Pupil Work: Reading

On this page is a selection of work to demonstrate the learning that takes place in reading lessons across the school. We have included a variety of work, alongside photos of the children learning and participating in class to show the wide range of activities and enrichment events in which they take part. For Reading in Early Years and Year 1 please look at the phonics page for pupil work.

Year 2

Once decoding and fluency are well established through the teaching of Phonics, the focus shifts to comprehension. In Year 2 reading is delivered through a whole class reading model in which the text is read using choral or echo reading. In the last lesson of each week tasks are then completed focusing on the five reading domains in Key Stage 1 of vocabulary, identify and explain key aspects of texts, sequencing, prediction and inference.

Lower Key Stage 2

In Key Stage 2, children build on the good reading habits and reading fluency established in Key Stage 1. The teaching of reading skills is still addressed through discrete whole class reading sessions. The children continue with the same model of teaching in which they focus on a text in the first two lessons, reading it multiple times to build up fluency, discuss and answer comprehension questions verbally, before finally creating a written response to questions in the final lesson each week. In Years 3 and 4 children read books that are structured in a variety of ways and continue to listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. Children identify new vocabulary and check the meaning of words using dictionaries.

Upper Key Stage 2

In Upper Key Stage 2 children continue to build on their fluency and comprehension skills. Children continue to read an increasingly wide range of text types and recommend books that they have read to their peers, giving reasons for their choices. Reading lessons follow the same structure as in Lower Key Stage 2 but with increasing sophistication and difficulty.

Enrichment

At Gurnard we aim to encourage a love of reading and books in order to create life long readers. Our ultimate aim is for our children to become confident and independent readers who regularly enjoy being immersed in a range of books, want to read regularly and to discuss their reading. In part, we try to achieve this through enrichment activities which inspire a love of books such as World Book Day, Theme days, the Isle of Wight Literacy Festival, Author talks, performances and competitions.

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