Phonic 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.
Resource Pricing Stage Usage
Dyad Reading: No More Unsupported “Read with a Partner” Free Early years, Primary

The lead reader reads out loud, setting an average pace and touching each word as it is read, while the assisted reader tries to read along.  The lead reader must avoid reading word-by-word.  The assisted reader must look at each word as it is read and attempt to match the pace of the lead reader.

Introducing a Text Before Reading Free Early years, Primary

Pre-reading activities may be designed to motivate student interest, activate prior knowledge, or pre-teach potentially difficult concepts and vocabulary. 

Paired Reading Free Early years, Primary

The student reads aloud in tandem with an accomplished reader. At a student signal, the helping reader stops reading, while the student continues on. When the student commits a reading error, the helping reader resumes reading in tandem.

Reading Rockets Paid Early years, Primary

Paired reading is a strategy to help students build fluency by reading aloud to each other. More fluent readers can be paired with less fluent readers, or children who read at the same level can be paired to reread a story.

Taking Breaks Free Early years, Primary

When you are working or studying hard, your brain has to resist distractions in order to focus on the task at hand. 


 

Use a paired reading approach Free Early years, Primary

Training video for teachers and TAs