Guided Reading
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- Learn your phonic alphabet and don’t refer to letter names when guiding reading. Letter names will not help your child to sound out a word whereas phonics will. Also explain that most words will have at least one vowel. Vowels are in red below. Sounds are in bold.
a – at g – get m – met s – sun
b – bat h
– hot n – net t – tan
c – cat i – in o – on u - up
d – dot j – jet p
– pen v - vet
e – end k
– kin qu – queen w
- wet
f –
fit l – let r – run x – tax
y
– silly z
– zebra
- Use
phonic reading books or write words that can be sounded out easily (see
example below). Encourage your child to sound out each letter and do not
rush them. A child starts to read as they grow more confident in putting
these sounds together. Always add one sound at a time.
Example: cat – c, c a, c a t dog – d,
d o, d o g
mum – m,
m u, m u m dad – d, d a, d a d
- Do not rush to introduce words that cannot readily be sounded out. Allow your child to be fully confident reading words that can readily be sounded out first. As your child progresses from reading 1 word to 3 words on a page, they will also understand the context of what they are reading. Then they are ready to read simple words that bend the phonic rules ( see examples below).
Example: the –
thur
-explain the th sound and the sound
the whole word makes.
a and I – explain that
these letters say their name
when they are on their
own
what – explain that the w makes
the h silent
- You
can call these words naughty words or awkward words. When your child says
one of these words with the correct phonics, but not the correct
pronunciation, tell them they are right but explain that this naughty word
does something different.
Example: what and bath – your
child may pronounce the a in
these words phonically correctly
like the a in cat.
Explain that
these words are naughty (unless
you have a
northern English accent).
- It
is important to practise guided reading and to keep up with your
child’s progress by making sure
their school reading book is changed at least every week. Children will
get demoralised with reading if they are given the same book for weeks on
end.
6. Your child will probably know
their phonic alphabet sounds before
they know all the names of the
letters. This is fine, but be sure to
explain
that when letters stand on their own
they “say their name”. Some of them also
“say their name” when followed by an “e” (even with a letter in between).
“say their name” when followed by an “e” (even with a letter in between).
Example: a
– rat, rate
c –
lac, lace
e – pet, Pete
g – rag, rage
i – bit, bite
o – cod, code
u – tub, tube
y – dairy,
rye
Sometimes
letters “say their name” for no apparent reason – e.g.“bacon”.
- Most
important of all, get in the habit of reading for pleasure with your
child. Visit the library regularly
and borrow picture story books that you can read to your child. Try to read to
them every night. Reading
If you would like more information
about guided reading please contact Lynn
one-to-one session with your child.
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