Phonics
Kinson Academy use the synthetic phonics scheme Read Write Inc. It is a phonics-based approach to reading, which allows children to progress at a rate individual to them. By learning the smallest sounds, children can break down unknown words to read fluently, as well as, learning words that cannot be sounded out. The aim is to become a successful and independent reader, ensuring children have a love of books and an enjoyment of reading.
Reading skills in the lower school are taught mostly through Ruth Miskin’s Read Write, Inc. phonics scheme. The children begin learning letter sounds in Reception and put them together to read simple words.
First, the sounds are taught in a specific order as the English language is very complex. Phonics is the method of teaching reading through the identification of sounds and graphemes. All words are made up of phonemes, also called sounds e.g. in ‘mat’ we have the sounds ‘m’, ‘a’, ‘t’. A grapheme is another name for the letters we use to write the sound.
When teaching the sounds, the children have the opportunity to say the sound, read the sound as well as write the sound within the same lesson. We teach phonics so that your children will have the tools to read any word
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Over time the children are taught alternative phonemes for the ones they have learned and develop their understanding of the Complex speed sounds.
They also learn some key words, which cannot be sounded out. They move on to reading very short stories, called ‘ditties’, followed by longer texts over the next 2 or 3 years, until they are fluent. They also answer questions about the texts that they have read.
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