
Monday23rdSeptember2024



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Monday23rdSeptember2024







Phonics-arethesoundsthatouralphabet represent.
Wehave26letters,44sounds
Itisthemostdifficultlanguagetocrack!
Weneedtomakesureourchildrenlearnthese soundsquicklyandthattheyareembedded.We repeat,practiseandrepeatagainandagainand again.Consolidationandrepetitioniskey!









ThereareBOUNCYsounds…
…andSTRETCHYsounds!





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yln6PpV1G1I





Oncethechildrenhavelearntsome sounds,theycanstarttoblendthem tobegintoreadwords.





FredtheFroghelpsustolearnoursounds!
Heonlyspeaksinsounds!
Hehelpsthechildrenlistentothesoundsandbeginto blendthewordswithoutreadingthem.
Let’sseeifyoucandoit!










Tohelpchildrenwritethesoundsweusea rhymetohelp.
Theselinktotheletterpictures.
Whenchildrenwrite,theysitatdesks. Theyaretaughtthecorrectsittingposition andpencilgrip.






Oncechildrenaresecurewritingsome letters,aswithreading,webegintoblend theletterstowritesomewords.
Fredisback!
FredFingers!






RWIgiveschildrenbooksthatcontainthesoundstheyknow.
Theyreadabookinclasswithapartner.Thisbookis matchedtothesoundstheyknow.
Theyreadthebook3times:
Firstread–decoding
Secondread–fluency
Thirdread–comprehension
Childrenbringthisbookhometopractise,pleasetrytolisten toyourchildreaddailyormultipletimesthroughtheweek.
Itissoimportantforyoutowriteinyourchild'syellow readingdiarywhenyouhavelistenedtothemread!This helpsusinschoolknowhowtheyarefindingtheirreading booksathome.










Teachachildtoreadandkeepthatchild readingandwewillchangeeverything.




1.Usepuresoundsratherthanletter names.
2.Teachthepicturenames.
3.Practisereadingsoundsspeedily.
4.WatchtheVirtualClassroomfilms together–thesewillbeprovidedfor homework.
5.Usethehandwritingphrasestopractise writing.




RWIteacheschildrenBASICskillstoensurethey becomeconfidentreadersandwriters.
Stagenotage–readingbookarematchedtochildren's individualabilities.
Assessmentiscontinuous.Ifachildisfindingphonics tricky,wewillprovideextrasupportthroughtargeted interventions.Wewillalsoinformparentsandmay providephonicsvideostowatchathome.
Homepractiseisvital–weneedtoworktogether.
Pleasewriteinyourchild'syellowreadingdiary.









Onlineresourcesavailable
RuthMiskinParents’Page:
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/ RuthMiskinFacebook:
https://www.facebook.com/miskin.education
Freee-booksforhomereading:
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/











Readingfeedstheimagination,itexpands horizonsandoffersnewandexcitingwaysof seeingandmakingsenseofourlivesandof theworldaroundus.



