Reading and Writing at the age of 4 and 5! Reading EYFS 2014 It is a big ask but it is a challenge that most children rise to! They are all going to learn at different paces and will have click moments. They have already started to show they can read!

Words are all around us! Reading EYFS 2014

What they already know? Reading EYFS 2014

In school Surround the unit in writing, exposure to books and modelling good communication. Mark making areas inside and out. Dedicated taught phonics sessions 4 times a week. We quickly differentiate the children into groups depending on their readiness.

Reading EYFS 2014 Phonics Is the term given to the sounds a letter or letters make. Fast paced programme learning a new sound daily – we use Jolly Phonics and Letters and Sounds together. There are 44 phonemes in the English Language.

Reading EYFS 2014 Phase One Phase One supports the development of speaking and listening. In Phase One, blending and segmenting activities have been purely oral, involving no letters, for example, an adult pronounces the sounds to be blended rather than expecting the children to pronounce them in response to letter Phase Two The children learn to pronounce the sounds themselves in response to letters, before blending them, and start reading simple VC and CVC words. The reverse process is that they segment whole spoken words into phonemes and select letters to represent those phonemes, either writing the letters, if they have the necessary physical coordination, or using solid (e.g. magnetic) letters to encode words.

Reading EYFS 2014 What does ‘learning a letter’ comprise?- Phase 2 It comprises: distinguishing the shape of the letter from other letter shapes; recognising and articulating a sound (phoneme) associated with the letter shape; recalling the shape of the letter (or selecting it from a display) when given its sound; writing the shape of the letter with the correct movement, orientation and relationship to other letters; naming the letter; being able to recall and recognise the shape of a letter from its name.

Reading EYFS 2014 Phase Three Phase Three completes the teaching of the alphabet, and children move on to sounds represented by more than one letter ll,ss,ff,ck,ng. Phase Four In Phase Four children learn to read and spell words containing adjacent consonants. No new grapheme-phoneme correspondences are taught in this phase, e.g dump Phase Five Phase Five would not be needed if there were a perfect one-to-one mapping between graphemes and phonemes – most phonemes can be spelled in more than one way, and most graphemes can represent more than one phoneme. e.g. ai - ay I – ie - igh

Reading EYFS 2014 We need to appreciate how hard learning to read and write is. For example I like to read and have read many books. My favourite colour is red. There is a child playing with their ball. Then the words that do not for the phonic model. PHONICS!!!! Circleacornice

Reading EYFS 2014 How can families help at home? By attending today to understand the journey. Be a good role model show your child you are interested in reading. Try and ensure that a bedtime story is read every night. Statistics state that is increase a child’ s reading age over a child who doesn’t have a bed time story by 18months.

Reading EYFS 2014 How can families help at home? Sound talk at home it can turn into a game. We are going to the p-ar-k. It helps them to begin to blend the sounds. When writing with your child sound out as you write this includes texting and ing. Write a shopping list with your child modelling writing they then have to tick of the shopping – what sound does milk start with which word do you think it is… etc

Reading EYFS 2014 From October half term Reading books will be sent home with a reading record. Top tips – Little but often. Allow children to use the pictures to read unfamiliar words. Assist in the segmenting and blending of words. Give lots of praise and encouragement – it can take a while for child to get into the routine of reading. DON’T GET YOUR CHILD TO READ IF THEY ARE TIRED!! We only send home one book a week as we know they will be doing other reading. We listen to all children read each week. After Christmas we will begin to hear the children read in guided reading sessions.

Reading EYFS 2014 Reading record. Write the comment to the child straight after reading. This models writing skills but also makes it relevant to the child and will boost their confidence. We want it to become a conversation between home and school. We read this first before we listen to the children read. It is not just to write about the reading book your child will be using their reading skills each day share this learning with us. For example Wow Tilly you were really good at using the pictures to read. You sounded out the word cat and read it independently – fantastic! What a busy week we went on the bus and you read the word bus, stop and you saw the fire exit sign and knew what it meant! Well done Love from Mummy x

Reading EYFS 2014 From October half term High Frequency Words Ten words at a time for children to learn by sight. Top tips – Little but often. Turn reading them into a game. Children to speak a sentence with that word in. When they have a number of cards the children can make sentences with them. More confident can they spell them. Give lots of praise and encouragement. DON’T GET YOUR CHILD TO READ THEM IF THEY ARE TIRED!! I and

Reading EYFS 2014 Reading to writing Children have been making marks since they were little. Although children interested in writing they can not really begin to write until they become familiar with phonics and have had exposure to reading. In school the children have to write during their phonic sessions. Starts with single sounds and we build this up to cvc words to writing phonetically plausible attempts at words. For example Was – wozgood – gudcircle – sercl We praise children for their attempts and will only correct during a phonics session. More often than not if we can read it we will not correct if it is independent writing.

Reading EYFS 2014 Writing opportunities Chalking outside large scale. Large floor painting. Using water to mark make. Lots of different paper colour, size, lined etc Lots of different tools to mark make/write crayons, paint, pens, felts, mud, finger etc

Reading EYFS 2014 In school Part of phonics. From Spring term those that are ready will have an adult led guided writing session. Exposure to different styles of writing- List making Instructions Recount Questions Descriptions Finishing a story.

Reading EYFS 2014 How we help at school Narrative programme. FS2 Steps Children attend to help them with their own individual needs. For example Fine motor Refining listening skills – revisit phase 1 Extra reading sessions Extra support with HFWs.

Reading EYFS 2014 Always here to help! Ask questions.