Reading & Phonics
Phonics
Children from Reception to Year 2 are taught to read through the use of the Essential Letters and Sounds phonics programme. An overview of the scheme can be found below.
Whole class reading
At St Thomas More, we practice a whole class approach to reading. Whole class reading sessions promote discussion of texts and allow children to become text detectives. The children are exposed to rich and varied vocabulary that they can hear being used in context. The children develop their skills in reading through this healthy diet of high-quality texts and modelled teaching.
During Whole Class Reading sessions, teachers instruct pupils on skills relating to six key reading domains:
- Vocabulary - Give/explain the meaning of words in context
- Inference - Make inference from the text/explain and justify using evidence from the text
- Prediction - Predict what might happen from the details and implied.
- Explanation - Identify/explain how information/narrative content is related and contributes to the meaning as a whole.
- Retrieval - Retrieve and record information / identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
- Sequence or Summarise - Summarise/sequence the main ideas from the text.
Progression in Teaching Reading Suggested Nursery Book List Suggested Reception Book List Suggested Year 1 Book List Suggested Year 2 Book List Suggested Year 3 Book List Suggested Year 4 Book List Suggested Year 5 Book List Suggested Year 6 Book List