Reading out loud

We are learning to read familiar poems out loud. We are trying to read with fluency and expression. As we get more confident, we can pay attention to the author's punctuation to help our reading sound more interesting.

"I can sound out words I don't know when I read out loud. I can read loudly so everyone can hear" said Mohammad

First and last sounds

I am able to look at the first and last sounds in words to help me work out new words. Here I am looking at a picture and writing the sounds.

"I can read faster because I am learning to robot" said Mohammad

High frequency words

I am learning to read and write my high frequency words independently.

"I can read the words and write on white boards.  I can make the sounds."

said Mohammad

Reading in the right direction

I am learning to point to each word as I read in the right direction.

"I can look at the pictures to give me a clue." said Mohammad

Recognising Sight Words

We are learning to recognise the magenta sight words.

In Reading nga tamariki have been making great progress pointing to each word and using the pictures to help them read a sentence.  Each week we have a new "word of the week" and students do their best to identify that word in their book.

"I am reading my book", said Mohammad.

I am learning that illustrations help me read the story

In Reading we have been learning that the illustrations help us to read the story.  If I am unsure of a word I can look at the picture and it can help me.

"I can look at the picture", said Mohammad.

We are learning to point to each word when we read

We are learning to point to each word when we read a story.  This is called one-to-one word matching and it helps us to focus on each word that we read.

"I am reading flowers."

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