Welcome! CCPS Reading Workshop November 2016 Please help yourself to refreshments

Who are we? Sara Owens Year 2 Class Teacher English Leader at CCPS Vicky Birch Year 6 Class Teacher

What is the purpose of this workshop? To advise you on how to help your child with their reading at home and strategies you can use. To inform you of how reading is taught at CCPS. To give you information on how reading is assessed at CCPS. To give you recommendations about what your child should read. To give you resources to support you and your child with identifying SPAG in reading books.

Why is reading SO important? “Evidence suggests that children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform better in reading tests than those who don’t, but also develop a broader vocabulary, increased general knowledge and a better understanding of other cultures. In fact, reading for pleasure is more likely to determine whether a child does well at school than their social or economic background.” Way to teach reading has changed, now phonics based. Different schemes are used by different schools.

Mastering reading fluently

ACTIVITY Comprehension What we assess in school – link to ‘TESTS!’ Difference between ‘decoding’ and ‘understanding’. ACTIVITY Video of pure sounds modelled. Examples of ways to teach your child the intial sounds. Use eg’s of sound cards, magnetic letters,

Question time! What does somatotype mean? What body type do most top level athletes have? Why? Why do you think wrestlers have a more endomorph body type? Which body type would you be if you had little fat, narrow shoulders and long arms and legs? Has anyone picked up on the mistake in the text?

Decoding and comprehension Year 3 Model using magnetic letters and sound cards to blend, using games. Word cards? Examples of pink and red level books. Cvc words blending games ‘pass the hat’ using it in every day language ‘please sh-u-t the door’

Decoding and comprehension Year 4 Handout to explain to parents

Decoding and comprehension Year 5 Examples of books, magnetic letters, sounds cards and TEACH a sound – all three types of ay, ai etc and make sure teach a split diagraph

Decoding and comprehension Year 6 Printed high frequency words on a4 – examples of high frequency book marks

Top Tips for Questioning your Child See handout – question your child regularly Have discussions about the plot / character / themes and encourage your child to share their thoughts and opinions. Predictions, prove it questions, character, questions on the front and back cover, talk about punctuation, fiction and non fiction

What should my child be reading? Recommended authors: Year 3 and 4 Nigel Hinton Berlie Doherty Francesca Simon Roald Dahl Gillian Cross Clive King Dick King-Smith Jill Murphy Philippa Pearce Cressida Cowell Ted Hughes Emily Gravett Jenny Nimmo Year 5 and 6 Berlie Doherty Michael Morpurgo Shaun Tan R.J Palacio Eva Ibbotson Frank Cottrell Boyce Louis Sacher C.S Lewis David Almond David Walliams Phillip Ridley Grace Nichols Anthony Horowitz

SPAG What does SPAG stand for? Spelling Punctuation and Grammar See handout from National Curriculum Phonics screening check 2012 example

How can I help my child at home? See handout

Questions?