Transcript Literacy: Phonics, Reading and Writing

Literacy:
Phonics, Reading and
Writing
Literacy
The Foundation Stage
Curriculum is made up of
seven areas; three prime
and four specific. Literacy
is one of the specific
areas.
In the Foundation Stage
Curriculum LiteracyWriting
is
broken down into two
Reading
aspects:
Phonics
Phonics is a way of teaching children
to read quickly and skilfully.
We teach children to:• Recognise the sounds each individual
letter makes.
• Identify the sounds that different
combinations of letters make – ‘ch’
or ‘ar’.
• Blend these sounds together from left
to right to make a word.
Children can then use this knowledge to
‘de-code’ new words that they hear or
see. This is the first important step
Phoneme
s
It is very important to say
the sounds correctly in
order to support segmenting
is very
andPronunciation
blending.
important!
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These videos
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show how to
pronounce the
Phase 2 and
Phase 3 sounds
correctly.
Reading
(Development Matters in the EYFS, BAECE, 2012)
Phonics and reading in
school
We share books every day as a class.
Daily phonics lessons to teach new sounds and
practice blending and segmenting.
Checking that the children understand what they
have read. (Their comprehension)
Modelling how to use books: Which way to hold them,
turn pages, following the text with your finger,
looking at the text and pictures.
Using story sacks to retell and model story
language.
Guided reading later on in the year.
Phonics and reading
How can I support my
child at home?
•
Listening moments – can the children hear
sounds in the environment
• Play I spy, can you find an item beginning
with …?
Adapt the game I spy a d-o-g. Can the child
blend the sounds.
• Share rhymes and stories
• Segment words in play, stories, rhymes and
discussions – dog, pig, man.
• Play with magnetic letters, say the sounds.
Make sounds from play dough.
• When sharing books look at the front cover,
read the title, talk about what the book
might be about, use your finger to point to
the text to support that print runs from
left to right top to bottom.
Phonics and reading
How can I support my
child at home?
•
Develop a love of books and the special time of
reading together! The library is great for this!
•
Spot signs and labels when out and about.
•
Practise the sounds regularly, discuss letter names
as well and also capital letters.
•
Read exciting books together daily, children love
this special time! Use your voice to add expression
and don’t worry about feeling silly, children love
this!
•
Find a quiet place and time and read daily with the
scheme books your child has in their book bag. Books
can be read more than once to support fluency,
confidence and understanding.
•
Talk about new and unfamiliar words and their
meanings.
•
Check your child understands what they have read. Ask
about the characters, main events and sequence of the
story. Discuss how the character might be feeling and
why. Ask the child to give you an opinion of the
books and consider why they think this.
Writing
(Development Matters in the EYFS, BAECE, 2012)
Useful websites ICT games
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
Phonics play
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase2Menu.htm
Alphablocks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/game
s/alphablocks-games
Bookstart (Online stories and tips for reading
with children)
http://www.bookstart.org.uk/have-somefun/#/static/bookstart/have-some-fun/
Oxford Owl (Tips and free e-books you may
enjoy sharing at home)
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/welcome/forhome/reading-owl/reading
Barefoot books (Online stories and rhymes to
share)