Reading Schemes
At Holland Haven we use a number of different schemes to give the children depth and variety in their reading experiences. These include: Rigby Star, Oxford Reading Tree, Phonic Bug (Pearson) and other various schemes.
Although the schemes have their own different levels or stages, we have adopted our own colour coded system that the children progress through. This is as follows: brown 1-4 pink 5-8 red 9-15 yellow 16-21 blue 22-27 green 29-30 orange 31-33 turquoise 34-35 purple 36-38 gold 39-40 white 41-42 lime 43-44 maroon 45-47 Each colour coded book has also been given a number and carefully selected to help children locate and progress through their books. As they progress through the colours children should experience the reading books from most, if not all of the schemes. Although there is no “right,” order in which to progress through the schemes, the following is intended as a guide as it starts with the “easier” books in that colour and then gets progressively “harder.” This should also be the order that they appear on the shelves working left-right. By working through the schemes in this way it also enables the children to experience a range of different genres. Pupils in KS1 may start accelerated reader if they have reached an appropriate level. |
Letters and Sounds
From Foundation Stage to KS1 the children have daily Letters and Sounds sessions. This is a national reading programme which enables children to use their phonic knowledge to read using blending and segmenting as a primary approach. The delivered programme is taught in six-phases to teach children how the alphabet works for reading and spelling. When completed, children move from reading to spelling strategies using Support for Spelling
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Letters & Sounds - a note for parents and guardians
Letters & Sounds is a phonic programme used in school daily. It helps your child to recognise letters, their sounds and builds up various sound combinations to help decode words. We encourage children to read at least 4 times a week at home using their phonic knowledge to build up words, which also helps with spelling. Please see the learning resource links which also includes 'non-words' or 'pseudo words' for your child to sound out. These will be included in the Year 1 phonics screening check, a new government reading test. More information will be given about this in the Spring term from the school. Please remember - children are also expected to understand what they read and what is read to them. This includes questions which talk about what has happenned, could happen next, how a situation has occured, how a character feels and explaining their answer; why and how they know. Children do not always have to read the scheme book from school every day. It could be a book from home they read or, for comprehension questions and understanding, you have read to them.
Accelerated reader
Accelerated Reader provides teachers with an effective way to monitor all forms of guided reading practice and library circulation. Accelerated Reader provides detailed, objective data to target teaching and ensure success for every pupil, regardless of level, from emergent reader onwards!
Get pupils excited about books: Accelerated Reader helps you focus attention on the careful reading of books, which improves pupils' critical thinking skills and builds an intrinsic love of reading
Obtain reliable, objective information: Over 30 reports are available so you can accurately monitor performance and progress towards targets
Individualised Learning: Accelerated Reader helps you individualise teaching for every pupil
Improve classroom management: Teachers using Accelerated Reader report higher attendance, fewer discipline problems, and improved attitudes about school
Keep each pupil challenged: Using Accelerated Reader, you can continuously guide pupils to appropriate books and material that provide the right level of challenge
Three different types of quiz: Reading Practice quizzes test comprehension, Vocabulary quizzes test understanding of regularly used words, and Literacy Skills quizzes test higher order thinking skills.
Get pupils excited about books: Accelerated Reader helps you focus attention on the careful reading of books, which improves pupils' critical thinking skills and builds an intrinsic love of reading
Obtain reliable, objective information: Over 30 reports are available so you can accurately monitor performance and progress towards targets
Individualised Learning: Accelerated Reader helps you individualise teaching for every pupil
Improve classroom management: Teachers using Accelerated Reader report higher attendance, fewer discipline problems, and improved attitudes about school
Keep each pupil challenged: Using Accelerated Reader, you can continuously guide pupils to appropriate books and material that provide the right level of challenge
Three different types of quiz: Reading Practice quizzes test comprehension, Vocabulary quizzes test understanding of regularly used words, and Literacy Skills quizzes test higher order thinking skills.