Reading it’s vital! - Grove Road Primary School for...• Enjoyment • Higher‐order reading...
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Discussion
• Why read? Why do we want our children to be good readers?
• What does a good reader look like:– In the early years?– At the end of Key Stage One?– At the end of Key stage Two?– As a teenager?– As an adult?
word recognition
language comprehension
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poor
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The Simple View of Reading
Good language comprehension, poor
word recognition
Good word recognition, good language comprehension
Poor word recognition, poor language comprehension
Good word recognition, poor language comprehension
Ofsted Framework, 2012• Independence and choice• Knowledge of books and authors• Decoding strategies• Understanding: literal and inferential• Support from home and school• Enjoyment• Higher‐order reading skills such as inference, appreciation of an author’s style, awareness of themes, similarity and differences between texts
• Awareness of own progress and development• Teaching, expectations and the school’s reading culture
Why is reading for pleasure important?
• ‘There is a positive link between positive attitudes to reading and scoring well on reading assessments.’ (Twist, 2007)
• ‘Reading enjoyment has been reported as more important for children’s educational success than their family’s socio‐economic status.’ (OECD, Reading for Change)
Why is reading for pleasure important?
• ‘Regularly reading stories or novels outside of school is associated with higher scores in reading assessments.’ (PIRLS, 2006, PISA, 2009)
• ‘Parents and the home environment are essential to the early teaching of reading and fostering a love of reading; children are more likely to continue to be readers in homes where books and reading are valued.’ (Clark and Rumbold, 2006)
Take a picture book….• What do the words tell you?• What do the images tell you?• What do the characters’ posture/ expression tell you?• What do the colours contribute to the meaning?• Is there anything you particularly like/ dislike about the
double page spread?• How does it make you feel? How does it do that?• What questions would you like to ask the picture book
maker?• What music would you choose to accompany this spread?
3. Share your own reading and enthusiasm
• What have you read recently that has been memorable or valuable to you?
• What do you know about yourself as a reader?
• To what extent do you share the above with your children?
4. Examine your prejudices!
• Picture books• Reading on screen• ‘Airport’ reading• Repeat reading• ‘Easy’ reading• Stuck on one author
Find one book you would NOT want to read. Why?What influences you?Find one book you would like to read. Why?