Transcript Literacy powerpoint 2015 - Broad Town Church of England

Communication, Language
and Literacy
Broad Town School
2015
What is literacy?
Reading
Writing
Communication and Language *listening and attention
*understanding
*speaking
Phonics
Name the letters of the alphabet and say the sounds that they
make. (Use pure sounds.)
Hear the sounds at the beginning, middle and end of a word.
Use their understanding of sounds to read and spell a variety of
words.
Read tricky words (words you cannot sound out using phonics e.g.
the).
Phonological terms:• Grapheme = the visual
representation of the letter
• Phoneme = an individual unit of
sound (e.g. s,a,t,p, ch, air)
• Digraph = one sound made by two
letters (e.g. ch, ow, ee )
• Trigraph = one sound made by three
letters (e.g. igh, ure )
Phonics activities at school.
Phonics activities at home
Look for letter sounds in the environment.
Use magnetic letters to make words.
Play ‘I Spy’.
Say letter sounds when looking in the
mirror. (f, th, v)
Segment the word of an object you wish
your child to get for you. Use robot arms.
Reading
Show an understanding of the elements of stories such as the
characters, settings and what has happened in the story.
Recognise and read a variety of words.
Understand that they can find things out using non-fiction books.
Reading at school.
Reading at home
Develop your child’s understanding of
books and how to use them correctly.
Use the pictures in a book to tell a story.
Predict what will happen in a story.
Discuss the story that has been read or listened to.
Look for words that they can recognise in the
environment.
Make reading time at home an enjoyable
time for both you and your child.
Handwriting
Writing
Write their own name and other words from memory
e.g. the, is, you.
Hold a pencil and use it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of
which are correctly formed.
Use writing for a variety of different reasons.
Use their understanding of phonics to spell a variety of words.
Write simple sentences, beginning to use capital letters and full stops.
Writing at school
Writing at home
Using chalks to write on the patio.
Writing a shopping list and take it shopping with you.
Write cards and gift tags.
Write labels for objects around the house or in the garden.
Write name tags for toys.
Have a variety of different writing materials and
papers to write on.
Language and Communication
Listen with enjoyment to stories, songs, rhymes and poems and
respond with relevant questions and answers.
Follow instructions and answer how and why questions.
Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences.
Interact with others in a variety of ways, negotiating with others and
taking turns in conversations.
Use past present and future forms correctly.
Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify their thinking, ideas
and feelings.
Develop their own narrative and explanations
by connecting ideas or events.
Communication and
language at school
Communication and language
at home
Play games with your child that involve
them following instructions.
Use musical instruments to experiment
with making various sounds.
Read rhyming books and poems.
Listen to the sounds around you as you are
out walking.
Remind your child how to speak politely to others
and use tenses correctly.
1)Story sacks
2)Photos of babies