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Literacy Workshop

Kinder 2024-2025

February 2025

Academia Británica Cuscatleca

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Physical

Development

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Importance of PLAY to develop skills

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Gross Motor Skills

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Fine Motor Skills

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Seven basic skills to be able to understand, read and write.

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  1. Make connections between words, meaning and illustration.

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Transition between illustration and text

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  • Vocabulary

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  • Repetitive words

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  • Comprehension

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Repetitive Books

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2. Learn the sounds

of the letters to

be able to

decode and

segment

simple words.

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Oral Blending and Segmenting

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Blending

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c-a-t

cat

p-e-t

pet

z-i-p

zip

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Segmenting

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cat

c-a-t

pet

p-e-t

z-i-p

zip

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3. Make a link

between sounds

and letters.

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Letters and Sounds

  • Systematic approach.

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  • Split into six phases.

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  • The phonic approach

encourages us to directly link

letters (graphemes) to sounds

(phonemes).

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Letters and Sounds

Kinder Expectation

Exceeding Kinder Expectations

Phase 2

Tricky Words

Phase 3

Tricky Words

Set 1: s, a, t, p

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Set 6: j, v, w, x

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Set 2: i, n, m, d

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Set 7: y, z, zz, qu

the, to

Set 3: g, o, c, k

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Set 8: sh, ch, th, ng

we, me, be

Set 4: ck, e, u, r

the, to

Set 9: ai, ee, igh, oa

was, my

Set 5: h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss

I, go, no

Set 10: oo, ar, or

no, go

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Set 11: ur, ow, oi

you

Set 12: ear, air, ure

they

Set 13: er,

her

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Jolly Phonics/Letters and Sounds

  • Multisensory approach

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  • Continuity through primary

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Difference between Spanish and English

j-h

y-ll

u-oo

ma/m-a

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4. Write letters using the proper letter formation.

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Importance of Gross Motor Skills to develop

Fine Motor Skills

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Pre-Writing

Pre-writing skills are the foundational abilities that children develop before they begin formal writing. These skills are essential for helping children understand how to form letters, organize their thoughts, and express themselves in writing.

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Handwriting

  • Adult led-activities
  • Purpose-letter

formation

  • It is not taught

through play

  • Letter rhymes for handwriting

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Pencil hold

  • Tripod grip

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  • Froggy legs

movement

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Pencil hold

  • Other hand

for support

  • Pencil grip

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Upper case/Lower case Letters

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Letter Formation Rhymes

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Letter formation

Left

handed

children

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Letter formation

Right

handed

children

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Writing Differentiation

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5. Blend the sounds

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Phonics applied to writing

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Missing sounds when writing

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They write the way they speak

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6. Identify sounds in words to be able

to write them

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Creative Writing

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Creative Writing

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Creative Writing

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Jolly Phonics Resources

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Phonics Play

Here you will find information for parents about phonics including what exactly phonics is, how it is taught in UK schools and suggestions for helping children prepare for learning phonics.

You will also find games and ideas to explore with them at home.

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