1. Early Years Foundation Stage Open Evenings Phonic Development & Early Reading Strategies Wednesday 1st October 2014

2. Overview Introductions Presentation Future plans View of EYFS unit Opportunity for questions

3. Letters & Sounds National scheme - Daily 20min session Phase 1 Sound discrimination Rhyme cat fox bat Alliteration Voice sounds Sound talk – Metal Mike Blending – Cross the river

4. Letters & Sounds Phase 2 Learning 31 phonemes/sounds– 4 sounds per week Blending (putting sounds together to read) Segmenting (splitting word into component sounds to write) Key words (some phonetic and some tricky) * Home resource pack

5. Becoming a reader... Like building a jigsaw! Lots of pieces/skills put together to complete it! Sounds knowledge Use of picture clues Building up sight vocabulary Use of context/what would make sense

6. Sample Sentence... I can see a big cat sat on the red rug.

7. Early Reading Strategies Key skills to rehearse Discussion of front cover – title/author/illustrator/ blurb; prediction; tracking of text (“Magic Finger”); likes/dislikes. Searchlights – to decode! Picture cues; sounds knowledge; key words (32) recognition; context.

8. Reading in School Stories & lots of talking! Creating a positive attitude towards reading Word rich environment Shared reading Individual reading Guided reading

9. Reading in School Colour Bands Scheme Different schemes within each colour band Ongoing/formative assessment to ensure children are reading at the correct level and to determine when they are ready to move on - benchmarking

10. Reading at Home Practising key words (sentence building); reading books regularly; signing and commenting in record book. Home readers are at a level of 95+% accuracy rate, therefore should be fluent. Bug Club – E Books

11. Reading at Home

12. Future Plans Orbit drop in session – 7 th October (3.10-4.00pm) Parent/Carer Meetings – 19 th November (3.30-6.30pm) 20 th November (3.30-5.30pm) Learning stories – Open Day 1 – 3 rd December (8.40-9.10am or 2.30-3.00pm) Mathematics Parent Workshop- 28 th January (3.30-4.30pm repeated 5.00-6.00pm)

13. View of EYFS Unit Learning Tree – leaves Browse/questions/answers