Good Morning and Welcome Parent's and Carer's Reading Workshop CF

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Keep reading with your children Children who read books often at age 10 and more than once a week at age 16 gain higher results in maths, vocabulary and spelling tests at age 16 than those who read less regularly. Some 44% of 1,000 parents of 6- to 11-year-olds polled said they rarely or never read with their child after their seventh birthday. We encourage our children to read good quality books and 'borrow', 'steal', 'magpie' or 'use' the author's ideas in their own writing. If children are not encouraged to read widely, their progress in other areas of the curriculum may suffer. CF

Top tips for parents Even 10 minutes a day reading with your child is a major help Choose a wide variety of books to introduce different types of language and style (use year group book lists as a guide) Take turns to read aloud to each other. They can learn from your expressive reading and you can check they are not struggling Ask questions about the book (examples of these can be found in the front of your child’s reading record) Make sure they understand any new or unusual words or phrases Enjoy it - "try and lose yourselves in a good story!" CF

Questions to ask children during reading AHV

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Read Write Inc and Reading Explorer- Comprehension Read Write Inc daily Key Stage 1 Reading Explorer 10:20-10:50 three times a week in Key Stage 1 Reading Explorer 11:20-12:10 twice a week in Key Stage 2 Pre planned reading activities with a focus on reading skills Variety of fiction and non-fiction texts Children answer questions with a particular focus The teacher and TA will work with groups at least once a week on a rotation Group Reading – Summarising, Predicting, Questioning, Clarifying AHV

Strategy checks if your child is unsure of a word Using pictures as clues Using phonic knowledge- working out the sound of each letter and then blend the sounds together to make the whole word Using the context of the sentence Using a dictionary- a key skill AHV

Attainment and Progress Your child will be working within one of the following areas of their appropriate year group. Below year group Emerging Expected Exceeding Expected progress is to work through 3 PASS cards throughout the academic year. Year 1- PASS cards 1-3 Year 2- PASS cards 4-6 Year 3- PASS cards 7-9 Year 4- PASS cards 10-12 Year 5- PASS cards 13-15 Year 6- PASS cards 16-18 CF

Assessing Reading at Fleetdown Year 6- CGP practise SATs Pira Reading tests every other term Nfer comprehension tests Reading Pro used termly Teacher assessment CF

At Fleetdown we use Scholastic Reading Pro to accurately determine each pupil’s reading level with a computer-adaptive Lexile test – the most accurate way to measure comprehension levels as well as to match readers to text. Scholastic Reading Pro generates a personalised Lexiled book list based on a pupil’s interest/s and reading level. There are also computerised book quizzes to measure their comprehension of completed book. CF

Students take the LitPro Test, a computer-adaptive assessment that determines their Lexile level CF

Students read short, authentic-text passages and answer multiple choice questions. Text complexity of the passages increases or decreases based on the student’s answers. CF

As soon as the students finish the test, they receive a Lexile score. CF

Then students choose the reading topics that interest them. CF

Personalised reading lists are created based on the students’ Lexile level and reading interests The titles recommended are in the students’ targeted Lexile range. This means they have just the right amount of challenge to lead to reading improvement CF

Students search for the book quiz for a book they have read from their recommended reading list AHV

Students can take the book quiz to test their comprehension AHV

After completing the book quiz, students get instant feedback If they pass, they can write comments and rate the book. If they don’t pass, they can try again later. AHV

Why may a child be recommended a book that at first glance appears too easy for them to read? Here is an example: Book and author All Pigs are Beautiful, Dick King Smith  Lexile Level 890L Number of Words 834 Age recommendation Ages 5-7  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J K Rowling Lexile Level 950L Number of Words  224,522 Age recommendation Ages 9-11 CF

The example shows that it isn’t the volume of words that counts towards a Lexile score, but the complexity of the language – and All Pigs are Beautiful is a complicated picture book that combines fiction and non-fiction language to tell the story. If your child is in Year 5, and has a Lexile score of 900, even though both books are in their Lexile range, they will only be recommended the Harry Potter title as it has an ‘age-appropriateness’ setting. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a book for 9-11 year olds, whereas All Pigs are Beautiful is for ages 6-7. It also means that All Pigs are Beautiful would only be recommended to children in Year 3 that are reading at a high Lexile level. CF

The link to Reading Pro is on our school website The link to Reading Pro is on our school website. Each child has an individual username and password which they can access at home. https://slz03.scholasticlearningzone.com/slz-portal/#/login3/GBRH342 CF

School Library Each class visits weekly Hundreds of books, organised by author’s name Children will be given their own library bookmark Books will eventually be colour coded according to Lexile level CF

Advertise the Joy of Reading! Parents can do for reading what fast food chains do for hamburgers...ADVERTISE! Advertise by reading great stories and poems to their children. Together, we can help children find the tools they need to succeed in life. Having access to information through the printed word is an absolute necessity. With your help, as your children begin a lifelong relationship with the printed word, they can grow into adults who read easily and frequently whether for business, knowledge, or pleasure. AHV

Help yourselves to resources from the front table on your way out. Questions? Thank you for coming! Help yourselves to resources from the front table on your way out. CF