WHY READING IS SO IMPORTANT Nicole Hoppitt and Leyla Mustafa
Today’s Purpose Distinguish the difference between home reading and reading for pleasure. Emphasise the importance of shared reading. Providing useful tips for reading at home with your child. Suggested texts for different age groups.
The importance of reading Reading 20 minutes per day will… - expose children to 1,800,000 words per year - lead to increased scores on standardised tests VS Reading 5 minutes per day will… - expose children to 282,000 words per year
Raising a Reader Instilling and modelling a love of reading is the number one starting point in raising readers. Reading to children should be about fun and the enjoyment of reading.
Reading Develops…
Recreational Reading vs Home Reading Recreational reading is completely different to educational reading. Home Reading • Decoding • Fluency • Sight words • Phonemic awareness • Repetition Recreational Reading • Basic vocabulary • Inferencing (reading between the lines) Pictures support meaning • Complex interplay between words and and word recognition pictures – images extend the text • Teacher selected • Sophisticated vocabulary • Require discussion and deeper analysis • Self selected
Top 10 tips for raising a reader 1. Read aloud with passion 2. Model a love of reading. 3. Location, location, location. 4. Bring books to life. 5. Mix it up – non‐fiction and fiction 6. Love Libraries. 7. Create the need to read. 8. Reading routines rock. 9. Value books. 10. It’s not about you.
Creating a print rich environment A print rich home helps young children to become familiar with letters, numbers, pictorial images and words. It tells young children that print is important and has a purpose.
READING FOR MEANING - BOOK LUCKY DIP Lucky dips can be selected at the end of a story as a talking point. • If you were the author of the story would you have ended it the same way? • What did you like or dislike about this book? • What do you think the author was trying to say to us? What helped you figure out the message? • What part of the story was the most exciting or interesting? • Which character was your favourite? Why? • Did any of the characters remind you of anyone that you know?
Book Suggestions Middle‐Upper
Book Suggestions Early Years
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