Reading
Here you will find a range of videos and links where your teachers will model different reading strategies.
We know how much Prep's love to read so this is also the place where teacher read aloud's can be found to enjoy listening to.
Resources
Parent Guide to Reading
This "How to Guide" will give you some helpful tips and tricks to use when reading with your child. It will also explain what prompts to use to encourage your child to use particular reading strategies.
Cued Articulation
A review of all the letter sounds and their cued articulation action
Digraphs
A video exploring digraphs - two letters making one sound.
Rhyming
A video exploring the concept of rhyming. Rhyme is defined as when two words sound the same or have the same ending sound.
Reading Strategies
Point to the words
It is very important that children point to each word as they read. This will help them remain on track and focus on one word at a time
Use the picture
When stuck on a word encourage students to look at the picture in the text for a clue.
Use beginning sounds
When stuck on a word students should look at the initial letter and say the sound it makes. They can then search the picture for things beginning with that sound
Stretch and Blend
Children can use this strategy to stretch out individual sounds in words that are made up of 2, 3 or 4 letters.
Chunking
Children can use this strategy instead of stretch and blend when faced with an unknown word that is 5 or more letters long. They can search for chunks in the word made up of digraphs, trigraphs or smaller words. e.g sh/out/ed
Cross Checking
If your child makes a mistake encourage them to check it using these three phrases: Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
Monitor and Fix Up
It is important that children monitor their reading. If they make a mistake encourage them to fix it up using an appropriate reading strategy and then reread.
Using Punctuation
Make sure children pay attention to punctuation and change their voice and reading rate to match.
. = stop and take breath
! = change voice and make louder
"" = change voice to sound like character talking
Fluency
Children should slower become more fluent with their reading and start to say whole sentences together rather than just reading word by word.
They should move from Robot reading to Train reading to Surfer reading
Flip the sound
Many letters/letter combinations in the English language often have more than one sound. For example, children learn that ch makes the /ch/ sound we hear in chip. However, this rule does not apply when decoding the word school. Children can flip the sounds around if the word doesn't sound right when they stretch it out the first time.
Retelling
Being able to comprehend what the book is about is just as important as reading the words accurately. At the end of reading students should retell the events that happened in order.
They can use the Five Finger Retell prompt: Characters - Setting - Beginning - Middle - End
PM/Oxford word games
Use these games to help your child learn PM/Oxford words in a fun and engaging way.
Board game
A fun and creative way to help your child with their word recognition.
Memory
Test yours and your child's memory all while practising Oxford/PM words.
Scavenger hunt
A game that gets your child moving and helps them to practise their Oxford/PM words.
Snap
New take on the classic game of snap. The perfect way to practise Oxford/PM words if your child is competitive.
Tic Tac Toe
A game with an extremely catchy song that your child will love to sing with you.