Year 1 reading help please!

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My ds is in yr 1 and doing ok, but she refuses to sound out longer words and just guesses them! Can anyone help with how I can help her to do this?

Also at reading tips to get to next stage? Currently on ort green

Cover up the word with a business card or similar and just reveal one more sound (not letter) at a time. eg.

'r' 'ai' 'n' 'd' 'r' 'o' 'p' 's'

'sh' 'ar' 'p'

But the problem with the traditional ORT books is they're not phonics, and so will have sounds in the word that she doesn't yet know how to sound out :(

Many children find it hard to sound out longer words in one go.

When I work with my Y1 phonics group we break them down a lot. So, with Indigobell's example:

raindrop

I will show them /r/and get them to sound it -
Then show them /r/ai/ - then we blend both ro make - rai
Then add the /n/ - rain
and so on

Thank you so much, she really seems quite resistant and gets very cross and impatient with it! Is there anything else I can do to help her reading

Because Oxford Reading Tree books were written when children were expected to read words through whole word recognition they have many words in them that are well beyond what you would give a child of that stage to sound out. This means that your child's frustration at having to sound out such difficult words is understandable and natural. Really, to practice phonics, these books are just not fit for purpose.
I did two things. First with those longer words I might ask my dd to sound out the first bit and do the last bit for her or sometimes I sounded the whole word while she followed. The key thing I felt was to model to her the correct approach. Just ask her to sound out the words or parts of words that are around the right level for her phonic knowledge.
The second thing I did was get hold of phonics reading books so my dd could get real practice at the right level...

Camicaze - thank you for your advice - sounds so right! Can you recommend any phonic books?

Camicaze is absolutely correct. In fact, all primary schools should be using decodable books with their beginning readers now -there are new government guidelines that you might like to take into your child's school

'In Oct 2010 the DfE introduced a revised set of criteria for synthetic phonics programmes. It included new advice on early texts to practise reading: '(E)nsure that as pupils move through the early stages of acquiring phonics, they are invited to practise by reading texts which are entirely decodable for them, so that they experience success and learn to rely on phonemic strategies. It is important that texts are of the appropriate level for children to apply and practise the phonic knowledge and skills that they have learnt. Children should not be expected to use strategies such as whole-word recognition and/or cues from context, grammar, or pictures.'
dfe.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/pedagogy/teachingstyles/phonics/a0010240/criteria-for-assuring-high-quality-phonic-work

For a range of excellent decodables books, see
www.dyslexics.org.uk/resources_and_further_11.htm
I use the Dandelion ones and think they are fab!

Lots of people use a postal lending service called the reading chest (easy to google.) There are loads of really good series to choose from. I used Floppy's Phonics and Songbirds. I bought lots online but I have 3 children so knew I'd get use out of them. Good luck!