Reading is a vital skill that the children learn. It is a skill that improves with practice. Practice at home is vital for good progress.
The children will be learning to use the reading toolkit to develop their understanding of different texts that they read.
Good readers:
- Use their background knowledge and experiences.
- Ask questions
- Breakdown and repair words using phonic and spelling strategies
- Clarify meaning of words and phrases
- Make predictions
- Use inference to find the true meaning
- Visualise making a picture in their head
- Summarise by putting together the key parts.