1. Guided Reading and Phonics Our aim is to help children to love reading.

2. Today, we want to… • Let you know what we are doing in school to help your child to read. • Let you know what you can do to support school in helping your child to read.

3. Phonics • This is how we teach children how words work. • It includes: letter sounds. • Putting letters together to make words. • Reading each letter to sound out words to read them. • Recognising words.

4. Phonics • Phoneme- the sounds that make up words e.g. cat has 3 sounds c a t, light has 3 sounds l igh t, and fish has 3 sounds f i sh. • Blending and segmenting - Sound out words to read them (d o g) and to put sounds together to make words (dog). • Grapheme- the visual representation of a sound.

5. Letters and Sounds • Split into phases- phase 1 to phase 6. • Lots of games. • Pip the parrot.

6. Phase 1 • Throughout year R 1 and 2 right up to year 6. • Rhyme and alliteration. • Tuning into sounds. • Blending and segmenting games.

7. Phase 2-6 • Letters. • Pronouncing phonemes. • Each phase builds on the last - lots of consolidation.

8. Phase 2-6 • Letter fans. • Magnetic letters. • Quick write. • Phoneme frames. • Tricky words – the I.

9. Reading • We read signs around the classroom. • Adults read to the children. • Children look through books and read to themselves. • Children read and retell stories to each other. • Children participate in guided reading.

10. Guided reading • Informal. • Books with no words to build confidence, skills and familiarity with a group read situation (having a go). • Using books, turning pages, sequencing, where to start reading. • Once children are confident telling the story (using the pictures) in a group and recognise a few letters and words we move them onto books with words

11. Confidence • They can pick up any book and enjoy it even if they don’t know the words- they can read the pictures and re tell stories. • Books where children can read most of the words. (80%) • Reading in groups can be less intimidating we are all learning together. • Group reading and discussion (like a book group) helps children get the most out of the books. The discussion is often 50% of what we do.

12. To be a successful reader • Word recognition and decoding skills. • Comprehension.

13. How you can help • Learning conversations – This is most effective thing you can do to support school. • Conversations you have with your child about what is going on at school. • Conversations about things like reading and phonics. • Conversations about anything- whenever the opportunity arises.

14. How you can help • Listening to sounds around you. • Reading together – books, signs, cards. • Reading books – Please sign reading record.

15. One more thing! • Reading packs, Parent packs to take home. • Check out our Wiki. • Any questions please feel free to ask one of us.