Reading & Phonics in P1
Reading • Key resource for fiction and non-fiction – Oxford Reading Tree • Big books and CD stories • Stories to share with your child • Reading games and activities
The stories at the early stages of O.R.T. • have familiar settings • patterned language • predictable structures • strong narrative in the illustrations • lots of opportunities for discussion and comprehension activities
Reading in the Classroom • Introduce main characters • Encourage children to develop language by talking about themselves • Develop listening skills • Introduce key words • Develop a positive attitude towards reading • Book handling skills • Develop story telling skills • Predicting the end • Pointing to each word
Comprehension Skills Reporting What happened? Who did it happen to? Projecting Empathising with a character. Reasoning Thinking about why do things happen in the way they do? Deciding Making a choice. Predicting What may happen next?
How to help at home • Engaging in talk • Stimulating discussion • Listening carefully to the children’s responses • Playing reading games • What words can you spot in the environment?
Reading Homework Each child will have a reading bag. Please return with contents daily. Contents • A book • A reading record for you to sign & add parent/carer comments if and when appropriate.
Don’t view reading as getting it right or wrong, view it as sharing a story together. • Read with the child they will soon start to join in. • Soon they will want to read to you. • Make it real.
HAVE FUN!!
Frequently Asked Questions • My child is guessing the text. Is this ok? • My child is memorising the sentences. What should I do? • My child has read this book before? Is this ok?
Useful Websites • http://jollylearning.co.uk/ - Phonics • www.amazon.co.uk – for Jolly Phonics books. • http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/FindBo ok - Reading online - Choose Age
Phonics • Main resource – Jolly Phonics • Sound to letter correspondence – not letter name • Link between reading and writing • Identify sounds in words • Blending sounds together • Recognising tricky words • Forming letters correctly
Activities • Jolly Phonics songs and actions • Magnetic boards – for word building • Whiteboards- practise writing our sounds and tricky words • Letter formation • Links to reading across curriculum
Home learning • Handout contains initial sounds, how to say them and action for practising at home. • Please practise at home particularly with any sounds that your child is unfamiliar with. • *Already all of the children recognise different sounds!
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