Reading Information for Parents
 
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The ‘simple view’ of reading
  Good
Good
Poor
Poor
Language
Comprehension
processes
Word
Recognition
processes
Language
Comprehension
processes
Word
Recognition
processes
Visual
Phonicdecoding
Does theword look
right?
Good word recognition and phonic skills
Meaning
  Does it make
  sense?
Languagecomprehension andcontext.
Knowledge of theworld
Structure
Does it followEnglishsentencestructure?
Grammatical structures
Knowledge of a sentence
Sound Foundations
Phonics  - the segmenting and blending of sounds
Phonemes – the smallest unit of sound in a word.  Generallyaccepted there are 44 phonemes in spoken English.
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  Grapheme – a letter or letters that spell a phoneme(sound)in a word.
 In order to read an unfamiliar word, you must ‘sound out’each grapheme, not each letter and then merge (blend) thesounds together.
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Shared Reading
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Guided ReadingGuided Reading
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•Working with small group of children
  of similar ability.
• The reader is operating at the
  instructional level ( 90 – 94 %
  accuracy).
• The child reads well enough to do
   some problem solving and there will
   be teaching opportunities.
Individual ReadingIndividual Reading
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Word recognition (decoding) and languagecomprehension are both necessary to be agood reader but the balance between thetwo changes as children acquire skills.
Progress from learning to read to readingto learn for information and pleasure.
Reading at HomeReading at Home
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•Be a good role model- let them see youread and the purpose of it.
•Read a bedtime story – this is soenjoyable and allows them to learn aboutthe structure of stories and language. ( inany language)
•Read signs when you are out and about
No litter
Car park
Bus stop
•Visit the library – you can borrow 12books free
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•Read for 10 – 15 minutes together eachday.
•Don’t make it appear a chore.
•Talk about the pictures first.
•Children will be coming home with booksthat they can experience a high degree ofsuccess working towards 95%  accuracy.
•Talk about the book you have sharedtogether.
•Practice the skills taught in readingsessions in school – phonic and highfrequency words in your reading record.
•Record if you have heard them read-thisreally helps the teacher to know who ispracticing at home.
•The teacher will  record in here too.
Children Reading at Home