1. Reading Monday 14 th September 2015

2. Reading Book Bands Colour Book Pink Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Turquoise Purple Gold White Lime

3. Key words – green words Green Words Words that can be sounded out e.g. cat fish chick fantastic Sound buttons represent each pure sound e.g. c a t f i sh ch i ck f a n t a s t i c Red Words These words can not be sounded out e.g. said was come The tricky part in these words are called grotty graphemes e.g s d aiai

4. Strategies children use – word recognition: decoding  Children read fluently and automatically by using phonic (sound) knowledge and the skills of blending as their main approach for working out unfamiliar words  They also build up a store of words that are instantly recognised and understood on sight (High Frequency Words HFWs)  They segment words into their separate phonemes (sounds) and understand that spelling is the reverse of blending phonemes into words for reading.

5. Strategies children use – Understanding and interpreting texts  Retrieve and describe information, events or ideas  deduce, infer and interpret information, events or ideas  use sentences, context, word structures to develop their understanding of word meanings  identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts  explain and comment on writers' use of language, including vocabulary and grammatical features

6. Strategies to use – Engaging and responding to texts  read independently for purpose, pleasure and learning  respond imaginatively, using different strategies to engage with texts  talk about the writers’ views and opinions

7. Questions to ask when reading  Use the ‘wh’ questions Who? What? Where? Why? When?  Who is the main character in the story?  What happens to the rain when it falls to the ground?  Where does the water in the cloud come from?  Why did the writer use a bold word for ‘No!’?  When did Rapunzel let down her hair?  Tell me about Kipper…  How do you think the story will end?  The good character in this story is…  Can you find information about snow from our text about the weather?

8. Encouraging reading at home o bedtime stories o audio books o comic books, magazines, newspapers o magnetic letters to make / read words o simple notes, cards, letters, labels o visiting the library / bookshops o word bingo games o cooking using a recipe, shopping using a list o menus - if ordering a meal