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The Reading Process
The turtle was swimming in the sea.
What skills do children need to be able to read this?
The Reading Process: Phonics for Reading
Pupils need to know their letter sounds.
They need to be able to sound out the letters and blend them to make the word:
c-a-t into the word cat
s-t-a-m-p into the word stamp
Prelude: Get the text level correct
Error Ratios
Less than 1:20 independent reading
1:10 – 1:17 instructional level
More than 1:9
just too hard!
Prelude: Book Introduction
Read the title for the child
Walk and talk through the book with the child
What does the child already know about the subject of the book?
Pick out new, tricky vocabulary and names of characters
Model difficult decoding
Use the language of the book
What do you think might happen?
Prelude: Strategy Check
What can you do if you’re not sure of a word?
Follow the words with your finger (tracking)
Look at the first sound (initial sounds)
Can you sound it out? (sounding out)
Say the sounds and see if you can put them together (blending)
Re-read the sentence to see what might fit (using context)
Does that sound right? (reading for meaning)
See if you can read just with your eyes (fluency)
Prompt: You can only prompt what you know they can do Have a look at the first sound
Get your mouth ready for the first sound
Can you sound it out
Say the sounds and see if you can put them together
Have a look at the end of the word
Re-read the sentence and see what might fit
Does that sentence make sense?
If they can’t work it out just tell they calmly
Praise: Return to text
I like the way you …
I liked the way you sounded out the word…….
When you read X, but changed it to Y , how did you know it was Y?
If this word was …… what would you expect to see?
Peruse: Comprehension
Can you tell me what happened in the story?
What happened first?
Then what happened?
Did you think that was what was going to happen?
Why did that happen?
How is the character feeling?
Tell me more…
Peruse: Types of question
Retrieval questions – what does the text tell you directly?
Inferential questions – what can you work out by reading between the lines?
Further questions – do we know anything else about this text?
Personal response – what did the story make you think? How did the story make you feel?