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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr Seuss
Early Reading Leader: Miss Kim Lomas
External Links: Lacey Green English Hub
Vision and Intent
Vision and Intent
At Cheadle Primary School we aim for all our children
to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate
about reading.
Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds!
More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners.
We can achieve this together through:
· Read Write Inc, a program to help to your child read at school
· Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
· Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home
At Cheadle Primary School we use Read Write Inc Phonics (RWI) to give your child the best possible start with their Literacy development.
Early Reading Leader
Early Reading Leader
My name is Miss Lomas and I am the phonics lead at Cheadle Primary School. My role is to ensure that our children develop the early reading skills that they need to read fluently.
We know that when children learn to read successfully at an early age, they develop greater knowledge and a wider range of vocabulary. Reading is the key to learning more and understanding more; and to achieving success both at school and in life.
We want your child to love reading – and to want to read for themselves. Our reading curriculum aims to ensure that our children develop a love of books whilst also learning the fundamental skills that they need to decode a text
What is Read Write Inc?
Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics complete literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. The programme is designed for children aged 4-7. However, at CPS we begin the programme in Nursery and will continue teaching RWI to children beyond the age of 7, as we use a stage not age approach. RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents-copy-2/
How will RWI be taught?
All children are assessed regularly by our RWI lead teacher. From these assessments children are grouped into stages, where they work with peers on the same stage.
Nursery & Reception
When appropriate, children will be introduced to the initial sounds in short five minutes sessions.
In Reception all children will learn how to ‘read’ the sounds in words and how those sounds can be written down.
Reading
The children:
· Learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letters/letter groups using simple picture prompts – see below
· Learn to read words using Fred talk and sound blending
· Read from a range of storybooks and non-fictions books matched to their phonic knowledge
· Work well with partners
· Develop comprehension skills in stories by answering 'Find It' and 'Prove It' discussion questions
Writing
The children:
· Learn to write and form the letters/letter groups which represent the 44 sounds with the help of fun phrases
· Learn to write words by using Fred Talk
· Learn to build sentences by practicing sentences out loud before they write
Talking
The children
· They work in pairs so that they:
· Answer every question
· Practice every activity with their partner
· Take turns in talking and reading to each other
· Develop ambitious vocabulary
Progressing through the stages
Children follow the same format as Early Years but will work on complex sounds and read books appropriate to their reading level. Daily sessions of RWI phonics last for at least 45 minutes. Once children become fluent speedy readers they will move on to the RWI Spelling programme.
Five key principles underpin the teaching in all Read Write Inc. sessions:
Purpose – know the purpose of every activity and share it with the children, so they know the one thing they should be thinking about
Participation – ensure every child participates throughout the lesson. Partnership work is fundamental to learning
Praise – ensure children are praised for effort and learning, not ability
Pace – teach at an effective pace and devote every moment to teaching and learning
Passion – be passionate about teaching so children can be engaged emotionally.
Children will be taught how to read as follows:
Before you start to teach your child, practice saying the sounds below.
These are the sounds we use to speak in English. Children initially
begin using pictures for each sound, this will help children recognise
the sound and then form the shape of the sound.
Fred Talk
We use pure sounds (‘m’ not’ muh’,’s’ not ‘suh’, etc.) so that your child will be able to blend the sounds into words more easily.
At school we use a puppet called Fred who is an expert on sounding out words! we call it, ‘Fred Talk’. E.g. m-o-p, c-a-t, m-a-n, sh-o-p, b-l-a-ck.
The following video is an example of blending sounds with Fred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzfpod5w_Q The children are taught the sounds in 3 sets.
sounds.pdfAt this stage we do not use the letter names
Use the link below to support your pronunciation sounds correctly.
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents-copy-2/
Step 2:
The children are then taught Set 2 Sounds - the long vowels. When they are very confident with all of set 1 and 2 they are taught Set 3 Sounds.
sounds 2.pdfStep 3:
Within all the RWI sessions/books children will be exposed to red and green words to learn to help them to become speedy readers. Red words are words that are not easily decodable and challenge words to extend children’s vocabulary. Green words are linked to the sounds they have been learning and are easily decodable.
Dots and dashes represent the sound each letter makes.
During the RWI session children will read the book three times and at each new reading they will have plenty of opportunities to practice using their developing comprehension skills. You may have heard your child talking about ‘hold, edit or build a sentence’.
Hold a sentence is an activity that encourages children to remember a whole sentence while focusing on spelling and punctuation.
Build a sentence is to give children the opportunity to create their own sentence to that shows the meaning of a word and edit a sentence allows the children to critique a sentence using their knowledge of spelling punctuation and grammar. Children complete a longer piece of independent writing, which gives them the opportunity to show off their creativity and to practice their spelling, grammar and punctuation.
To help at home:
Access to reading materials at the correct level is vital in setting children up to succeed in reading. Carefully matched reading books will be sent home for your children to read to you.
They will know all of the sounds used in the text because they match the sounds in the books they are being taught in class. This means they will be able to read the text with fluency and confidence – like a storyteller.
This does not mean the text is too easy for them – it means they are reading at the correct level. We do not send texts home the children cannot read because we always want them to be set up to succeed in their reading.
Children will bring home:
· ‘Share with me’ books – as children begin their reading journey in Nursery and Reception, they will bring home a storybook to share with you. This will contain sounds that your child has not yet learnt which is why it is a ‘share with me’ book.
· RWI Storybooks – This is the storybook they have read at school. Please don’t worry that the books are too easy. Children enjoy re-reading stories they know well. Their speed and understanding improves on every read.
· Book bag books – These books are matched to the Storybooks that children read in school.
· Speedy green word pages – challenge your child to read these words speedily.
What else your child might bring home:
· Speed sound cards – for the children to practice reading speedily.
Throughout the year, we hold regular parent workshops for early reading.
Pupil voice:
· “I like learning with Fred. Fred speaks in sounds” (Oscar – Reception)
· “I know all about sounds.. like ‘s’” (Freddie – Reception)
· “I love phonics because we learn lots… my favourite book is The Greedy Green Gremlin” (Lillia – Year One)
· “I liked reading the Elvis story” (Adaline – Year One)
Useful websites for Parents
Please find a list of websites that you may find useful in helping you and your child learn about phonics. Games and fun activity websites are also included.
Ruth Miskin Parents’ Page:
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/
Ruth Miskin Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/miskin.education
Free e-books for home reading:
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/
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