Reading



Reading groups

**Our focus in the class:** Our main focus this term is to decode our texts accurately. This ranges from identifying letter sounds to breaking down large words into syllables. We will be using three 'spotlights' to work out words, these are; Does it look right? Does it sound right? and Does it make sense? (term 1)

**Read around the room:** In Room 4 we are creating an unbroken strip of chapter book covers all the way around the classroom covering up the old book covers from last year. To add more books to this children need to read a chapter book that is not already on the walls and then give the teacher a brief summary of the book. The purpose of this is to encourage the children to read a range of chapter books and be able to describe the story. (Have a look next time you are in Room 4, if your child's name is on a book ask them what it was about and whether it is worth reading.)

**Reading at home:** As a fundamental skill it is important that the children get many reading opportunities both at school and at home. The ways this can be done at home are to: - Encourage the child to read by themselves for at least 15 minutes a day. This is often a good bed-time activity as it relaxes them. A range of texts is excellent as it opens their awareness of different text types and how they are used, eg stories, non-fiction articles, news papers, magazines, comics. (A reading log could help to monitor this) - Read to the child. Most children love being read to (they definitely do in the class) as it is very relaxing. Again a range of texts is good, especially texts with topic specific words because this gives the child the opportunity to hear how the word is read. This also gives them the chance to hear how a story is read aloud and letting them read some of the story aloud to you will let them practise this.

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