Reading at home and at school

In school children have the following opportunities:

*Smidge reading dog

*Well-resourced library and excellent librarian

*Barrington stokes and high-low books for struggling readers

*Kindles

*Reading bus-open every lunchtime and reading tree

*Book week

*Author visits

*Guided reading with the teacher

*Book buddies *

*Most improved reader award-Pippa Goodhart award

*Reading teacher

*What I’m reading posters-teachers as readers

*Big read and write Year 5

*Talk for writing

*Targeted 1:1 reading

What is book buddies?

Children in Years 1, 2, and 3 read every week with an older child.

Year 1 read with Year 4, Year 2 read with Year 5, and Year 3 read with Year 6.

The older children learn how to help the younger ones to read aloud, and how to ask questions about what they

are reading.

For the younger children, it is a great opportunity for:

- Sharing a love of reading.

- Meeting a friend in an older year group.

- Having extra practise of reading aloud.

For the older children, it is a great opportunity for:

- Sharing a love of reading.

- Feeling proud of helping someone younger and less experienced at reading.

- Reflecting on what makes good reading to help their own reading.

Supporting reading at home

It is really important that you read with your child

regularly, preferably daily, no matter what their age.

The following are some tips for reading at home:

• Start with your child's picks

• Electronic books (e-books)

• Read and reread.

Many kids reach for the same books over and over again. It's a good

thing!

Read with ease=confidence

• Read aloud.

Reading aloud to your children helps them build their vocabulary. It

also means children can hear stories they would not necessarily be

able to read or understand on their own.

• Provide male reading role models to motivate boys

Male role models are really important. In copying reading behaviour

boys will gain confidence and get to be great readers too.

• Give lots of praise

When reading well, give encouragement and be specific rather

than general about the praise you are giving. Make it clear that

if makes a mistake reading they are not a failure – that’s the

way you learn.

• Use an interest as a hook

If there is a hobby or sport they like, find relevant fictional or

non-fictional books that will appeal.

• Build regular reading time into the day

Set aside a regular time to read. Keep them interested by

talking about the plot, character

• Experiment with genres

Encourage to try out a variety of books and authors to see what

suits their taste.

What can we do in KS1?• play word games "I spy" Reading the signs they see while on the road .

• Playing with words – encourage your child to sound out the word as you change it from mat to

fat to sat; from sat to sag to sap; and from sap to sip.

• Once is never enough! - Encourage your child to re-read favorite books . Re-reading helps

children read more quickly and accurately.

• Pick books that are at the right level - The aim is to give your child lots of successful reading

experiences.

• Use book talk-Talk about the author, illustrator, cover, features on the page, for example speech

bubbles and pictures.

• Check understanding-Use the pictures to help understanding, but also show your child how you

might be able to predict what might happen next in a story from the words and pictures.

• Remember when-Compare events in stories or information books with things you’ve done

together, so your child starts to make connections between these things and their own

experiences: 'that’s just like when we went to Thorpe park. Do you remember? Dad was scared...'

• Use phonics first-Help your child to learn phonic sounds as pure sounds – sss not suh. Be aware

that some sounds, like sh in shop is one sound but two letters.

What can we do in KS2?• Listen to your child reading-it’s still really important that your child continues to read

aloud to you .The emphasis will be on reading fluently and with expression,

understanding more complex plots and broadening their vocabulary as well as building

an understanding of how punctuation and grammar are used.

• Use book talk-Continue to talk about reading in its widest sense (stories, favourite

authors and illustrators, series, different types of books including poetry, plays, non-

fiction and reference materials, comics and magazines). Join book clubs.

• Check understanding-whatever your child is reading it’s good to check that they are

grasping the deeper levels of meaning (why things happen or how things work). Ask

them to tell you about what they are reading, retell parts of the story, explain a specific

section or make connections. Don’t forget to explore words and vocabulary with your

child too, using dictionaries in print or online.

• Enjoy what you do together-give lots of encouragement.Don’t forget – if they are

reading something they are not enjoying, it’s OK to read something else. Reading has

really got to be a pleasant experience if you want your child to keep reading.

What can we do in KS2?

• A challenge in the later years of primary is to develop children’s ability to

show their understanding of a text.

• Different kinds of question are used to help develop understanding. The

main skills involved are:

RETRIEVAL (finding information in a text, e.g. a date, name or word);

INFERENCE (making judgements about and explaining meanings, e.g. why a

character behaves in a certain way);

PREDICTION (suggesting and justifying what might happen later in a story);

INTERPRETING LANGUAGE (explaining why an author chooses certain words

or forms).

• Try asking your child questions to help develop these skills at home.

Volunteering to read in school

We are fortunate to have a number of parents volunteering

to hear readers in school.

Do you have any time to spare? Sign up in class and I will

be in contact !

Recommended readsYour class teacher will hand you a list we have compiled of

recommended reads for the year group. We are in the process

of purchasing these for the book areas outside the classrooms

so they have access to these books and will be encouraged to

choose from these.

These are just suggestions.

• Also look at Http://www.Lovereading4kids.Co.Uk

• https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/