Teaching phonics and early reading skills

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Teaching phonics and early reading skills

• Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT

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The structure of the course

• Reading at KS1 and FS including theory and
  practice of phonics teaching
• Assessing reading using miscue analysis and APP
• Teaching through shared and guided reading
• Oral storytelling
• Drama
• Teaching phonics for spelling
• Using Letters and Sounds to teach phonics
• Language comprehension threading throughout the
  course
• Wave 2 and wave 3 interventions
• Additional phonics subject knowledge session for
  identified trainees

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Using the existing SCITT arrangements to improve
learning

• Assessment of Y1s phonic and phonological
  awareness skills
• Live demonstration of guided reading
• Immediate opportunities to rehearse new learning
  in school
• A small enough cohort to carry out much of the
  learning practically

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Assessment of trainee subject knowledge

• Regular audits including phonic subject knowledge
• Portfolio task based on assessing and teaching
  reading through guided reading
• Additional subject knowledge session based on
  assessed needs

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The tutors

• Literacy tutor literacy consultant
• School based tutors
• Strong phonic programmes in many SCITT schools
• Training offered to school-based tutors to
  improve phonic knowledge and understanding of
  Letters and Sounds

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Using lead literacy school to enhance phonic
knowledge further

• Additional to existing programme
• Teaching phonics using Letters and Sounds
• Developing childrens language comprehension and
  writing through Talk for Writing

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LLS Phonic focus day

• Observation of excellent practitioners
• Assessment of pupils
• Training on use of Letters and Sounds
• Planning a series of lessons for the children
  assessed
• Small group teaching, (observed)
• Reflection session

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Next steps

• More training for school based and QA tutors
• Joint observations of subject knowledge with SBTs
• Continue to build capacity of SBTs through
  careful selection of additional schools