In Class 1, we read in class multiple times a day! This can be individually, in small groups or as a whole class. Children are encouraged to read aloud and use their phonics knowledge to help them with unfamiliar words.

It is vital that children continue with their reading at home with an adult. Children will be provided with a phonics book each week which will be aligned with our class teaching. We ask that this is read four times throughout the week. This will help to develop the children's fluency. Along with this, children will be able to choose a library book each week which they will bring home to share with you. 

By the end of KS1, children should be familiar with different reading skills. They are:

Vocabulary- Children are encouraged to think about the words the author uses to understand the texts. 

Inference- Children are encouraged to hunt for clues in the text. This might be to work out how someone is feeling or why something is happening. 

Prediction- Children are encouraged to use what they already know from the text to work out what might happen next. 

Retrieval- Children are encouraged to use the text to answer questions about characters, events and information. 

Sequencing- Children are encouraged to think about the order that things happen in to make sense of the text. 

All of these skills help build comprehension skills, which demonstrate understanding of what they have read.