How we teach your child to read

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How we teach your child to read
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Phonics a

• Teaching sounds
  
• Linking sounds to letters
• Reading sounds
• Building sounds

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Helping your child to read

• Make it a special time!
• Choose somewhere calm and comfortable.
• Be positive and encouraging!

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Sharing Books

• Discuss the illustrations.
• Talk about the story together the characters,
  the sequence of the story, predict what may
  happen next, relate it to their own experience.
  Did they enjoy it? Why?
• Ask questions about the story can they remember
  what happened?

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Working out words

• Use the pictures to help.
• Look at the initial letter.
• Check the next letter and build up the word (
  c-a-t )

cat
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In Year 2 we use Baz and Benjis1,2,3 to make
reading easy !!

• We can sound it out!
• We can sound it out !!

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In Year 2 we use Baz and Benjis1,2,3 to make
reading easy !!

• We can read onand come right back!

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In Year 2 we use Baz and Benjis1,2,3 to make
reading easy !!

• We can use the pictures !

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Further strategies

• Re read the first part of the sentence again.
• Read to the end to guess the correct word so the
  sentence makes sense.
• Recognise part of the word to help guess the
  whole word.
• Notice key words.

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Important Notice!!

• Dont let your child struggle with a word if
  they have been unable to use the strategies, read
  the word for them and keep the story going.

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How to help further

• Visit the library.
• Look for writing in the environment signs,
  posters, street names.
• Encourage involvement in every day activities
  shopping lists, recipes, T.V.Guides
• Provide a wide range of reading material
  magazines, comics, newspapers, fiction and non
  fiction books.

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And finally!

• Remember to reinforce the sounds, linking them to
  the letters!
• Be patient and use lots of positive
  encouragement!!
• Enjoy reading with your child!