Parent Coffee Afternoon

Developing Confident and Enthusiastic Readers

Monday 7th October 2013Mrs Bitton and Mrs Nielsen

“ To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” Edmund

Burke

“The more you read,The more things you will know.

The more that you learn,The more places you’ll go.” Dr

Seuss

The Reading Diet

Children working with self-selected material including familiar

text

Children working in

small groups with text

selected by teacher at

the instructional

level

Children working with a

challenging text in a whole-class

context.

Paired Reading

Personal Reading

Guided Reading

Shared Reading

Learner and a skilled readerread a text together. The learner is able to take over reading in sections where they feel confident.

What is Shared Reading?• Used in a whole class context where all

students are able to see the same text.• Helps children read and enjoy books that they

may not be able to read independently• Opportunity for teacher/parent to introduce,

model and reinforce reading strategies.• Can improve comprehension and analysis

through discussion and a focus on language.

What is Guided Reading?• The teacher works with a small group of children who

are at the same developmental stage of reading

• The teacher selects an unknown text that provides just the right balance of supports and challenges

• The teacher reminds the children to use a range of reading strategies

• The teacher uses questioning and other strategies to develop comprehension

What is Personal Reading? Children choose their own texts and read

independently.

What is Paired Reading?• Peer-supporting learning.• More fluent readers are paired with less fluent

readers.• Can be used with any book.• Involves reading together until the less fluent reader

feels confident to take over.• No phonics.• Errors are addressed and correct words modelled. • Develops a love of reading and improves flow, speed

and confidence. • Anyone can do paired reading! Even parents.

Beanstalk ReadingNandini and Maureen

• 3 reluctant readers• Year 3 and year 5• Children love going to sessions, which last

half an hour - twice a week. • Teachers noted a significant improvement

in reading levels.

Comprehension• What is comprehension?• What were your experiences

of ‘comprehension’ at school?

• Different types of questioning to stretch thinking.

How can you support your child with reading?

• Read little and often, so try to put aside some time for it every day.

• Set up a comfortable, quiet and inviting reading area.• Surround your child with different types of books. • Think of ways to make reading fun - look for books on

topics that your child is interested in e.g. dragons, sport.• Books aren't just about reading the words on the page, they

can also present new ideas and topics for you and your child to discuss.

• Visit the library as often as possible - take out CDs, DVDs, and E-books.

• Buy dual-language books if English isn’t your family’s first language - you can talk about books and stories, and develop a love for them, in any language.

How can you support your child?• Promote Reading for Pleasure with your child.

• Expose them to a variety of texts and reading experiences.

• Questioning and discussion about the book. Linking books to personal experiences and asking your child for their opinions.

• Integrate reading into everyday activities e.g. reading signs when out and about, cooking, shopping, newspapers, holiday scrapbooks.

• Use reading and discussion of texts as a springboard for writing.

• Use student planners to record and celebrate reading achievements.

…and why?

‘The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Earnest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.’

Roald Dahl Matilda

Useful Websites

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/

http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/book

box/home.htm

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

http://www.justimaginestorycentre.co.uk/

Please visit the Reading area on Fronter.

Thank you for listening!

Any questions?