PL with Cathy

Pre reading stage 0-6
whole language model- not explicit- phonological awareness stage- words can be taken apart and put together- auditory
This isnt taught but learnt in the environment (traffic noise, animal sounds)
Rhyming words- nursery rhyme
phonemic awareness- hearing one sound

Language rich: language that they are hearing and books that they are exposed

Language poor

Speaking and listening skills through play based environment

Science: Looking, noticing change, when you read, you must look
Subtle difference  p, d, b

Decoding stage Stage 1 6-7 years
Direct and explicit teaching
They need to have the sounds, know the symbols and sounds

Decoding teaches rules
Good readers decode, process prints
Poor readers guess

Visual perception going, getting children to point to words
Create spelling lists on the wall

Reading age 10, Burt 7, Sch 7
Skilled readers can read words in isolation,
Burt is a decoding exercise

Stage 2 Fluency
Good reader is a fluent reader, expressive reader
Decoding is a stage

Passed the decoding brain to a fluency brain
Practice- reading

Create a fluency box (known texts)
Perfect practice makes perfect
Hearing himself/herself

Stage 3 REading to learn
8-14
Read to gain information
Developing vocab