Parent Information

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Loving, Learning Literacy Learning for Life!

• Parent Information

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• As a teacher, parents often ask me the question
• How can I help my child?
• And as a busy, working parent myself I often ask
  myself
• How can I best support
• my child in so little time?

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• READ
• TALK!

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• Aim of Session
• To share information about our approach to
  teaching
• literacy in school
• To share ideas about how you can support literacy
  at home
• Make up of Session
• 20 minute presentation
• Chance to ask questions
• Visit to classes to see literacy learning in
  practice
• - At around 10am a bell will ring

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• How do we teach literacy in school?
• Phonics teaching that sounds have written
  symbols
• Reading books
• Talking and Listening
• Writing stories
• Games and ICT
• Spelling
• Workshop for Literacy using real books to
  stimulate
• learning in all of the above area

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• What does a WFL Lesson look like?
• Teacher identifies key skills that different
  pupils need e.g. sequencing, rhyme, joining ee,
• Teacher identifies a motivating real book which
  will provide opportunities to develop the above
  skills
• Book blessing
• Listening for a purpose pose a big question
  for the children to listen out for Why do you
  think he looks cross?
• Read the book
• High order questions and discussion
• Follow up activities in groups, pairs or
  individually
• e.g. phonology games, sequencing activities,
• handwriting, story writing
• 8. Plenary What did you find easy/hard? What
  do we need to practice next?

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What can parents do to support? Read rich texts
with your child Protect quality time for reading
together Visit libraries, book shops, museums,
walks Point out environmental print e.g. signs,
labels Model reading yourself Use quality
educational websites together Play games, role
play and have fun together
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...What can parents do to support? Discuss TV
programmes Shared writing shopping lists,
thank you letters Follow instructions together
baking, art, Ikea bed! Busy times try to
involve them in what youre doing making the
tea, setting the table, going to the tip
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• How should we read together?
• No set way - main thing is that you both have a
  regular time you can enjoy and have time to talk.
  
• If you wish can build on WFL approach
• Choose a book or text together something
  enjoyable
• Book blessing build interest
• Listen for a purpose give something to listen
• out for
• Read the book together uninterrupted

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• ...How should we read together?
• Afterwards talk about
• Special words What do you think ... meant?
• Classification Which things the hungry
  caterpillar ate were fruit and which vegetable?
• Making links Do you remember when you had a
  problem just like Maisie in the book? How did
  you solve it differently from her?
• Reading chains What other books have we
• read like this or by this author?

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• ...How should we read together?
• Afterwards talk about
• Syllables Thats a long word, lets see how
  many claps it has to help us sound it out
  together.
• Rhyme Can you find a word in the book which
  rhymes with ...?
• Blends How many words can you find in the book
  which start with bl in 60 seconds?
• Alliteration -The book is called Big Bear, Bossy
• Brother can you think of some words to
• describe you which start with the same sound?
• ENJOY
  BOOKS TOGETHER

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What is there on-line? Oxford Owl
www.oxfordowl.co.uk Kids Barn Book Start -
www.bookstart.org.uk Have Some Fun (stories with
pictures) Letters and Sounds
www.letters-and-sounds.com P1 Phase 2 and P2
Phase 3 (phonic and reading games) Loads more!
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• ENJOY LEARNING TOGETHER!
• ENJOY BOOKS TOGETHER
• Three ways of reading
• Reading to your child
• Listening to them reading
• Shared / paired reading you read a bit, they
  read a bit
• HAVE FUN TOGETHER
• Play
• Talk
• Learn!

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Want to get further involved in school? Parent
helpers library makeover, parent helpers for
WFL and other activities are always valued and
wanted!
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Finally! Thank You Any questions? Time to
visit classes Finish 10am