1. Reading and writing together! St Blaise – November 2013 Sarah Cook - Education Adviser

2. Thank you! Reading and writing partnership All children who are supported at home do better than children who are not…

3. Reading in school Phonics Shared Reading Guided Reading Independent reading Class books - read aloud

4. Reading together!

5. Asking different questions…

6. Vary how you do it… The child may read to you… You may take it in turns to share the reading… You may read to them… Remember - the child doesn’t have to have read the book by themselves for you to be able to have a good discussion about what has been read! Make reading time together an enjoyable experience.

7. Somerset Literacy Network

8. Make sure they see you read!

9. Vary what they read… Read a range of things with your child and then try out the different question types. It could be… a book from school…a book at home... a book from the library…or something on-line… It could be… a story…a comic… an information book…a leaflet... a catalogue…

10. Phonics The building blocks 26 letters Phonemes and graphemes

11. 44 phonemes consonant phonemes vowel phonemes (short and long) Phonemes

12. How many phonemes are there in each word? dog jump pin edge moon clown bend stop nest shop cow play block straight

13. Can you robot-speak….?

14. Somerset Literacy Network A grapheme is: a letter, or sequence of letters, that represent a phoneme 144 graphemes to represent the 44 phonemes

15. A grapheme may be: One letter (graph) cat Two letters (digraph) ship moon Three letters(trigraph) bridge light Four letters straight bought A split digraph name like bone Pete cube

16. Pronunciation

17. Spelling Look Say Cover Write Check!

18. Writing in school Phonics Shared Writing Guided Writing Independent Writing

19. Aspects of writing… What do I need to be a good writer?

20. Considerations… Interesting to read Fit for purpose Organised Sequenced Sentences Punctuated Appropriate words Spelling Legible

22. Talk for writing Immerse Imitate Innovate Invent

23. The Teaching Sequence & Talk for Writing Read Plan Analyse Review Write

24. Good writers… –Good writers read –Good writers also read as writers –Good writers plan –Good writers draft and craft writing –Good writers re-read –Good writers transcribe efficiently

25. Handwriting Pencil grip Letter formation –own name –UPPER and lower case Joining

26. Enjoy sharing books… Join the library… Give book tokens… Make up and tell stories together… Encourage story mapping… Encourage writing – stories, recounts, lists … Have fun!! Helping at home…