1. Home School Meeting 1 st October 2014 Big Reading

2. What is Big Reading? It is a programme of reading activities designed to help pupils: Decode text Read widely – novels, plays, poetry, short stories Identify themes and conventions Make inferences from the text Understand comprehension exercises Use language for effect Discuss books and words

3. How does it work? Pupils are set a variety of challenges in the form of a Mini Mission or Mega Mission

4. What is a Mini Mission? Crystal Ball What do you think will happen in your book? Draw a picture to explain. Predict! Use the clues on the cover of your book to help you predict what you think will happen next. Tell your friend which clues helped you.

5. More Mini Mission Work Characters Choose a picture of a character from the cover of your book. Look through your book and find that character again. What do you think this character will be like? Show the teacher what makes you think that. Draw a character from the story. Write a sentence about the way they act.

6. What is a Mega Mission?

7. Level 1

8. 5 I can sit attentively and listen to a story that is being read to me. 6 I can understand what is happening in a book by using the text and other clues. 7 I can answer, out loud, some questions about a story, e.g. Who is in this story? 7 I can find (retrieve) information from a book with help. 8 I can tell the teacher or my friend what is happening in a book I am ‘reading’ or that has been read to me. 9 I can retell some stories I have heard before. 10 I can talk about what is the same in stories I have heard, such as how they begin/end. 10 I can say what is the same and what is different about two stories or books. 10 I can find the rhyme in poems. 20 I can retell the main points of a story, in order, including the main events. 23 I can find the answer to a question from a page the teacher gives me. Join me on a Reading MEGA Mission 15 I can say what I like about a story or an information book. 15 I can say what I don’t like about a story or an information book. 16 I can point to words I think are interesting. 16 I can talk about words I have found that I think are interesting. 17 I can choose a book I would like to read. 17 I can say why I chose a book to read. 24 I can say which story I prefer from a choice. 24 I can say why I like one story more than another. 24 I can say the things I like and dislike about a story, such as good and bad characters. Join me on a Reading MEGA Mission 5 I can sit attentively and listen to a story that is being read to me. 6 I can understand what is happening in a book by using the text and other clues. 7 I can answer, out loud, some questions about a story, e.g. Who is in this story? 7 I can find (retrieve) information from a book with help. 8 I can tell the teacher or my friend what is happening in a book I am ‘reading’ or that has been read to me. 9 I can retell some stories I have heard before. 10 I can talk about what is the same in stories I have heard, such as how they begin/end. 10 I can say what is the same and what is different about two stories or books. 10 I can find the rhyme in poems. 20 I can retell the main points of a story, in order, including the main events. 23 I can find the answer to a question from a page the teacher gives me.

9. Level 5

10. can use skimming and scanning at speed to find relevant information. I can select and summarise main ideas efficiently. I can decide how useful texts are for gathering information. I can explain to others how useful texts are for gathering information. I can confidently use a range of different texts/sources to source the potential answers to questions. I can confidently use a range of different texts/sources to retrieve and collate information. I can confidently select and summarise main ideas from a range of sources. When discussing and evaluating how different effects are conveyed in different texts, I always make reference to where in the text it is shown.