1. Early Years Foundation Stage
Open Evenings
Phonic Development &
Early Reading Strategies
Thursday 22nd September 2016

2. Overview Introductions Presentation Future plans View of EYFS unit
Opportunity for questions

3. Letters & Sounds Phase 1 Sound discrimination Rhyme cat fox bat
National scheme - Daily 20min session
Phase 1
Sound discrimination
Rhyme cat fox bat
Alliteration
Voice sounds
Sound talk – Metal Mike
Blending – Cross the river

4. Letters & Sounds Phase 2 Learning 31 phonemes/sounds–
4 sounds per week
Blending (putting sounds together to read)
Segmenting (splitting word into component sounds to write)
Key words (some phonetic and some tricky)
*Progress through the phases (3, 4 and 5 will vary dependent on which group/level your child is working at)

5. Becoming a reader...
Like building a jigsaw! Lots of pieces/skills put together to complete it!
Use of picture clues
Sounds knowledge
Building up sight vocabulary
Use of context/what would make sense

6. I can see a big cat. It is sat on the red rug.
Sample Sentences...
I can see a big cat. It is sat on the red rug.

7. Early Reading Strategies
Key skills to rehearse
Discussion of front cover – title/author/illustrator/
blurb; prediction; tracking of text (“Magic Finger”);
likes/dislikes.
Searchlights – to decode!
Picture cues; sounds knowledge; key words recognition; context.

8. Reading in School Stories & lots of talking!
Creating a positive attitude towards reading
Word rich environment
Shared reading
Individual reading
Guided reading
Key words practise and weekly assessment

9. Reading in School Colour Bands Scheme
Different schemes within each colour
band
Ongoing/formative assessment to
ensure children are reading at the
correct level and to determine when
they are ready to move on - benchmarking

10. Reading in School
End of year expectation – Early Learning Goal

11. Reading at Home IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE!
Home readers are at a level of 95+% accuracy rate, therefore should be fluent (rehearsal)
Your child will read at a level above (90% accuracy) in school during guided reading sessions

12. Reading at Home IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE!
Star reader card – reading books regularly (minimum of 3 times per week) – MUST BE SIGNED BY AN ADULT
I’m a Star Reader!
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6

13. Reading at Home IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE!
Practising key words – Key ring for phase 2
32 key words – provided in sets of up to 5, when your
child is secure with 4 out 5 words a new set will be given
Phase 3, 4, & 5 word cards activity packs

14. Reading at Home

15. Future Plans
Tapestry – please hand in you form, if you wish to see a demonstration, then feel free to stay after the reading meeting
Parent/Carer Meetings –
23rd November ( pm)
24th November ( pm)
Learning stories – Open Day 1 – 2nd December
( am or pm)
Mathematics Parent Workshop- 25th January
( pm repeated pm)

16. View of EYFS Unit Browse/questions/answers
Tapestry demonstration or queries