It Only Takes 5 Minutes – Reading Workshops We want to try to get the message across that reading doesn’t have to be a drawn out, tedious task and that skills can be developed with good questioning and helping chdn to think about what they are being told/what they are finding out in a text

What is involved in becoming a reader? Knowledge Attitudes Skills

What is involved in becoming a reader? Motivation To be curious and inquisitive Persistence Resilience Willingness to take risks and correct own errors Confidence – the belief we will learn to read and get better Recognition of the value of reading and the ability to see books as a sources of pleasure, satisfaction, information and understanding To be reflective Attitudes

What is involved in becoming a reader? Active process Ability to develop a range of strategies That the text is the same each time you read it That the marks on the page tell you what to say That language is composed of separable words The words you say represent the words on the page (1-2-1 correspondence) That words are made up of letters Writing conventions (left to right & top to bottom) To be able to use ‘book’ language A reliable sight vocabulary The ability to read pictures Knowledge Knowledge will develop differently in all children and in different stages

What is involved in becoming a reader? Concentration Ability to develop and orchestrate a range of strategies To be able to retell, predict, rerun and self-correct The ability to use their knowledge of the world and books to think what would make sense Skills

The POWER of the front cover! What do you think this book might be about? How do you know? What’s your favourite fairy tale story? Why? Do you like pancakes? Have you ever made any? How do you make pancakes? What characters do you think will be in this story? Do you recognise any of them? Talk, talk talk!

What does the word ‘recipe’ mean? What is Mr Wolf writing? How do you think Mr Wolf is feeling? Can you think of any other stories with wolves in?

Being able to read does not mean you understand what you read. The best way to develop understanding is to talk about texts. Making links! Open ended questions; How do you know, can you think of, why Have fun!

FIVE minutes a day is plenty! Create a calm environment. Reading to your children is just as important as listening to them read. Talk, talk, talk about texts and pictures. Help create positive attitudes towards reading. Reread texts to support fluency.