'First Stage words' ORT what are they?

[NotABraBurningOtter]

When i had my big children i was given a list of first stage words maybe 12 or 15 including Biff,chip ,Kipper etc .
coule anyone refresh my memory as i need to start helping ds3 and its been a long time!

Hi Notabraburning otter they are still using Biff n Chip books at my little ones school and there is a magazine in the shops that ties in with these books. The basic words are things like the, look, there, see, and, etc Hope this helps

The way reading is taught is changing and now the emphasis is on phonics - that way they can read almost anythihg rather than jst a few high frequency words. the latestt advice from the DofE says children's attention should be focused on decoding words rather than the use of unreliable strategies such as looking at the illustrations, rereading the sentence, saying the first sound, or guessing what might "fit".

If you look at these sites thay will tell you a lot about teaching phonics

www.rrf.org
www.syntheticphonics.com

Jolly phonics is a popular program which is easy for parents to augment / do themsleves. My kids (5 and 4) love it and have learnt to read very easily and quickly.

thankyou both for the advice and links.
I am not a great fan of jolly phonics but just wanted the first few stage one words to get my boy started on ort

I have a list of the 1st 100 high frequency key words from dd1's school
The first words dd1 had at school were;
in
was
is
I
he
it
a
the
to
and

followed by;
of
are
for
you
said
they
we
on
at
all

Theres the first 20 come back if you want more

I much oprefer the JP I am doing with dd at home but in her book bag is a little envelope of words.

Biff
Chip
Kipper
Mum
Dad
in
it
when
wanted
was
got
had
put
cross
to
They
said
He
Everyone
Floppy
pushed
pulled
made
went
a
and

I have completely ignored them

I quite agree julienetmum - absurd expecting children to remember 'made' and 'everyone' which are perfectly decodable WHEN they have taught the advanced code - which is generally not until late Yr 1 / Yr 2 if the school is doing it the 'slow' way.

JP will have done it by the end of Reception and the kids be well away with reading ....

I quite agree julienetmum - absurd expecting children to remember 'made' and 'everyone' which are perfectly decodable WHEN they have taught the advanced code - which is generally not until late Yr 1 / Yr 2 if the school is doing it the 'slow' way.

JP will have done it by the end of Reception and the kids be well away with reading ....

Some children with a good visual memory will manage 'sight' words. But I'd be very worried if your teacher doesn't understand why 'sight' word learning-any words introduced before the particular code has been taught - is so detrimental to 20%-30% of children.
Further up the school it is these muddled children who will be the disruptive ones - and who can blame them?