/HomeConnect

Reading AFs AF1 – use a range of strategies, including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning AF2 – understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text AF3 – deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts AF4 – identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level AF5 – explain and comment on writers’ use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level AF6 – identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader AF7 – relate texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions There are seven strands to reading assessments. These range from decoding, to retrieval of information and analysing the authors language. We cover these in school in guided reading sessions, 1:1 reading, independent reading and comprehension lessons. Often during registration in KS2 once the children have read they will answer an AF question. Children record their AR results and independent AF questions in blue books which are kept in school. Many of the AR questions focus on retrieval of information. You can find examples of AF questions on the tables.

Cursive Handwriting

Cursive Handwriting Taught across the school Research has shown that cursive writing improves spelling Consulted many schools and carried out research The British dyslexia foundation A lot of research was done with students with disabilities. Mainly dyslexic children. Learning to write in cursive has helped them learn to spell The most widely recommended handwriting style is called continuous cursive. Its most important feature is that each letter is formed without taking the pencil off the paper – and consequently, each word is formed in one, flowing movement. The key advantages to this system are: By making each letter in one movement, children’s hands develop a ‘physical memory’ of it, making it easier to produce the correct shape; Because letters and words flow from left to right, children are less likely to reverse letters which are typically difficult (like b/d or p/q); There is a clearer distinction between capital letters and lower case; The continuous flow of writing ultimately improves speed and spelling.

Caldecote Primary School Our website has information and resources to support parents

Please visit the tables: Handwriting examples Cursive mats All about AR Phonic resources Info about Y1 screening Test Phoneme & sound mats Take an AR quiz Play a phonic game

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday: 9.30 am Meet in Hall 9.35 am Visit classes: Reception - Phonics Year 1 - Phonics & Guided Reading Year 2 - Guided Reading Year 3 - Guided Reading Year 4 - Guided Reading, Comprehension & AR Year 5 - Guided Reading, Comprehension Year 6 - Comprehension Mrs. Wicks - Reading intervention in library 10.20 am Meet back in hall for discussion