1. Reading at Dreghorn
Progression from p1-7

2. Nursery/Primary 1 – All about phonics
Building blocks of reading/writing
Alphabet made up of 26 letters and around 44 sounds
Letter names not taught until much later
Single sounds first, then digraphs
Blending sounds to form words from the very start
Jolly phonics – story, song, action, sound

3. How do we teach phonics? Multisensory approach Repetition!
Up to 4 sounds a week in term 1 of primary 1
Make, write, do

4. What about reading? Introduced to books right away
Taught how to physically ‘operate’ a book
Blending from 3 sounds – first reading book
Taught how to read – not just learning individual words
Slow process at first
Fluency and expression come later

5. Phonics books

6. Book banding Allows us to level books Pink – scarlet
Different skills at each band
Set of skills children at each band
Better than relying on one scheme

7. Reading comprehension infant classes
Comprehension strategies – done on any text
Read and respond
Sra
Verbal/oral – not always written
Based on reading book when appropriate – can do this at home

8. Reading books from p2-3 Phonic books Banded books
Books sent home should be familiar – taught in class and reinforced at home
Comprehension taught in class – whole class with differentiation/groups
Reading for pleasure is very important

9. What you can do at home Read often and for fun Question Play games
Try not to force it
Reading is all around us!

10. Reading in p4-7 LIBRARY TIME E.r.i.c. – including teacher Class novels
Novel studies
pAIRED reading
Comprehension taught in class – whole class with differentiation/groups
Reading for pleasure is very important

11. Novel studies Teacher does not hear children read
Groups read same novel
Encourage discussion of text
Focus on reading independently
Variety of texts available

12. Teaching comprehension in upper school
Comprehension strategies – done on any text
Prediction, SUMMARASING, VISUALISING, METALANGUISTICS,
INFERENCE, QUESTIONING…
These concepts are continuously reinforced
Asked during and after reading
Verbal/oral – not always written
Sra – rapid concentration

13. READING AT HOME READING SHOULD TAKE PLACE DAILY
SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO CHILD
INVOLVE A WIDE RANGE OF TEXTS
CAN INCLUDE NEWSPAPERS, COMICS, ETC
BEDTIME ROUTINE
ENGAGING WITH TEXT YOURSELF CAN PRODUCE DISCUSSIONS

14. Important points to take away
Reading must be for pleasure too
First we must teach the skills of reading then we move on to understanding
Give children the skills to tackle unfamiliar words
Reading can improve general knowledge, punctuation, spelling, grammar, overall writing, imagination…
Everyone moves at their own pace!

15. ANY QUESTIONS?