1. Caldecote Primary School How do you pronounce GHOTI?
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Caldecote Primary School
Question while you wait:
How do you pronounce GHOTI?
Karen

2. Answer: FISH ?????????
the ‘GH’ = f as in the rouGH
the ‘O’ = i as in wOmen
The ‘TI’ = sh as in naTIon

3. What is phonics?
Approximately 44 sounds in the English language and these are written using approximately 140 graphemes (a single letter or group of letters).
Grapheme
Blending
Laura
Quiz for parents
Phoneme
Digraph
Segmenting
Trigraph
Split digraph

4. Phonics Progression at, cat the, to, I, no, go soap all, was, my, they
Phase 2
- Vowel Consonant – VC and CVC words
- Tricky words
- Getting ready for writing
Phase 3
- CVC words with digraph
at, cat
the, to, I, no, go
Fiona
soap
all, was, my, they

5. Phase 4
- CCVC words
- Tricky words
clap
some, said, when

6. Phonics Progression Phase 5
- Alternative graphemes for reading and spelling
- Polysyllabic
- Tricky words
- Getting ready for writing
Phase 6
- Alternative spellings for each phoneme
- suffixes
- prefixes
- contractions
First 200 words – high frequency
Fiona

7. Reading in Key Stage 1

8. Phonics and Word Recognition
Reading requires two key skills
Understanding
The ability to understand the meaning of the words and sentences in a text.
The ability to understand the ideas, information and themes in a text.
If a child understands what they hear, they will understand the same information when they read.
Phonics and Word Recognition
The ability to recognise words presented in and out of context.
The ability to blend letter sounds (phonemes) together to read words.

9. Reading Book Banding Colour Level Pink Red Yellow Blue Green Orange
Turquoise
Purple
Gold
White
Lime

10. Reading in School The Teaching of Reading
Phonics
Guided reading
Independent reading
Focused reading activities
Reading across the curriculum
Class novels and stories
The hearing of reading is NOT the teaching of reading

11. What we do if a child is stuck
Use phonics first. What sound does the word begin with? Can you say the sounds in the word? Blend them together.
Read to the end of the sentence. What would make sense?
What is the text about – what might fit here?
Does it sound right?
Look at the picture. Does it help?

12. Accelerated Reader AR
AR – begins in year 3 – ch. work through this during the rest of the schooling.
Move from decoding
Star test – initially – gives us a reading band for the ch. to read books from.
Each book is levelled
Read the book – then they sit an AR quiz on the computer.
If they get 100% three times they move up to the next level.
If the ch. get a low score they re-read the book and then sit another test.
Each book also has its own amount of points.
The ch. are targets – to reach a certain number or points – or certification level.
Certification levels:
They achieve these certificates by reading a certain number of books in a level or scoring a certain number of points.
These certification levels can be assessed from home. Also from home you can see how well your child has done and when they have sat quizzes.
Points available
Book level

13. Reading AFs
AF1 – use a range of strategies, including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning
AF2 – understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text
AF3 – deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts
AF4 – identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level
AF5 – explain and comment on writers’ use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level
AF6 – identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader
AF7 – relate texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions
There are seven strands to reading assessments.
These range from decoding, to retrieval of information and analysing the authors language.
We cover these in school in guided reading sessions, 1:1 reading, independent reading and comprehension lessons.
Often during registration in KS2 once the children have read they will answer an AF question.
Children record their AR results and independent AF questions in blue books which are kept in school.
Many of the AR questions focus on retrieval of information.
You can find examples of AF questions on the tables.

14. Cursive Handwriting

15. Cursive Handwriting Taught across the school
Research has shown that cursive writing improves spelling
Consulted many schools and carried out research
The British dyslexia foundation
A lot of research was done with students with disabilities. Mainly dyslexic children. Learning to write in cursive has helped them learn to spell
The most widely recommended handwriting style is called continuous cursive. Its most important feature is that each letter is formed without taking the pencil off the paper – and consequently, each word is formed in one, flowing movement.
The key advantages to this system are:
By making each letter in one movement, children’s hands develop a ‘physical memory’ of it, making it easier to produce the correct shape;
Because letters and words flow from left to right, children are less likely to reverse letters which are typically difficult (like b/d or p/q);
There is a clearer distinction between capital letters and lower case;
The continuous flow of writing ultimately improves speed and spelling.

16. Caldecote Primary School Our website has information and resources to support parents

17. Please visit the tables:
Handwriting examples
Cursive mats
All about AR
Phonic resources
Info about Y1 screening
Test
Phoneme & sound mats
Take an AR quiz
Play a phonic game

18. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday:
9.30 am Meet in Hall
9.35 am Visit classes:
Reception - Phonics
Year 1 - Phonics & Guided Reading
Year Guided Reading
Year Guided Reading
Year Guided Reading, Comprehension
& AR
Year Guided Reading, Comprehension
Year Comprehension
Mrs. Wicks - Reading intervention in library
10.20 am Meet back in hall for discussion