1. INSPIRE WORKSHOP

2. What will you see today? History of Flight –Wright Brothers Reading Activities Reading for meaning, for e.g. following a set of instructions. Re-reading and checking for understanding. Questioning for understanding. Discussing and clarifying the meanings of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary. Discussing their favourite words and phrases. Checking that the word they have decoded fits in with what else they have read and makes sense in the context of what they already know about the topic.

3. Supporting Reading at Home

4. Why is daily reading at home important? A recent world wide research project found that: o active parental involvement at the beginning of school was a significant trigger for developing children's reading skills that would carry through until they were teenagers. o what was important was that parents read books regularly with their children - such as several times a week - and that they talked about what they were reading together

5. What you can do to support your child at home… Spend 10 minutes a day reading with your child. Talk about the pictures and characters and make up your own stories. Talk about the phonemes in the book and explore tricky words, trying to make clear which letters make which sounds. Ensure children know what the spelling pattern is every week and look for that in your books at home. Make a special place to keep reading books from school, books borrowed from the library and books bought as presents. It will show how important reading is to you. Make sure reading is pleasurable for you and your child! Look at newspapers together and point out more unusual words. Make a word box and put in new words your child has learnt.

6. What you can do to support your child at home… Let your child see you reading and talk about what you like and don’t like reading. Have a longer reading session together. Get your child to choose a selection of their favourite books. You could use a story CD/i-tunes download on your phone/ipad/kindle.

7. How can you select high quality ‘real books? Ask your local librarian for recommendations Look at past winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal, given for outstanding Children’s Literature every year: www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/ www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/ Look at the topics that you child will focus on in each term and look for books about that topic. Here are the topics for Year Two: Autumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2 What do I need to be me? Flying highThrough the Keyhole Sowing and Growing National Celebration Trading places Home and Away

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