1. Reading, Writing and Phonics

2. Structured phonics programme. (For example, sat)
Fun and engaging. (video, props, visuals)
Silly rhymes and sayings help the children remember how each letter looks.

3. You can make lots of words with only a few sounds.
Sat Nat Pat At Pit Taps Sit Nat Tin Pin
You can make lots of words with only a few sounds.
S A T P I N

4. Key Words
Orange words (decodable words- sounds you can blend together to make a new word.)
Yellow words (tricky words- sounds you can not blend together to make a new word. )
Little and often
Make it fun! (such as, memory pairs, snap, NSEW, fly squat the word)

5. Writing We use fun methods to help the children segment (words)
Chewing Gum
Pulling apart
Sliding down the arm
Robot arms
We start on magnetic boards then when ready move onto writing.

6. Writing Sentences 2 word sentences, such as the dog, the mat, the pig
Tricky key words
3 word sentences, such as the fat dog, the red mat
Once they begin sentences we encourage the children to use finger spaces, re-read their sentence, a full stop and finally a capital letter.
Pencil targets