Our Learning Journey

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Our Learning Journey
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Observation of Guided Reading

• Activity relating to book to begin with eg
  creating a den linked to the book The Den.
• Magnetic boards to allow children to practice
  spelling unfamiliar words contained in the book.
• Highlighting tricky words before reading the book
  to familiarise children.
• Closely observe the independent reading to assess
  childrens abilities.

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What we learned

• The activity beforehand engages children.
• Going through unfamiliar words beforehand is
  helpful to children.
• The length of the session is important. Consider
  childrens attention span.
• We noticed that children were segmenting words
  but then moving on to the next word rather than
  blending the phonemes to form the word. This was
  quite common according to Mr Montgomery.

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Observation of Phonics Sessions

• Interactive
• 20 Minutes everyday
• Children enjoy it
• Follow the Jolly Phonics sounds and actions
• Follow the structure of
• Revisit and Review Hedgehog PowerPoint
• Teach
• Apply
• Practice

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Teaching Phonics

• What we learned
• The importance of the daily, structured phonics
  session.
• The importance of revisit review within the
  structured session to embed childrens learning.
• The difficulties faced by children with
  pronunciation.
• The importance of fun and interactive sessions to
  engage children.
• Use resources such as puppets and surprise boxes
  to intrigue and engage children.

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Things to consider

• The text you use on the IWB or resource cards
  must be clear and in the format children
  recognise eg Comic Sans or Ariel Rounded.
• Use different coloured text to represent
  different phonemes when you present words to
  children.
• Consider your accent and how this will affect the
  sound of the phonemes. This can confuse children.