BARHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLReception Reading Meeting

How to support your child with reading

Reading in Reception

• All children are beginning the process of learning to read

• Learning to read in Reception means access to other subjects;

• Maths • Science• History & Geography• Languages

Lots of research suggests that the best way to support your child is:

• Talking to them as much as possible.

• Teach Nursery Rhymes

• Reading Fairytales

• Singing songs

• Sharing books together. » EPPE, DfES, 2004

It’s never too early to start!

ACTIVITY:

What do you remember about learning to read?Talk to the person next to you.

Only in English?

• Reading– finding out about the world – sharing stories

• Home Language– heritage– identity– family ties

Phonics!

• Research shows that phonics is the best and fastest way to teach reading and writing.

But what is phonics? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJx1NSineE&safe=active

Practise saying the sounds together.

Blending• We teach children the sounds and they use

these to read the words. • We sometimes use sound buttons to do this. • Let’s practise a few together.

Segmenting

• We teach children to segment the sounds to write words.

• We use phoneme frames to support, children write 1 sound on each line.

• Let’s practise some together.

Home Readers

• Thank you for your comments in your children’s reading records. They are very helpful to us.

• Please continue to do so.

Guided Reading in Reception

• The children are taking part in guided reading session each week in small groups.

• They read a variety of books during the guided reading session.

Guided Reading Session

Reading Tips (before you read)

• Look at the cover. What do you think the story will be about?

• Run through the book using the language of the book.

• Talk about reading strategies.

More Reading Tips (while you are reading)

• Pictures

• Phonics

• Tricky words and High Frequency words

• Comprehension

Where to go for more help:

• Class teacher• Library; Ealing Road, Town Hall• National Literacy Trust; www.literacytrust.org.uk

• Handout

Questions:

• Any questions?

• Please remember to take a leaflet

• Thank you for coming

The Reception Team