Decoding
Supporting the learner’s processing of print at their comfortable pace, while honouring their energy and effort.
- Read with me using a paired reading approach and help when I get stuck, so that I can enjoy reading together and become more fluent and confident in the process.
- Let me read the text before the lesson, so that I can feel more prepared and ready to join in.
- Give me extra time to read, so that I can take my time and understand the words without rushing.
- Let me take short breaks when I read long texts, so that I can stay focused and not get too tired.
- Sit me with someone who can help me read, so that I can feel more confident and not feel left out.
- Show me what you're looking for in reading using a checklist, so that I can understand how to do well.
- Help me sound out parts of words and blend them together, so that I can learn how to read new words.
- Let me use my fingers to segment words into sounds, so that I can work them out more easily.
- Show me how to sound out and blend words, so that I can copy you and learn how to do it on my own.
- Help me practise the sounds and letters we’ve learned every day so that I can get really confident using them when I read and write.
- Help me sound out tricky words while we’re chatting so that I can get better at reading them in a way that feels easy and natural.
- Let me pick books that I enjoy so that I get excited to read and feel like it’s something fun I can choose for myself.