1. Reading Tuesday 9 th December 2015 Welcome!

2. New National Curriculum Key changes: - synthetic phonics - reading for pleasure - increased emphasis on reading poetry and fiction - greater emphasis on discussion and deeper questioning when reading - whole texts

3. In School Teaching reading: - phonics (letters and sounds, differentiated groups each day); - shared reading (during all lessons); - guided reading (once a week); - additional 1:1 reads whenever possible; - 1 discrete SPAG lesson each week + throughout all lessons.

4. At Home ‘Children are made readers on the laps of their parents’ Emilie Buchwald What you can do to support your child at home: - focus on letter sounds and names; - focus on high frequency words; - ask lots of questions when reading with your child to develop comprehension skills; - choose books that are interesting to your child (a range of genres e.g. non-fiction, fiction, poetry etc.); - set a routine for reading - for them to read to you and for you to read to them; - reading games - matching words, finding words, pairs game; - library visits

5. Five Finger Retelling Questions: What happened at the beginning of the story? Who are the main characters? What was the problem they needed to solve? What happened in the story? Ask about beginning, middle, and end How did they solve the problem?

6. REMEMBER: Phonics is not the only thing needed to become a fluent reader. Please continue to read with your child each night and encourage them to: - sound out - re-read to check it makes sense - use pictures for clues - ask questions about the book - and most importantly ENJOY READING!

7. Year 2 Tests Children in Yr 2 will be the first to take the new ‘National Curriculum Tests’ Tests will reflect the New Curriculum and be much more rigorous May 2016 Tests: Reading - 2 papers (both comprehension)

8. Bug Club

9. Comprehension

10. Homework

11. Assessment Benchmarking: including comprehension and key questions Phonic knowledge: high frequency word lists and letters and sounds Letters and sounds sessions with a focus on spelling APP sheets every half term Guided reading comprehension

12. Expectations

13. http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ - Phonics Play https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 – Bug Club http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading-owl/find-a-bookhttp://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading-owl/find-a-book - over 250 free e-books http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=43http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=43 – Top Marks http://resources.woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.htmlhttp://resources.woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html - Woodlands Junior School http://www.turtlediary.com/kids- games/ela/comprehension.htmlhttp://www.turtlediary.com/kids- games/ela/comprehension.html - Turtle Diary Useful Websites

14. End of Year Expectations - Progression Below National Standard Working towards Met - achieved all the national expectations in a subject area for their year group Mastery - met 100% of the raised expectations AND can evidence breadth, depth and application of the objectives to different contexts Surpassing - children with attainment significantly beyond age typical expectations; comfortably working and applying learning at a year group above their own

16. Questions?