Word-Reading
Word-reading is, very simply, being able to actually read the words on the page or screen.
Obviously, there's more to reading than the decoding element, but it is an important part: it’s hard to learn to read and to enjoy reading if you are stumbling over every other word. In pretty much every primary school in England these days that’s going to mean systematic synthetic phonics, the approach championed by the Rose Review and entrenched as part of the 2014 National Curriculum for England. Most schools follow a published phonics scheme, matched to the National Curriculum.
Obviously, there's more to reading than the decoding element, but it is an important part: it’s hard to learn to read and to enjoy reading if you are stumbling over every other word. In pretty much every primary school in England these days that’s going to mean systematic synthetic phonics, the approach championed by the Rose Review and entrenched as part of the 2014 National Curriculum for England. Most schools follow a published phonics scheme, matched to the National Curriculum.
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The most important thing is that alongside the chance to learn how the alphabetic code works in English, that any discrete phonics teaching takes place within a rich text-based curriculum. While children are learning to word read, they need the chance to listen to and enjoy a wide range of books and stories that are read to them, with teachers making use of the entire breadth of the reading curriculum to share wonderful rich texts.
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An animated James Clements explains the basics of phonics in this easy-to-understand film for parents.
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At Shakespeare and More, we're more interested in the texts children are listening to and enjoying while they're learning to word read and the books the read and study once they are fluent readers. If it is information about phonics you're after, have a look at:
Oxford Owl Phonics Page
Reading Rockets- phonics
Oxford Owl Phonics Page
Reading Rockets- phonics
