1. In Primary 1 at East Craigs
Reading
In Primary 1 at East Craigs

2. How will your child learn to read in Primary 1?

3. Build on Nursery Experiences

5. Knowledge of Reading
Enjoyment of Reading

7. Reading aloud.
Discussing skills used and skills to try.
Answering questions about the text.

13. What are reading skills?

14. c – a - t
Decoding
ca - t
cat

15. R e a d i n g i s e a s y t i s n i t

16. Thinking what makes sense is a very important skill as it allows children to:
decode when they might not recall all the letter sounds
shows some understanding of the story
Allows them to build fluency as they can look at the first few letters and match it with what they think will make sense
leads to the skill of self-correction as they check whether the sounds they have blended makes sense allowing them to go back and check it if it doesn’t sound right.

17. a is to you and the Sight Vocabulary Literacy rich - common words
and tricky words a is
the to
you
and

20. We are successful readers

21. Biff Group
Kipper Group
Chip Group

22. Biff Group
Kipper Group
Chip Group

23. In reading lessons we are teaching the use of:
Picture cues
Predicting the characters, settings and events
Decoding
Thinking what would make sense
Self-correction
..and developing your child’s:
Comprehension
Sight vocabulary
Enable the children to read with fluency, understanding and enjoyment.

24. Supporting your child at home:
Return the reading bag with book and diary inside every day
Try and read the book and do some of the activities below every night (M, T, W, Th)
Practice the sounds and reading of the key words/tricky words – flashing them up or playing games with them
Play games with the books – how many words on the is page? Find a word beginning with ___. Find the word___.
Write the words from a sentence in their book onto paper, cut it up and get your child to put it in the correct order.

25. Supporting your child at home continued:
Read a wide variety of texts with your child – spotting signs in the street, comics, story books, newspapers, etc.
Read somewhere that there is minimal noise/distraction and with no active screens.
Write common words/keywords and ask your child to read them – this could be done in a tray of sand/rice/lentils/shaving foam for more fun.

26. Supporting your child at home continued:
Always try and praise the skills so that your child can identify what it is they are doing correctly.
Instead of:
“good boy” or “good reading”.
Try:
I liked the way you put the sounds together.
I liked the way you thought about what would make sense.

27. Trouble Shooting: We all live busy hectic lives and sometimes things don’t go to plan…
If you feel you are getting impatient with your child when they are reading – stop, make an excuse and:
get someone else to finish the activity,
come back to it later
save it for the following day and pop a note in the diary

28. Trouble Shooting: We all live busy hectic lives and sometimes things don’t go to plan…
Your child is frustrated/makes mistakes:
Tell them “Mistakes are good we know that our brain is getting smarter by trying different things”.
Give them praise when they do try
Remind them of a pre agreed reward if they keep trying hard
You read a page they read a page
Suggest a strategy they could use “why don’t you try sounding it out?”
Stop trying to read each page for a while and try one of the word games above.

29. Trouble Shooting: We all live busy hectic lives and sometimes things don’t go to plan…
Your child is uncooperative or distracted– you will know best if your child is just trying wriggle out of a bit of homework or if they are tired.
Read somewhere that there is minimal noise/distraction and with no active screens
Try praise and reward
Stop and read to the book to them
Leave the reading for another day and pop a note in the reading diary.

30. Most of all read, read, read with your child.
Remember everyone learns at different speeds but with continued effort and hard work they will get there.
Most of all read, read, read with your child.

31. Thank you for listening Any questions regarding reading?