Phonics & Reading in the Foundation Stage Tuesday 16 th September 2014

Welcome! Agenda: Introduction ‘Letters and Sounds’ and Jolly Phonics Beginning the reading experience Reading at school Reading at home Arrangements for reading books

‘Letters and Sounds’ A government document. Specific sequence of letters. Phases 1-6 (Nursery-Year2). Games, including a variety of focused speaking and listening activities. Key words – blending and segmenting.

Jolly Phonics Tool that helps us to teach the children letter sounds in a fun interactive way, taking into account all learners.

The Phonics Phases Phase 1 – Tuning in. listening to and noticing the differences in sounds. (Nursery) Phases 2-6 – hearing, saying, reading and writing sounds in words to read and write and write sentences and more! Learn 44 phonemes and the names of each letter (Reception-Year2)

A Phase 1 game! Teddy is Lost in the Jungle

Blending Recognising the letter sounds in a written word, for example c-u-p and merging or ‘blending’ them in the order in which they are written to say the word ‘cup’

A Blending game The Buried Treasure game

Segmenting ‘Chopping Up’ the word to spell it out. The opposite of blending. Identifying the individual sounds in a spoken word (e.g. h-i-m, ch-i-ck) and writing down letters for each sound to form the word ‘him’ and ‘chick’

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Where it gets tricky! The Tricky/ Camera words the I no go to into

Beginning the reading experience AIM: to enable children to become confident, independent and enthusiastic readers.

The Ingredients for a good reader! Reading + Understanding ( Phonics & sight words ) (Comprehension)

Beginning the reading experience The importance of picture books. Developing an interest in books – enjoying sharing and listening to stories and visiting the library.

Reading at School Why we use ‘Big books’ 1 to 1 reading. Phonics sessions and booklets Guided reading Cross-curricular links

Reading at home Enjoy it! Reading in the environment. Speaking & listening. Discuss the story and looking at the pictures – they tell the story too! Read alongside your child. Allow your child to choose a subject matter they are interested in (fiction/ non-fiction/ magazines).

Arrangements for changing reading books Your child will be heard reading as often as possible in school. Your child will need to bring their book and book bag back every day. Please make a note of how well your child read with you at home. Key word bookmarks. The Reading Diary & Phonics book.

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