World Book Day 2023!
To celebrate world book day (and as some inspiration for spending the vouchers we’re sending home) the teachers have been reading some of their favorite picture books. Here is ours (check out the other class pages for theirs).
The Gruffalo’s Child - read by Mr T (with added storytelling and acting from Freya)
Reading Books
It is very important you hear your child read at least 3 times each week. This is to help with fluency, familiarity and comprehension. They should be able to fluently read at least 80% of what they are reading independently including sounding it out themselves). They need to also be able to answer comprehension questions about the book for example 'why do you think she felt that way?' etc. They should also be able to predict an ending or predicament.
We are using Bug Club Phonics and as part of our scheme we are introducing Bug Club reading books for our children to make their learning as holistic and effective as possible. They will be given one of these books to read for the whole week. The children should be able to recognise and decode many of the sounds as they will have been taught them previously. They will also be given a 'grapple' (challenge) book and a reading book for pleasure which you can read with them!
Reading is such an integral and essential part of the children's learning process and they will continue to make real progress in all areas if they can develop a passion for reading at an early age.
Please look at our Year 1 and 2 recommended reads so far this year to give you some more ideas!