Helping your child with their

reading

Our children as readers:

• What Do We Want for Our Children?What Do We Want for Our Children?

To read for pleasure

To be able to choose what they would like to read

for themselves

To read with understanding

To read with

expression

To be able to

summarise what

has been read

To have reasons for preferences

in what they read

FocusFocusTo decode text for meaning – reading the words and To decode text for meaning – reading the words and understanding what they mean.understanding what they mean. To retrieve informationTo retrieve information Lower KS 2Lower KS 2

To deduce, infer or interpret information, events or To deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts – reading between the lines.ideas from texts – reading between the lines.

To consider the structure and organisation of the To consider the structure and organisation of the texttext

To explain and comment on the author’s use of To explain and comment on the author’s use of languagelanguage Upper KS 2Upper KS 2

To identify and comment on writers’ purposes and To identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints and overall effect of the text on the readerviewpoints and overall effect of the text on the reader

Our hopes:Our hopes:

Reading is a big focus

Changes

•Book corners in all classrooms•Improved library area•New fiction books in all classrooms

Children at Bonnygate will experience

•Guided reading sessions•Individual reading time with the class teacher and LSA•Opportunities to visit the school library•Opportunities to bring school books to read at home•Daily phonics lessons•Access to Bug Club in school and online at home•Days dedicated to books and reading (Roald Dahl Day, World Book Day)

Levels and Book Bands

•All children will be accessed as they enter Bonnygate and put onto the correct book band/level

•They will then move thought the books within the book bands at home and in school.

•Reception and KS1 – Bug club phonics, Rigby Star Phonics•KS2 – Rigby Star Navigator, Bug Club and Pocket Reads

•Other schemes used• Fantastic Forest• Story Street• Wellington Square

10-15 minutes reading at home each day makes a big difference

Top tips

1. Choose a quiet time 2. Make reading enjoyable 3. Maintain the flow 4. Be positive 5. Success is the key 6. Regular practice 7. Communicate 8. Talk about the books 9. Make use of the Library 10. Variety is important