Intent
Children learn to read through teaching word reading and language comprehension
Children read widely and often by themselves as their confidence in reading develops
Children read a range of books that encourage them to:
Feel something;
Seek something;
Experience new worlds;
Have the opportunity to share and empathise with the lived-experience of others;
Develop their imaginations and build a knowledge of sophisticated and interesting vocabulary;
Learn something new.
Implementation
Word reading
Children learn to read through phonics, using the RWInc scheme;
Children learn through whole-word recognition;
Pinny time and 1:1 tuition provide extra support for learning where needed;
To develop fluency, children take home black and white copies of the books they have read in class when they have completed them;
Book bag books are sent home to provide further fluency where necessary;
Books are matched to the children’s acquisition of phonics;
Children have a wide range of books to choose from once they have completed the RWInc scheme as appropriate to their age.
Enjoyment of reading
Children take home a range of books to develop their vocabulary and enjoyment;
Books are read out loud to the class every day;
We share our excitement for reading;
Each class has a class library and books are regularly changed;
Books for topics are displayed in the classroom and are used for research;
We take part in World Book Day;
We do reading swaps with classes;
Books in French are read to the children and younger children act out stories;
Resources to enable all children to access reading are provided as appropriate.
Developing comprehension
We ensure that children know how to skim and scan for words;
We model how to answer questions from a text – this includes direct information retrieval and questions which require inference;
We identify vocabulary that children might not know and discuss this with the children;
We discuss the authors intentions and choices of words;
We talk about the characters in books;
We think about how characters may be feeling and why they might act in a certain way;
We talk about how a text may be organised and other grammatical features that may be used to ensure that information is presented clearly.
Impact
Children complete the RWInc scheme by the end of Year 1 or early Year 2;
Children can read age appropriate texts fluently and with expression;
Children enjoy listening to stories and poems;
Children are engaged in stories that are read out loud;
Children choose to read most evenings;
Children can talk about books the enjoy reading;
Children know poems/rhymes by heart.