This term we have been learning all of the sounds in Set 3 and 4 of the Jolly Phonics programme (these are sent out each week in the homework). We have been focussing on learning the key skills for reading, sounding out the words and then blending the words together to read. The children are really getting the hang of this and it’s wonderful to see the enjoyment they get from reading!

We have also been learning the first set of tricky words, I, the, to, do, me, he, she, we, be, was, of. These are words that you cannot sound out but you just have to remember! It’s really helpful if you try to teach your child to recognise these at home – you can use games such as hiding the words around the house and hunting for them or just having them displayed in the kitchen or bedroom and going through them every day.

Finally we put all of these techniques together to start reading sentences! Silly sentences most of the time! The goat is in a coat. We focus on rhyming sentences as recognising

We celebrated Reading Week by visiting the library, reading our favourite stories and hearing stories read in different languages by guest teachers. We loved hearing The Very Hungry Caterpillar in French!

Here are some photos of our learning!

learning the sound r “see my puppy rip the rag rrrrr rrrrr”