Oak – Reading
The main focuses for reading this year will be:
- Word reading
- Developing pleasure and motivation for reading
- Understanding books which they can read themselves and those which are read to them.
- Participation in discussion.
- Comprehension
The hardest transition for Year 1 children is moving on from just decoding the words on the page to reading with increased fluency to enable them to read, enjoy and understand the content of the story or book. So talking about the vocabulary, characters and events is as important as reading the words. We begin to teach the children comprehension skills which enables them to understand the story and characters better and begin to give their thoughts and ideas about what happens in the stories they read. These skills are:
- literal- pulling facts from the text and using it to answer the question.
- inference- reading between the lines looking and thinking a little bit deeper and adding personal views and ideas when answering the questions. This will be supported by evidence from the text
Your children will bring their reading book home every night. Regular reading and discussion about what they are reading is really important. Listening to your child reading and talking to them about stories and books is also extremely beneficial. It is really helpful if you can comment in their reading logs as it is an ideal way of communicating with school about your children’s successes and difficulties with each book. Your child’s reading book and log should be in their book bag everyday so an adult can listen to them read throughout the week.
Please comment in the reading log to give positive comments and any difficulties your child may be having. T