Reading
National Poetry Day
Recommended book reads YR to Y6.
Phonics Workshop for Parents Presentation
Big Cat Collins e books
https://collins.co.uk/pages/support-learning-at-home
READING!
Stimulate the Imagination!
Develop the language!
Develop the understanding!
Be the role model for reading!
Forest Library Launch
Our new forest library was launched to parents, governors, pupils and the local newspaper with the help of a very special guest Peter Kennedy, who also delivered a fantastic reading workshop for our parents and governors.
Our forest library is a special area for pupils to read for pleasure, research a variety of texts and borrow books to enjoy in their own time.
Thank you to our school librarians for taking their roles very seriously and being fantastic role models for Reading.
A very exciting time for Reading at SMG!
Our local librarian Amy, came to deliver a training session for our school librarians.
They had opportunities to learn about the skills involved in this career path,
skills to use in looking after their school library and to enjoy reading for pleasure.
The librarians are now making plans to create opportunities for the whole school
to use the library as a service where pupils can borrow books and provide book recommendations.
Reading at SMG
At SMG, Reading is the core of all learning. On March 5th 2020, our pupils and staff celebrated ‘Reading for Pleasure’ by coming into school in their pyjamas and blankets, as well as becoming authors. Both pupils and staff were inspired by their very own author and illustrator Phil Calvert.
Mr Calvert shared his published work and what inspired him to illustrate and write.
Our pupils implemented the advice during this special day as you can see in these fantastic photographs.
Well done everyone.
A fantastic day!
"Reading takes you to a land of inspiration and when you feel like you have nowhere else to go."
by Ellie-Mae (Y6)
Reading - Watch me Learn - Presentation
Watch me Learn Workshop Presentation
Watch Me Learn
St. Maria Goretti Catholic Academy
Wednesday 6th November 2019
Reading the picture
Say sentences beginning with I can see… / I can hear… / I wonder...
Sentence tennis
Take turns adding to the sentence to make it longer.
Thought-tracking
Speak aloud what a character in a story might be feeling or thinking.
Magic microphone
Interview a character using a toy/ imaginary microphone.
Hot-seating
Put the character on the ‘hot-seat’ and ask him/her questions.
Role on the wall
Draw an outline of a character; write what you know round the outside and feelings on the inside.
Blankety Blank (rhyming books)
Read sentences from the book but replace a word with ‘blank’ then try to guess the correct word.
Dialogue
Take a character each and read aloud only what they say using different tone, expression and volume.
Opinion line
Stop at a critical moment in a story and discuss what a character might do next.
Choose a page (any page)
Ask your partner to choose a page number or say stop as you flick through the book then read and discuss that page.
Peter Kennedy - Drama in Education
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Here are some reading resources to access at home: ENJOY!
https://collins.co.uk/pages/support-learning-at-home
(Free e-books) - Go to Collins Connect and click on the Teacher portal and enter:
Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk
Password: Parents20!
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/
(FS/KS1)
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses
(KS2 audio books)
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
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Reading Links
Reading Strategies for Parents to Use at Home
An Effective Guided Reading Session
Pronouncing Phonemes Accurately
Home Reading
DEAR Time
Glossary for English Terminology
See also