What do you like? What is reading? What happens in school? Common mistakes (and how to avoid them). Reading at home Reading journals Questions

What is reading? feeds pupils’ imagination word reading treasure-house of wonder and joy feeds pupils’ imagination word reading comprehension (both listening and reading). Good comprehension draws from knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and on knowledge of the world. Comprehension skills develop through pupils’ experience of high-quality discussion as well as from reading and discussing a range of stories, poems and non-fiction. Reading widely and often increases pupils’ vocabulary because they encounter words they would rarely hear or use in everyday speech.

Our aim … Fluent Readers Fluent readers consistently read aloud with natural rhythm and expression, recognising or decoding words accurately while focusing attention on constructing meaning. Our aim … Fluent Readers

Reading for Meaning Location, Location, Location Meaning, Meaning, Meaning We assume children know they are reading to gain meaning …but sometimes they don’t! https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/6-tips-for-helping-your-child-improve-reading-comprehension#slide-1

What happens in School? Reading every day …. Phonics lessons – daily teaching and practice One to one reading fortnightly – to assess progress and set targets Applied reading – reading instructions on games, target cards, books with the teacher using the visualiser Reading for pleasure – adults reading to children, library etc Teaching with quality texts (Sylvia and Bird) Formal assessment of progress in reading

Assessing Reading Re-telling – gives insights about how well children have gained meaning Fluency – necessary to gain enough meaning Too easy, too hard or just right (instructional) Strategies used (trying words out loud, reading back and giggling). Comprehension – depth of meaning

Common mistakes Great decoding, no comprehension Sounding out diagraphs (two letters, one sound) as individual sounds Sounding out common exception words (said, be, would) Not establishing a home routine Only reading one type of text Reading for too long on one day, and burning out

Reading at home Five times a week Read to learn Read for pleasure Read for a short time every day (much much better than longer less frequently).

Reading Journals Orange level upwards One entry a week in the first half term Two entries a week thereafter Non-fiction and fiction entries Questions to prompt ideas for entries Short date (8.3.16) and Title of the Book

Characters Sylvia and Bird has only two characters – Sylvia and Bird! Sylvia is a dragon, but she is the only one and she is very lonely. She makes friends with Bird. Bird is a loyal friend who does everything to help Sylvia. In the end, Sylvia realises that with such a loyal friend, she doesn’t need to find any other dragons.

My view I enjoyed Spacebusters very much and read it three times. The book told some of the facts of the space landings like a story, and it was very exciting! Did you know, the space craft had only just enough fuel to land? I also enjoyed the photographs and learning about what each item of space clothing is called. The funniest part of clothing is the nappy cover!