Transcript How we teach your child to read

How we teach your child to read
Phonics
Teaching
Linking
sounds
sounds to letters
Blending
and segmenting sounds
Reading
and writing sounds
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Helping your child to read:
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Make it a special time –
a pleasure not a chore!
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Choose somewhere calm
and comfortable.
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Be positive and
encouraging!
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Be a good role model!
Sharing Books
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Discuss the front cover and the illustrations.
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Talk about the story together – the characters,
the sequence of the story, predict what may
happen next, relate it to their own experience.
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Ask questions about the story – can they
remember what happened? Did they enjoy it?
Why?
Working out words
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Use the pictures to help.
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Look at the initial letter.
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Check the next letter and build up the
word ( c-a-t ).
cat
Further strategies:
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Re – read the first part of the sentence again.
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Read to the end to guess the correct word, so
the sentence makes sense.
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Recognise part of the word to help guess the
whole word.
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Notice key words.
Important Notice!!
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let your child struggle with a word –
if they have been unable to use the
strategies, read the word for them and
keep the story going.
How to help further:
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Visit the library.
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Look for writing in the environment – signs, posters,
street names.
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Encourage involvement in every day activities –
shopping lists, recipes, T.V.Guides
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Provide a wide range of reading material –
magazines, comics, newspapers, fiction and non
fiction books.
Remember!
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Reinforce the sounds, linking
them to the letters!
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Be patient and use lots of
positive encouragement!!
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Enjoy reading with your
child!
Stage 1 – The Beginning of Writing – The child is using letters to represent words. The
teacher keeps a record of what she has “written” by writing the words.
Stage 2
The child is using initial letters to represent words and has begun to hear and write other
sounds in words.
Stage 3
The child is using their phonic knowledge to write more words.
Stage 4 – The child is using basic sight vocabulary for some words and good phonic
knowledge for unknown spellings. A story is developing.
Stage 5 – The child is beginning to use sentences and can spell many words correctly. Full stops
are used but she is not yet quite sure of beginning a sentence correctly.
Supporting your child’s writing
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Play dough or plasticine
Threading beads
Finger painting
Construction toys – Lego, blocks
Jigsaw puzzles
Air writing
Writing on backs
Using chalk, pencils, crayons, felt
tips
Helping your child to write
• Value all your child’s writing.
• Remember! - early writing may look like ‘scribble’ or
marks.
• Help them become aware of the meaning and purpose
of writing.
• Give them the opportunity to write – lists, letters, cards,
invitations.
• Provide paper, crayons, pencils, paint, chalk.
• Talk about their writing with them.
Helping your child with numbers
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Number rhymes
Counting
Playing games
Numbers as quantities
Numbers as labels
Everyday numbers
Number rhymes
Sing number rhymes together:
- ‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive...’
- 5 currant buns
- 10 green bottles
Counting
Count different objects in different ways:
- plates on the table
- sandwiches for a picnic
- pieces of a jigsaw
- coins in your purse
- the number of times you can bounce a ball
Playing games
Play games together:
- games with dice and counters
- dominoes
- playing cards
- magnetic/foam numbers
Numbers as quantities
Point them out and count them with your
child:
– 6/12 on a box of eggs
– 10 apples in the bag
– print 5 copies on the computer
Numbers as labels
Notice them all around:
– the number on the bus
– house numbers
– television channels
Everyday numbers
Notice numbers all around:
– on money, timetables, clocks, receipts, tickets, computers, cards,
telephones
Look for numbers in the environment:
– on signs, shops, traffic signs, car number plates
And Finally!
• Working in partnership
• Talking to children
• Savour the moments!