1. Reading at Chesterton
November 2018 

2. Overview Red level reading Tricky words Comprehension
Learning to love reading
Reading with your child

3. Phonics http://www.letters-and- sounds.com/
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4. “Tricky words” http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaursEggs/

5. Comprehension It’s more than just retrieval. The power of 3:
1- Decoding
2- Meaning
3- performance (read to siblings etc)
Let your child lead- what do they think and why? Do they have questions they would like to ask?

6. Learning to Love reading
Use the Library as often as you can
Allow your child to choose!
Come in for book week/ book fair
If you enjoy it, so will your child.

7. Reading with your child
Every little counts!
Take it slow- don’t encourage guessing.
Use the reading record as a monitoring tool.
Enjoy it!