Overcome barriers to blending
Discover common barriers to blending and strategies to support all pupils.
Improve pupil progress in reading
Leave this session with practical strategies to support blending for decoding, helping pupils to make great progress.
Help pupils master blending
Take away key techniques to ensure pupils use blending as the key strategy to decode unfamiliar words.
About the Course
This training is aimed at Reception and KS1 teachers, TAs and English/Reading/Phonics Leaders, as well as those supporting older pupils who need support with blending for reading. Please allow 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete this training session. Blending is the act of merging sounds together to decode words and is the key skill for reading. Sometimes pupils struggle with the skill of blending and this can hinder their progress. However, there are some key strategies which can be used to help to pupils to master blending and unlock decoding, ensuring that all pupils learn to read well. This session will: - Examine some of the common barriers to blending and how to address these. - Explore practical activities which can used in school at at home to support blending.
Meet Your Expert Trainer
I'm Pet Henshaw, co-founder of Dandelion Learning. With three decades of enriching experiences in the field of education and a deep understanding of English pedagogy, I've witnessed the transformative power of phonics leading to success in reading. Join me in this session as we explore how to support all pupils to master blending for decoding ensuring success and joy in reading!
Support pupils to master blending for decoding!
Join us on this session and find out how to support pupils who find blending tricky. Free for Subscribers!