Year 2 Reading Homework

Agenda Share how reading is taught in school Develop parent’s confidence in helping children with reading comprehension homework Provide the opportunity for parents to experience a short guided read Enable parents a chance to look through both SATs reading papers

Why is reading so important? By reading with your child you are… Stimulating imagination. Helping develop language skills. Helping to develop comprehension skills. Demonstrating that reading is important. Why is reading so important? Good writing starts with good reading It is a key skill needed to progress in other subjects Children learn how language works

Fun! Relaxing! Motivating! MOST IMPORTANTLY READING IS: Fun! Relaxing! Motivating! We want our children to become ‘readers’ and develop a life-long love of reading!

Year 2 Reading Homework Reading books Comprehension Homework Menu Listening to your child read their home reading book Comprehension Every other week the children are sent a reading comprehension piece home Homework Menu Recommended books, book reviews, reading challenges

+ - + - Good language comprehension, poor word recognition Good language comprehension, good word recognition Word recognition - + Poor word recognition, poor language comprehension Good word recognition , poor language comprehension Bottom right= gold/white and that’s why they struggle to move onto lime - Language comprehension

READING at TARPORLEY… We teach reading through a number of different ways: Guided reading Independent reading in school Book sharing Literacy and all other lessons Phonics Shared Reading Teacher reads and makes overt what good readers do through modelling. 80 – 89% accuracy (hard) Group reading. 90 - 94% accuracy (instructional) Guided Reading Independent Reading Children practice without the teacher’s help 95 – 100% accuracy (easy)

90% accuracy 94-95% accuracy Skellig by David Almond (Guided Reading) I libbled him in the garage on a Sunday holfding. It was the day after we moved into Falconer Greep. The winter was ending. Mum had said we’d be moving just in shrud for the spring. Troosey else was there. Just me. The others were inside the grel with Yabba Death, worrying about the baby. Skellig by David Almond 94-95% accuracy (Home reading books) I libbled him in the garage on a Sunday morning. It was the day after we moved into Falconer Greep. The winter was ending. Mum had said we’d be moving just in time for the spring. Troosey else was there. Just me. The others were inside the house with Doctor Death, worrying about the baby.

Example of a fluent reader at Year 2…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4c_DMS-3IE

Ways to support word recognition and fluency … Model reading and how words are pronounced and used – particularly small words e.g. “I can run fast” “You can?” “You can go with me” “Put that in the can” Re-reading- especially after a child has struggled with decoding Make use of a series of books… familiar characters, familiar language… familiar storylines Practice high frequency words/common exception words Point out punctuation and model how it affects reading Make use of characters “How would the giant say it?”

Time to give it a go! Let’s do some guided reading! Predict and question Read and question Retell and question Remember! Talk around the text Ask questions Allow children to re-read Offer your ideas Encourage Be enthusiastic! Read a range of things

Comprehension Give children ‘Find It’ questions and ‘Prove It’ questions - Always ask children to refer back to the text! ‘Find It’ questions are literal questions – what colour was the ball? ‘Prove It’ involves inference and deduction – why was the boy sad? •Develop understanding of ‘causal inference’ - Katie took a drink out of her bag. The apple juice was cool and refreshing. Q: What was Katie’s drink? •Teach idioms (i.e. You need to pull your socks up!)

Comprehension Comprehension monitoring – teaching children to recognise if they have understood what they have read. Question key vocabulary and phrases – why has the author used……..? Use synonyms to understand tricky vocabulary – you would be surprised what your child does not understand!

Time to give it a go! Let’s do some comprehension! Read and question Answer independently Answer together Remember! Find it and prove it Ask questions Predict and retell Allow children chance to work independently but don’t let them struggle

General tips to support reading   Once is never enough! - Encourage your child to re-read favourite books and poems as well as our school reading books. Re-reading helps children read more quickly and accurately. It also support comprehension. Dig deeper into the story - Ask your child questions about the story you've just read. Say something like, "Why do you think he did that?" (you could use the questions to get more from your child’s reading book for some varied ideas) Pick books that are at the right level - Help your child pick books that are not too difficult. The aim is to give your child lots of successful reading experiences. I read to you, you read to me - Take turns reading aloud at bedtime. Kids enjoy this special time with their parents. One more time with feeling - When your child has sounded out an unfamiliar word, have him or her re-read that sentence. Often kids are so busy figuring out a word they lose the meaning of what they've just read. Be patient - When your child is trying to sound out an unfamiliar word, give him or her time to do so. Let them make mistakes so they can learn to correct themselves. “Are you happy with that sentence?”

Thank you for listening!! Any questions??