Reading

Resources: Four grids with CVC words
Purpose: To read and write CVC words

Resource: Venn diagram graphic organiser and exemplar

Purpose: To compare and contrast aspects of texts

Includes: Template and exemplar (Frayer chart)

Focus: Learning vocabulary

Includes: Two posters with whiteboard expectations

Focus: Establishing routines for effectively using whiteboards during whole-class teaching

Includes: Poster and individual cards

Focus: Identifying the learning focus for activities

Includes: A template 

Focus: Summarising texts

Includes: Template and exemplar

Focus: Summarising texts

Includes: Poster

Focus: Teaching reading fluency

Includes: Publishing template and exemplar

Focus: Publishing writing

Includes: Word or Wonder wall and an exemplar
Focus: Vocabulary, generating ideas

Includes: Story path strip and Story path exemplar

Focus: Oral language, reading, writing

Includes: Three ‘super reader’ caterpillars

Focus: Supporting students to be successful learners

Includes: Timeline at two levels and an exemplar

Focus: Retelling the main events in a story

Includes: Inferring activity template and exemplar

Focus: Inferring about a character’s feelings at different points in a story

Includes: PDF of dice reading activity (fiction 1)

Focus: Independent reading activity

Includes: PDF of printable fix-up strategies chart

Focus: Self-monitoring in reading

Includes: PDF of printable self-monitoring chart

Focus: Self-monitoring in reading

for inspiration and ideas

Includes: Template and exemplar

Focus: Vocabulary building

Includes: Template with six kindness coupons

Focus: Showing gratitude and fostering generosity

Includes: Three-page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice

Focus: Questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing

Includes: PDF of printable tiles for narrative retelling

Focus: Narrative retelling

Includes: Ideas for different ways to retell a story

Focus: Narrative retelling

Includes: Word-building template and exemplar

Focus: Adding affixes to base words

Includes: Venn diagram template and two exemplars

Focus: Comparing and contrasting

Includes: Template with three bookmarks

Focus: To review and recommend books

Focus: Vocabulary development

Focus: Using digital resources for shared reading with middle and senior students

Using simple props to support oral language development

Focus: Retelling known stories

Useful links and resources to support The Reading Book.

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A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.

Focus: Using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks

Includes: Drama activity cards/poster

Focus: Using drama to enhance speaking and listening

Includes: Two retelling talking strips

Focus: Retelling

Includes: Lesson plan, YouTube video link, student planning sheet and exemplar

Focus: Structuring and ordering events in a narrative (story)