1. Guided Reading Workshop for Parents

2. Aims of the workshop
To gain an understanding of Guided Reading at HTG Free School
To understand some of the key reading and comprehension skills children need and strategies that can be used to support and develop these

4. What does a Guided Reading session look like?
Guided reading happens daily for 30 minutes
Each session is run by the class teacher
There are 6 children per group, all reading the same book (range of text types – fiction, non-fiction, playscripts, dictionaries etc.)
While the teacher is running the session, the rest of the class are working independently.

10. Book Policy Books need to be in children’s book bags everyday
New books can not be sent home unless the old one has been returned
Lost or damaged books will be charged at £4

11. New Curriculum requirements for Year 1
Develop pleasure in reading
Listen to a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction
Link what they read to own experiences
Become familiar with key stories and fairy tales
Recognise predictable phrases
Check that the text makes sense to them
Make inferences on the basis of what has been said and done
Predict what might happen

12. New Curriculum requirements for Year 2
Listen to and discuss a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction
Discuss the sequence of events in books
Retell a wide range of stories and fairy tales
Recognise simple recurring language
Discuss and clarify the meaning of new words
Continue to build up a repertoire of poems learned by heart
Checking that the text makes sense
Making inferences on the basis of what has been said and done
Asking and answering questions
Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been said so far

13. Year 1 Autumn Tests

14. Year 2 Autumn Tests

15. Year 2 SATs

16. Questions