1. Reading

2. Why is reading important?
The benefits of reading are so significant that it would be foolish for us to ignore them. Statistics show:
Developing a love of reading can be more important for a child’s educational success than their family’s socio-economic background (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
Young people who read in and outside class are 13 times more likely to read above the expected level for their age (National Literacy Trust).
Children who read for pleasure are likely to be better at both maths and English than those who rarely read in their free time (London’s Institute of Education).
Children increase their breadth of vocabulary, have a better understanding of other cultures, improve their general knowledge and have a greater ability to absorb information across all areas of the curriculum (London’s Institute of Education).
How can we work together to best support our children and develop their love of reading?

3. Familiarity with texts
Non-fiction
Decoding
Range of reading
Discussing reading
Familiarity with texts
Poetry & performance
Word meanings
Understanding
Inference
Prediction
Authorial intent
Reading at
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Decoding- reading the book
Range of reading- reading and listening to a wide range of stories, poems, plays, non-fiction etc
Familiarity with texts- recognising, joining in, identifying themes and conventions
Readng, listening to and reciting by heart, a range of poems. Performing plays, understanding the importtance of the audience
Word meanings- linking new meanings to those already known
Understanding- drawing on background knowledge, identifying main ideas, summarising, identifying key details to support an argument
Inference- discussing the significance of a title, characters’ actions, motives and feelings, setting etc and justifying inferences with evidence
Prediction- self explan
Authorial intent-identifying language and discussing words that capture the reader’s imagination, identifying how language contributes to meaning and impacts on the reader
Non-fiction- self explan
Discussing reading- participate in discussions about books, give reasons for choices, listen to the views of others.

4. - Daily 30 minutes guided reading sessions
Time with teacher to hear reading assessment of words but also inference through quality questioning

5. Children are also given independent based reading activities.
Identifying features of books Character analysis Sharing likes and
dislikes
Reading and following instructions Reading and comparing
features of a text

6. What can you do at home?
Build on all these skills and show the importance of reading
Read daily for 10 minutes with your child, across a range of genres
e.g. newspapers, comics, picture books, instruction manuals, cooking, maps
Top 10 tips – (Don’t be afraid to read instead)
Some good quality books, authors to follow
Visit the library
Use ICT to engage – RM Unify
Oxford Owl TESiboard RM Books