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Reading in the Primary Phase

At Alec Reed Academy, pupils are given the opportunity to undertake guided, shared and independent reading throughout the school curriculum. A diverse range of group reading books and a staged reading scheme are available. Reading starts in the primary with a successful Read Write Inc. programme alongside children being exposed to a range of texts carefully planned and mapped out. In KS1, teachers build on children’s prior reading and their comprehension skills whilst still promoting the children’s reading for enjoyment. In KS2, a whole class reading structure has been successfully embedded with domain focus and quality reading texts. Pupils are also supported in receiving reading-age levelled books through our Accelerated Reader programme. We believe children should have the opportunities to read as many books as possible and promoting a love for reading is at the heart of what we do. We aim to listen to every child read at least twice a week and encourage them to read at home every day.  

We work with our children in order to improve their fluency, intonation, decoding skills and comprehension. To develop our readers we:

• Teach them to read accurately and fluently using a range of strategies.
• Give individual reading targets to children.
• Help them to understand and respond to what they read using inference and deduction where appropriate. 
• Allow the opportunity for children to reflect on and discuss what they have read, including the language and punctuation choices made by the author.
• Enhance their understanding of a variety of text types including non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
• Encourage them to develop a love of reading and become confident, fluent and independent.
• Teach them how to seek information and learn from the written word. 
• Use drama and role-play, where appropriate, to engage children in the text