Reading in Primary

With our move to a phonics-based approach to reading, we are encouraging parents and carers to continue reading a range of books with their children and to promote a reading environment at home. The bookmark shown below suggests some questions which could be asked of children as they read these authentic texts.

When it comes to books that will be sent home from school, parents will probably be familiar with this type, which are called predictable texts.

These encourage learners to guess words and to use cues such as the pictures and whether the unfamiliar word sounds correct. FROM NOW, we will be sending home decodable texts. These are texts for which the learners have mastered the phonics code needed and the focus will be to keep eyes on the text and decode each of the words.

This video might also be of interest to parents.

Home Reading - How Do I Best Support My Child? (youtube.com)