Transcript - St Joseph`s Catholic Primary School

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3 pairs of shoes for school
 Home – school shoes
 Plimsolls and Wellies to stay at school
Homework – Sent out Thursday, return on Monday
Uniform
http://www.st-josephs.islington.sch.uk/
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Speaking and listening are the key skills children need to
develop their ability to read and write.
Talk to them!
 Model and expect good listening.
 Encourage the understanding and use of new vocabulary.
 Sing songs, rhymes and read poems, enjoying the rhyme and
rhythm of words.
 Read to your child regularly and develop their story language
(library books given each Friday)
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 Structured programme
 Six phases – Phase 1 – rhyme and alliteration taught in
Nursery
 Phase 2 and 3 taught in Reception
 Children will be streamed after half term
 Fast pace, lots of consolidation
 KEY SKILLS:
Blending for reading
Segmenting for writing
Tricky words
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Phonics – the learning of letters and sounds
Phoneme – the sound a letter makes
Grapheme – the written letter
Segmenting – breaking a word up into its component sounds
Blending – running sounds together to make a word
Tricky words – words that cannot be decoded using phonics
cvc – c = consonant v = vowel
Digraph - a sound made with two letters eg. sh ai oi
Phonetically plausible – written phonetically that it can still be read although it
is spelt incorrectly eg. torl werk cabij
All about sounds - musical, environmental,
voice etc
Aural discrimination of sounds, including
letter sounds
Blending and segmenting orally
See Phase 1 Book
 Learning specific letters and sounds – s, a, t,
p, i, n, c, k,e…
 Reading tricky words:
I go no to the
 Blending and segmenting vc and cvc words
and in captions and sentences
s, a, t, p
i, n, m, d
g, o, c, k
ck, e, u, r
h, b, f, ff
l, ll, ss
See Jolly Phonics
Actions hand out
j, v, w, x, y, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur ow,
oi, ear, air, ure, er
 Alphabet names are important to describe the sounds made by more
than one letter combined (di and trigraphs) .
 More tricky words for reading
 Writing I go no to the
 Blending, segmenting, reading, writing words, captions and
sentences
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Yucky sound ‘-uh’ !
• Some examples:
s, t, m, c, f, l, n…..
A useful link:
Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds (British English)
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 In addition to a weekly library book, a levelled reading book
will be given.
 Teacher and TA read 1:1 with each child in a group. All
children will have read 1:1 with both adults by the end of the
week.
 PLEASE ensure your child’s book folders are brought in
EVERYDAY.
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Quiet place for reading
Inside cover of books have helpful tips and comprehension questions.
Words are everywhere – look out for them with your child
Follow your child’s lead – let them teach you their new sounds
Password game
See hand out *
Enjoyable shared experience!
PLEASE sign the reading record so that we know you have read with your
child. Books will not be changed if not signed in the record book. Feel free to
add your own comments about their reading progress at home.
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Mark making opportunities
Explicit teaching of letter formation
Physical development for writing through fine motor activities.
Weekly guided writing sessions linked to our key text.
Segmenting for writing.
Learning to write Tricky words by heart.
Encouraging independence – having a go!
 Reinforce correct letter formation
 Encourage correct tripod pencil grip – mummy, daddy and baby
example!
 Let them see you writing
 Do not spell everything out
for them
 Encourage independence – Bear’s diary
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Week of 7 November Daily Phonics
Sessions for Parents
Letter will be sent out
 Please read daily!
 Have a go at completing weekly letter formation tasks in
home-school writing book. *show book
 Useful Links: (You tube search)
 Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds (British
English)
 JOLLY SONGS A-Z(from the big book
JOLLY SONGS)