1. Primary 1 Curriculum Workshop:Language
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2. Primary 1 Curriculum Religious Education – “Alive O”
PSD – Self Esteem, Behaviour
Language – Reading, Writing, Talking, Listening
Mathematics -Number, Money, Measure, Shape,
and Information Handling
Expressive Arts – P.E., Drama, Music, Art & Craft
Environmental Studies – Science, Social Studies,
Technology, Health Education
Information & Communication Technology
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3. People Who Help Us In School
PRIMARY 1 TOPICS
TERM 1
The Park
TERM 2
Ourselves
TERM 3
The Seasons
TERM 4
People Who Help Us In School
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4. Early Years Language Skills
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5. What helps Reading? Awareness of rhyme Being able to recognise letters
Others at home modelling reading
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6. Concepts of Print Back, front, picture, page, cover
Recognition of letters upper and lower case
Rhyme, alliteration
Letter, space, word, sentence, punctuation
Left -> right, top -> bottom
Knowing what they read, the difference
between text and pictures
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7. Our Approach to Reading
Not just one method but a range of strategies
Look and Say
Phonics
Reading for Meaning
Why?
All children are different and have different learning styles
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8. Phonics
Blending ca t
Onset and rime c at
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9. Jolly Phonics
Teaches the letter sounds in an enjoyable, multi-sensory way.
The five basic skills for reading and writing are:
1. Learning the letter sounds 2. Learning letter formation 3. Blending 4. Identifying sounds in words 5. Spelling the tricky words  
In Jolly Phonics the 42 main sounds of English are taught, not just the alphabet.
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10. Introducing The Sounds s
Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say ssssss a
Wiggle fingers above elbow as if ants crawling on you and say a, a, a. t
Turn head from side to side as if watching tennis and say t, t, t. i
Pretend to be a mouse by wriggling fingers at end of nose and squeak i, i, i.
Each sound has an action which helps children remember the letter/s that represent it. As a child becomes more confident, the actions are no longer necessary.
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11. Children should learn each letter by its sound, not its name.
Some sounds are written with two letters, such as ee. There are 42 sounds in total.
Children should learn each letter by its sound, not its name.
The letters have not been introduced in alphabetical order. The first group (s, a, t, i, p, n) has been chosen because they make more simple three-letter words than any other six letters.
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12. The letters b and d are introduced in different groups to avoid confusion.
Sounds that have more than one way of being written are initially taught in one form only.
For example, the sound ai (rain) is taught first, and then the alternatives a-e (gate) and ay (day) follow later.  
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13. So, a word like rain should be sounded out r-ai-n, and feet as f-ee-t.
Blending
Remember that some sounds are represented by two letters, such as sh. Children should sound out the sh not the individual letters s-h.
So, a word like rain should be sounded out r-ai-n, and feet as f-ee-t.
Some words in English have an irregular spelling and cannot be read by blending, such as said, was and one. Unfortunately, many of these are common words. The irregular parts have to be remembered. These are called the 'tricky words'. 
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14. Identifying Sounds in Words
Start by having your child listen for the first sound in a word. Games like I-Spy are ideal for this.
Next try listening for the end sounds, as the middle sound of a word is the hardest to hear.
Begin with simple three letter words such as cat or hot. A good idea is to say a word and tap out the sounds. Three taps means three sounds. Say each sound as you tap. Take care with digraphs. The word fish, for instance, has four letters but only three sounds, f-i-sh.
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15. What do I get if I add a p to the beginning of ink? Answer: pink.
Other Games to Play
Add A Sound
What do I get if I add a p to the beginning of ink? Answer: pink.
Other examples are m-ice, b-us, etc.
Take Away A Sound
What do I get if I take away p from pink?
Answer: ink.
Other examples as above, and f-lap, s-lip, c-rib, d-rag,  p-ant, m-end, s-top, b-end, s-t-rip, etc.   
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16. Reading Homework Later
Reading Homework Now
Say the sound with action
Write the letter
Match words and letters
Build words using letters
Build a sentence using words
Copy letters, words and sentences
Look for words/letters in the environment
Reading Homework Later
Learn new words, revisit old ones
Paired Reading
Ask both literal and inferential questions
Ask child to sequence story, predict, retell
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18. What is Paired Reading?
Promotes reading skills, self confidence and enjoyment of books
Sharing a book – 4 stages
Parent reads
Parent and child read together adult taking the lead
Parent and child read together - child encouraged to take the lead
Child reads
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19. A time of day, day of the week, date etc
QUESTION WORD?
ANSWER
Who
A person, a name
When
A time of day, day of the week, date etc
Where
A place
Which
The reader usually has to choose from a selection
What
Depends on how the question is worded, but usually a thing
How
An explanation
How many
A number
How..big, far, tall etc
Also involve an explanation
Why
A reason (very often using because)
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20. Reading doesn’t have to look like this.
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21. All Reading is Valuable
Alone
Being read to
Reading to an adult/other child
Research/ instructions
Newspapers/ comics
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22. Listening Skills Good eye contact, sitting still, nodding, responding
Hear small differences (p & b)
Recite rhymes and poems from memory
Listen for information, instructions and
directions
Retell simple stories, instructions, correctly
sequenced
Take a turn
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23. Talking Skills Ask/answer questions Ask for help
Give simple definitions
Express thoughts and feelings
Speak clearly and audibly
Be aware of their audience
Convey information, instructions and directions
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24. Pre Writing
Child needs to develop muscle tone and control in fingers and hands
Construction toys like, Duplo, Lego, Mecanno
Play Dough, plasticine
Jigsaws
Threading beads, tying laces, zips, buttons
Cutting, gluing, sticking, painting, scribbling,
colouring in, tracing, dot to dot
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25. Writing Pencil hold Letter formation Experiment with writing
Use writing to communicate
Write own name
Copy a letter, word, sentence
Compose a sentence
Think and talk about writing before starting
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