Reading

The benefits of reading are so significant that it would be foolish for us to ignore them. Statistics show:

• Developing a love of reading can be more important for a child’s educational success than their family’s socio-economic background (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

• Children increase their breadth of vocabulary, have a better understanding of other cultures, improve their general knowledge and have a greater ability to absorb information across all areas of the curriculum (London’s Institute of Education).

• Young people who read in and outside class are 13 times more likely to read above the expected level for their age (National Literacy Trust).

• Children who read for pleasure are likely to be better at both maths and English than those who rarely read in their free time (London’s Institute of Education).

Why is reading important?

How can we work together to best support our children and develop their love of reading?

Non-fiction

Decoding

Range of reading

Discussing reading

Familiarity with texts

Poetry & perform

anceWord meanings

Understanding

Inference

Prediction

Authorial intent

Reading at

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- Daily 30 minutes guided reading sessionsTime with teacher to hear reading assessment of words but also inference through quality questioning

Children are also given independent based reading activities.

Identifying features of books Character analysis Sharing likes and dislikes

Reading and following instructions Reading and comparing features of a text

What can you do at home?• Build on all these skills and show the importance of reading

Read daily for 10 minutes with your child, across a range of genres e.g. newspapers, comics, picture books, instruction manuals, cooking, maps

Top 10 tips – (Don’t be afraid to read instead)

Some good quality books, authors to follow http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/children/http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site

Visit the libraryhttp://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/younglibraries

Use ICT to engage – RM Unify http://dgfl.rmunify.com/ Oxford Owl TESiboard RM Books