2nd Class record their reading daily. We record ourselves and listen back to see if our reading has improved. We give each other pointers and help each other to improve. We like reading for an audience and practicing speaking loudly, clearly and with a nice tone.
We are taking First Steps to good reading. So far this year, we have read four books together. The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and Care of Henry. We have worked on:
1. Visualising – closing our eyes and seeing the story in our head.
2. Questioning – asking each other questions about the story, podcasting as we think back on our books etc.
3. Making Connections – connecting each book to another, connecting the story to me, connecting the story to my world!
Next we will work on Summarising. This is how we put all the parts of a story together and explain what has happened so far in a story, in our own words.
Do you want to hear how we use SoundCloud? Listen to us read a chapter of our current book, ‘Alfie Green and the Magical Gift’!
