Reading
The following page contains a range of resources and practical ideas to support teachers in all aspects of the reading curriculum.
Resources to help
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The Simple View of Reading (1,194 kb Word doc) |
A brief overview of the new conceptual framework for teaching reading; the dimensions of which are word recognition and language comprehension. |
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The Reading Repertoire (21 kb Word doc) |
A summary of what a balanced reading programme should include. Can be used as a checklist to audit current school provision. |
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Strategies to Develop Children's Understanding of text (58 kb Word doc) |
A useful bank of ideas and strategies to support teachers. Resources include: types of questions, practical activities to help pupils to respond to reading and Direct Activities Related to Texts (DARTS). |
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The Structure of a Guided Reading Session (51 kb Word doc) |
Support for teachers when guiding children through ways of developing reading strategies and responding to the text. |
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Guided Reading Activity Cards (2,765 kb zip) |
The cards are a bank of ideas for 'Independent Reading' and 'Response to Text' activities linked to guided reading. |
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Reading Journals (82 kb Word doc) |
Many teachers have asked for ideas about how to develop reading journals in primary schools. We have put together a few ideas that have been presented at courses and staff meetings and which teachers have found a useful starting point. |
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Talking Cards and Bookmarks (47 kb zip) |
The following cards are intended as a resource for teachers to motivate pupils' independent reading and encourage talk about different kinds of texts. They are based on the question fans which have proved very popular. |
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Language Posters (228 kb zip) |
This zip folder contains posters designed to support children's understanding of the language of questions. In particular the types of questions that children may come across in a comprehension paper. Click on each word to reach the link. |
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Reading to Learn (3,207 kb zip) |
This folder contains the notes and resources used in a workshop exploring the skills required by children from year 2 to year 6 as move from learning to read to reading to learn. |
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Reading Connects (54 kb Word doc) |
Ideas taken from 'Reading Connects', a DCSF-funded National Literacy Trust Initiative, supports primary and secondary schools in developing their own whole-school reading culture. |
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Year 6 Reading Cards (87 kb Word doc) |
These cards have been adapted from 'Taking an interest in your child's learning'. They are intended for parents and carers of children in year 6. |
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Independent Reading Activity Cards (2.6mb zip) |
A bank of acitivites for pupils to respond independently to their individual and guided reading books. |
Page Last Updated: 26 July 2011
