Child reading and writing

Child reading and writing

1. Uta Frith (reading)

   • 1st stage) Logographic
     • Pronounce some individuals letters
     • Connect letters to sounds
     • Link words to a single phoneme
   • 2nd stage) Alphabetic
     • Develops familiarity with whole alphabet
     • Combine graphemes to make longer phonemes; e.g. 'th' and 'sh'
   • 3rd stage) Orthographic
     • Can understand a string of graphemes without needing to decode them individually
     • Recognise more sounds patterns
     • Use rules to extend comprehension, by use of analogy

2. Jeanne Chall (reading)

   • Stage 1) Initial reading/decoding stage
   • Stage 2) Confirmation/ gluing stage
   • Stage 3) Reading to learn
   • Stage 4) Multiple viewpoints
   • Stage 5) Construction and reconstruction

3. Phonics

   • cat - 'kuh' 'ah' 'tuh'
   • Synthetic phonics is the most favoured way in the UK to teach children to read
   • English has approximately 44 different phonemes

4. Kathy Barclay (writing)

   • Stage 1) Scribbling
   • Stage 2) Mock handwriting
   • Stage 3) Mock letters
   • Stage 4) Conventional letters
   • Stage 5) Invented spelling
   • Stage 6) Phonetic spelling
   • Stage 7) Correct spelling

5. Lineation

6. Letter direciton

7. Children's language is influenced by the media