Reading at home

with your child

 The Power of Reading!
• Creating a love of reading in children is
potentially one of the most powerful ways of
improving academic standards in school.

• There can be few better ways to improve pupils

chances in school, or beyond in the wider world
than to enable them to become truly
independent readers.
 Reading memories
• Do you have a good childhood memory about
books and reading?
• Do you have an unpleasant memory?
• Tell the person next to you about both.

• It is the conditions and feelings associated

with your good memory that should be
recreated for reading with your child.
 Reading
• Success in reading is fundamental to
success in school.
• Reading is all about acquiring meaning; for
enjoyment, information and understanding.
• It is not a performance.
• It is not a test.
Every time you finish a book - do always
choose a harder one next time?
 Understanding
(Comprehension)
• Being able to read does not mean you understand
what you read.
• Your child might sound like a good reader but may
not necessarily understand what the text means.
• The best way to develop understanding is to talk
about texts.

• The next slide is easy to read – does anyone

understand what it means?
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 Reading requires two skills
Phonics and Understanding
Word
The ability to
Recognition
understand the
The ability to meaning of the words
recognise words and sentences in a
presented in and text.
out of context.
The ability to
The ability to understand the ideas,
blend letter information and
sounds themes in a text.
(phonemes)
If a child understands
together to read
what they hear, they
words.
will understand the
same information
 What are phonics?
Cracking the English Language code
• How many letters? 26

• How many sounds 44

(phonemes)?

• How many spellings

of the sounds? 144
 Saying the sounds
• Turn to your partner and say the sounds of
the alphabet.

• Cu a tu - what’s this word?

• Video – correct articulation of phonemes

 Stretchy Sounds

• ffffffff • rrrrrrr
• nnnnn • sssssss
• mmmm • vvvvvvv
• lllllllll
• th th th th
• sh sh sh sh
• zzzzzz • ng ng ng ng
 Bouncy Sounds

bbbbbb
aaaaaaa hhhhhhh
wwwwww
eeeeeee jjjjjjjjj
ttttttt
iiiiiiiii kkkkkkk
yyyyyy
ooooooo xxxxxxx
pppppp
uuuuuuu cccccccc
dddddd
qqqqqqqq
gggggg
Blending and Segmenting

sh ar
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sharp

Blending for reading and

Segmenting for spelling
 Reading in School
The Teaching of Reading
• Phonics
• Shared reading
• Guided reading
• Independent reading
• Personal reading
• Focused reading activities
• Reading across the curriculum
• Class novels and stories
School readers
Home readers
The hearing of reading is NOT the
teaching of reading
 Reading at Home – Enjoy!
• Make reading visible; have books
available in your home
• Share books every day;
• Boys need to see that reading is
something men do.
• Talk about books.
• Sit and listen - don’t do chores around the
reader!
• Respect choices.
 What to do if your child is stuck
• Use phonics first. What sound does the word
begin with? Can you say the sounds in the
word? Blend them together.
• Read to the end of the sentence. What
would make sense?
• What is the text about – what might fit here?
• Does it sound right?
• Look at the picture. Does it help?
 Independent Strategies by Jill Marie Warner
When I get stuck on a word in a I can think of a word that makes
book, sense in that place,
There are lots of things I can do. Guess or say "blank" and read on
I can do them all, please, by myself; Until the sentence has reached its
I don't need help from you. end,
I can look at the picture to get a Then go back and try these on:
hint. "Does it make sense?"
Or think what the story's about. "Can we say it that way?"
I can "get my mouth ready" to say "Does it look right to me?"
the first letter. Chances are the right word will pop
A kind of "sounding out". out like the sun
I can chop up the words into smaller In my own mind, can't you see?
parts, If I've thought of and tried out most of
Like on or ing or ly, these things
Or find smaller words in compound And I still do not know what to do,
words Then I may turn around and ask
Like raincoat and bumblebee. For some help to get me through.
How to use these strategies at home
John let his pet frog go.
It ******across the grass.
What is the first sound?
It h***** across the grass.
What would make sense?
It hopping across the grass.
Does that sound right?
It hopped across the grass.
 Closed Questions!
• Do you like this book? • What do you like about this
• Do you like this character? book?
• It’s a good story isn’t it? • What do you think of this
• Do you like reading? character?
• Are you good at reading? • Why do you think this is a
• Do you like this kind of good story?
story? • What’s great about reading?
• Why are you a good reader?
• What is it about these stories
Change these questions so
that you like so much?
that the answers cannot be
yes or no.
 Talking about books
It is not a test!
Do you like this book; why?
Who is your favourite character?
Tell me about a character in the book.
Which words tell you what the character is like?
How would you feel?
What do you think will happen next?
What would you do?
What have you learned about …… in your book?
What can you tell me about…?
 Understanding
(Comprehension)
• Finding information on the page.
• Being able to find information that is not on
the page. Looking for clues
• Thinking about situations and predicting
what might happen.
• Putting yourself in a character’s shoes and
understanding what is going on from their
viewpoint.
• Book talk to make your child think.
 Hearing your child read
• Choose a quiet time and give your child your full
attention;
• Give support if required using the strategies
explained earlier;
• Explain the meaning of new words;
• Talk about the text using open questions.

Listen and watch the reading demonstration

 Reading to your children
• Introduce your children to different types of books;
classic fiction, chapter books, short stories, joke books,
poetry, non-fiction.
• Read them the book that was your favourite when you
were a child.
• Read slowly, with expression. Try to use different and
funny voices for characters.
• Follow the words and read the story using the pictures.
• Talk about what is happening and what might happen
next. Leave the story on a cliffhanger!

Listen to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

 Jack and the Beanstalk
Think about the story of Jack and the
Beanstalk.
• Who are the characters?
• Who is the main character?
• How would you feel if someone kept
stealing your belongings?
• What might the giant say to Jack’s mother?
 You’re never too young!
Polar Bear Polar Bear

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Have fun!!