Good Morning
The children are now going to be bringing sharing books home every Friday along with their reading record. The idea is not that the children read the book but that they share it with an adult or older sibling. Encourage your children to talk about the pictures, recognise single letters, predict what might happen, talk about what might happen from looking at the front cover, recount the story or answer simple questions about what happened in the story. Talk about the characters. Did your children enjoy the story and why? Does the story remind them of any events in their life?
In order for the children to begin their reading journey, they should familiarise themselves with holding a book, turning pages, knowing that print is read from left to right, using the pictures to help them read words. All are very important early reading skills. Tell them the name of the author and illustrator and look at the page numbers.
Please fill in the reading record with a short comment about whether your children enjoyed the story and if they were able to complete some of the above activities. As your child’s reading skills develop, they will begin to bring home Read Write Inc reading activities but these will be explained at that time.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Thank you
Miss Palmer and Mrs Siddle.