Transcript READING WORKSHOP - Charles Darwin Community Primary School

READING WORKSHOP
PHONICS
Charles Darwin Community Primary School
Phonics is all about the
SOUNDS in words.
Using phonics, to help
decode words, is only
ONE of the strategies
we employ when reading.
There are 44 sounds in
the English language
represented, in writing,
by 26 letters.
Some sounds are
represented by one
letter,
some by a combination
of
letters - ee, sh, igh.
Letters sometimes
represent more than one
sound
ow – cow/snow,
oo – moon/book.
Sounds are sometimes
represented by
different
combinations of
letters -
- burn, her, first, worm
bear, chair, care, there
soon, flute, group, suit.
Sounding out doesn’t
help
for some words
SO …
DON’T
ask children to do it
for those words.
Correct terminology:
phoneme = sound
grapheme = the written
representation of a
sound
blending =
segmenting =
saying the sounds,
seen as letters,
to help read words
breaking up words,
into sounds,
to help spelling
Reading for meaning is
VITAL
Reading
In order to read we decode
words in different ways
including:
Using sounds
Using meaning
By building a sight vocabulary
Reading
Other strategies are also vital...
Using picture cues
Missing difficult words out and
re-reading
Re-reading checking for sense
Fluency, expression and accuracy
in reading
Literal Questions
Who are the main characters?
What do they look like?
How does the story begin?
Can you tell me what happened
when…?
What are the main points in
this non-fiction text?
Which phrase tells you…?
Questions that show understanding
What is happening?
Which part of the story do you like
best? Why?
How did the author make it scary?
Can you explain why…?
What in the text makes you think
that…?
Reading between the lines
How do you feel about…?
Can you explain why…?
Why did the author decide to…?
What do these words mean and
why did the author choose them?
How would you have reacted to …?
What can you do at home?
Use some of the strategies that
you have seen
Talk about your child’s reading
and writing targets
Read a variety of texts including
comics and magazines
Share books with your child