Literacy
Workshop
Thursday 23rd January 2014
Today will help you …
• Here are some ideas for you to try at
home.
• Includes:
• Some games to play.
• Information on the different
spellings children learn.
How many sounds in a
word?
• We ask children to ‘sound out’ and
blend all the time.
• They need to recognise the different
combinations of letters and say the
sound that they make.
• Have a go with these words…
Segmenting
Word
car
broom
thick
what
strong
cross
find
Phonemes
Segmenting
Word
car
c
broom b
thick
th
what
wh
strong s
cross
c
find
f
Phonemes
ar
r oo m
i
ck
a
t
t
r
o
r
o
ss
i
n
d
ng
Range of spellings
ai rain
ee sheep
igh night oa boat
ay play
ea leap
ie pie
a_e game e_e these
oe toe
o_e
i_e time phone
ey they
y
y happy
eigh eight ey monkey i
a many
e she
sky ow slow
find
o
gold
oo moon oo book ow cow
ou
ue glue ou could house
u_e flute u
ew grew
mud
Alternative
Pronunciations
Children learn that some graphemes
make different sounds.
• ch in chin
• ch in school
• ch in chef
Phonics Screen Test
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Same test across the country
40 words
Some real words
Some non-words (monster picture)
No time limit
Carried out with class teacher
Takes place in June
Checks skills of sounding out and blending
Last year Pass mark was 32/40
Have a look …
Games to Help with Reading
Words
• Buried Treasure
• Practises reading real and non-words
• Use a selection of words using 1 spelling
(grapheme)
• Children read the words and decide if it is
real or not.
• Keep the real words as treasure
• Develop game by using a mixture of
spellings that you child is practising.
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Use table or word lists to help you.
Games to Help with Reading
Words
• Word Sort
• Encourages your child to spot sound/spelling in a
word.
• Choose 2 or 3 graphemes. 2 they know well and 1
they are learning. Ow ou ar
• Write out words with those spellings onto cards.
• Use a timer. How quickly can you sort the words?
• Focus on looking for that spelling/grapheme.
• Extend: How many words can we read in 2
minutes?
Games to Help with Reading
Words
• Odd One Out
• Like ‘Word Sort’ but add in a word that does not
contain the focus spelling/grapheme.
Games to Help with Reading
Words
• Time Bomb
• Choose lists of words.
• Mix up the words to practise a range of
spellings. Foal stone church etc
• Include non-words.
• How many words can you read in 1 minute?
• Can we beat our score?
Games to Help with Reading
Words
• Word Families and Rhymes
• Look for words in books that have similar
spelling patterns.
• Create posters or lists of words with the
same patterns.
• Same, game, fame, lame, tame
• Sail, tail, fail, mail.
• Rhyme can support with spelling.
Games to Help with Reading
Words
• Reading sentences with tricky words and
focus spelling patterns.
• Is it true or false? Yes or no?
• Can they spell missing words?
• A cat has sharp paws.
• Can a chef cook a machine?
Useful Websites
• Phonics play
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
• Literacy ICT games
• http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
• Includes forest phonics (App for Ipad)
• Phoneme patterns
• Poop Deck Pirates
• Blending Dragon