1. Welcome to Year 3’s Reading Curriculum Evening Miss Barron Mrs. Topley
End of Year Expectation #2:
Read books that are structured in different ways (comics, poetry, plays) and reading for a range of purposes

2. Our Aims: Investigate different ways to read
Play scripts, comics, newspapers, fiction/non-fiction, films, news
Explore expression when reading
Making reading enjoyable at home

3. Background in Reading
By the end of Year 3, we aim for all children to fully achieve all of the EoYE Here are a variety of ways in which you can support them

4. Make Reading Fun Create a Reading area for your child. Some ideas are:
Make them want to go to the area to read!
Some ideas are:
Curtains
Tents

5. Make Reading Fun Create a Reading area for your child. Some ideas are:
Make them want to go to the area to read!
Some ideas are:
Reading Lamps

6. Make Reading Fun Create a Reading area for your child. Some ideas are:
Make them want to go to the area to read!
Some ideas are:

7. Misconceptions in Reading
“Low reading ability equates to low intelligence.” “Fast readers are higher ability readers” “If you don’t know the word, look it up in the dictionary”

8. Different Books
This session will be set up as a carousel of activities in which you will be given the opportunity to engage with a variety of activities which can be used with your children

9. Activity 1: Play scripts and Novels
Must
Should
Could
Be able to identify who the author is.
Be able to read and spell a 100 HFW (who, how, there, their)
Identify the actions of the characters in the story.
Have a vocabulary to describe the feelings of a character.
Know that speech marks indicate a change of expression.
Take note of punctuation marks when reading. (.,! ‘’ ?)
Give an short oral summary of a page/ paragraph they have read.
Vary intonation and expression when reading aloud.
Work as part of a group to perform a play script
Identify words and phrases that are used to capture the reader attention.
Make inferences about character feelings based on their actions.
Create your own play script
Activity: convert extract into a playscript.
Activity: Convert the extract on the table into a play script. Don’t forget to include all the features of a play script!

10. Activity 2: Comic books and Sports
Must
Should
Could
Read picture story books
Identify which speech/ thought bubble is associated with which character.
Be able to follow the direction of pictures in a comic book.
Understand the difference between thought and speech bubbles
Can recognise and think of onomatopoeia's
Re-tell a story using comic book strips.
Create their own comic strips including thought and speech bubbles
Activity: Fill in the blank bubbles on your comic strip.

11. Activity 3: Newspapers
Must
Should
Could
Give an oral summary of a page/ paragraph they have read.
Identify headings and subheadings.
Identify where text has been printed differently.
To be able to summarise using bullet points.
Know how to use subheadings to find information.
Use a highlighter to identify key information.
Create catch headlines
Create a newspaper article including its features.
Confidently use language features (bold, italics) to enhance the meaning of their own texts or posters.
Activity: Complete any of the activities in the First News papers.

12. Activity 4: Studying for Reading (research)
Must
Should
Could
Retell fairy tales, traditional tales, myths and legend
Be able to copy down sentences in bullet points
Identify words which might need spellings checked
Look up words in a thesaurus to find a replacement word
Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.
Use an encyclopaedia for research
Being able to confidently use the internet for research
Identify whether words are nouns, adjectives or verbs
Use the contents/index pages
Activity: Find 3 facts about a topic you did not know before. Write it in bullet point format.

13. Activity 5: Electronics
We have moved on to an era where electronics is a part of our daily life.
How could we include this aspect of life to aid in children's reading?
Tablets – Read articles and e-books
Mobile phones – Read text messages
Audio books – New upcoming way of engaging in books. It can be a great tool that allows children to listen to books being read with expression and enthusiasm.
Films/TV shows – Put the subtitles on in order for children to see the word while the actors are speaking

14. Book List for Year 3 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
Matilda, Roald Dahl
The Twits, Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl
The BFG, Roald Dahl
Born to Run, Michael Morpurgo
The Butterfly Lion, Michael Morpurgo
Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie
Gangsta Granny, David Wallaims
Billionaire Boy, David Wallaims
Mr. Stink, David Wallaims
Please Mrs. Butler, Allan Ahlberg
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White
Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, J. K. Rowling
My Big Cat Journal, Steve Bloom
Ants, Susan Barraclough
Think of an Eel, Karen Wallace

15. Questions?