In Team AF the class have been working incredibly hard this half term to develop their understanding of phonics as we have been following the Read Write Inc approach. The class have worked really hard to develop their understanding and recall of Set 2 sounds. During story time, the class have been reading The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. This is the class’ chosen author to study this year. Through reading the Gruffalo the class have gained an understanding of different settings. This supported the class in developing their description skills in order to develop their writing further.
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In reading during the Autumn Term, Team JF have been reading the book The Great Chocoplot. The children have really enjoyed reading this book as it was full of witty lines and lots of sarcasm, which led to many class discussions around how this is portrayed within texts, before the class generated their own examples. The book not only gave the class great talking points with the vocabulary used, but also allowed them to draw on and develop their inferencing skills when discussing the characters Jelly, Gari and Mrs Bunstable.
During the Autumn Term, Team LL have based much of their reading work on their class novel Stormbreaker. They have focused on and developed each of the VIPER skills, first discretely, then with variation. They looked at summarising key events from longer passages of text and presenting findings concisely. The class explored how Anthony Horowitz developed character and plot and worked on refining their inference and explanation skills.
During the Autumn term, the children in Team GG have been exposed to a range of short non fiction texts to develop their vocabulary linked to both their Science and Geography topics. During each session, the children have had opportunities to Think, Pair, Share what they have found out from each paragraph. They also developed their confidence to use the dictionary to locate the correct definition for the subject specific words. For some of the sessions, the children have enjoyed reading the first part of the fictional text Tilly the Time Machine and The Twits by Roald Dahl. They were able to make inference linked to the actions of the characters in the text as well as explore how the author has built the vivid image of the settings through the choice of language.
During the Autumn term, Team CC have been working on the topics Marvellous Me and Sparkle and Shine! They have read lots of books and based their learning on them including Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, Funny Bones and The Rainbow Fish. The class have been following the Read Write Inc scheme and Fred Frog has been helping the children to learn new sounds! He has been teaching them to Fred Talk so they can read and write. The class have also been developing their reading area. The children discussed what they would like it to look like and what books they would like to read. The class wanted a reading tent where they could sit quietly and read.
Throughout the autumn term, Team LG worked on various VIPERS skills through the use of the book Dracula, a book based on Bram Stoker’s visit to Whitby. They focussed closely on the vocabulary used to describe the characters, using this to draw inferences, backed up with evidence and began to put this into a ‘Point, Evidence, Explanation’ structure. The children enjoyed the book, particularly as it allowed them to draw on their own experience of their visit to Whitby and they could imagine the story coming to life, drawing upon the places visited in our Whitby trip.
During the Autumn Term, Team CB have been working hard to develop their reading through use of the Iron Man book by Ted Hughes. They have looked closely at the different perspectives of characters, as well as beginning to make simple and plausible inferences from the text. The class really enjoyed this book as it was one which they drew from their imagination to create their own Iron creature and one which gave great insights into Personal, Health, Social and Emotional discussions.
This term in Team WM, the class have been reading books linked to their themes of Sparkle and Shine and Magical Me. As a class, they have shared books about friendship, family, being unique and being a hero. This has then led to effective discussion around characters and themes in the book. The children have also joined in with refrains and recalled the sequence of story events. These are some of the stories the class have shared this term.
During the Autumn Term, Team AC have been busy sharing stories about Katie Morag. The children have had access to a variety of Katie Morag stories either in book form or online. As well as providing stimulating narrative for the children, it has also allowed them to look at life in different places and compare this to their own experiences. These books have been great in supporting the class with developing new vocabulary linked to Geography, as well as understanding these in a suitable context. The class have worked to develop their retrieval skills and begin to make simple inferences.
At WPSPS, we pride ourselves on the environments we create for our children, why not take a look at the way we aim to display learning clearly for our children to support with their reading skills. This includes EYFS and KS1 displays centered around phonics, as well as KS2 displays using our Mastery of Reading boards. |
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