ai Phonics Support to Develop Fluency in Reading

This is a phonic support programme containing an overview of lessons and 6 progressive resources/worksheets for older children ( 7- 9 )to develop and read ai words fluently.

I am a Support for Learning Teacher and work with children between the ages of 7 and 10 to develop fluency in reading. The pupils I work require support to recognise phonics and this can hinder their fluency. There is an abundance of wonderful resources for infants but most were too young for older pupils, for my pupils to engage I needed to ensure the content was at an appropriate level of interest. I devised the resource with older learners in mind, with opportunities to develop reading strategies, develop word attack skills and develop new vocabulary. I used this over a time period of 8 days for 15 minutes a day and have seen an increase in reading fluency, engagement in reading and attainment in reading. I hope you find the resources useful and this saves you time searching for individual activities. They are a good basis for you to add your own sparkle and creativity!

This set of resources contains :

• Overview of progressive lessons
• wordbanks
• blending activities
• more advanced wordbanks
• repeated reading passage suitable for age 7-9
• worksheet to encourage pupils to use the context to learn new vocabulary

The aim of this programme is to :

• develop recognition of ai diagraph
• develop fluency in reading
• develop confidence in reading
• build on word recognition of ai words
• encourage new vocabulary
• engage older pupils that require support to read and recognise the ai digraph