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Wednesday 17 March 2021

Reading PD - Vocab and Wordwork

 My notes from our teacher reading PD:

With reading, there are multiple models that are being used nationwide.

There are two side controversies with reading.   As a body, how do we identify what we need to teach with our learners?

The complexities with reading planning, what do our learners need to be competent readers?

To get there we need to ensure that we know the critical elements:  *An effective reading programme. *An instructional reading lesson. *Focus on the skills and strategies that we need in our kete.

Vocab and word work - how consistent (systematic), explicit and purposeful are we in our planning and teaching.   Not working intentionally with 'words'.  

Butterfly cards, and dictionaries for students to access.  Is the language dripping off the walls?

A book of high-frequency words - students need to 'learn' the words. 

Need word work:  Magenta (DOS - Direction, orientation and sequence).  Can you find the word ____?Make it with magnetic letters 3 times.  The teacher checks they are making the word in the right direction, correct letter orientation and sequence.  If you teaching specific sounds, ensure the books follow the same 'sounds'.  

Red Wordwork - learning how words work.  Take away, add, substitute parts.  Start with the unknown from the text linked to known words.  Can (known word), "Can you find a word that ends like can?"  "Can you make man? .. ran .. "What's this word?" Teacher makes child says .. 

Do we understand graphophonic skills?  

phonics matching letters (graphemes) to sounds (phonemes) and blending sounds together to read words.

Chunking (morphology) breaking words into parts.  This may be based on affixes (prefixes or suffixes) syllables or known parts.  eg.  un/help/ful

Analogy recognising similar words and parts of words.  For example, using knowledge of the word look to read shook.

How systematic are we in our teaching of them?

What does the learner need phonological skill as well as narrative (does the story work with the student?) Does it give them the skills that they need?  Why are the students stuck?  What do they need

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