Learning to Read: Stuck at the Top, level 16

Hi, my name is Mrs Symons, I am a Reading Recovery teacher and I lead Reading across the Cabot Learning Federation. These sessions are perfect for children who are learning to read, working their way up through the colour book bands at school. I am currently posting three sessions per week.

The reading lesson in the video below is based on a orange level 16 book, when listening to a child read at this level, it is useful to note the following:

• Give them a shorter introduction to the book. After reading, talk generally about the contents of the book.

• Ask why they think a  character acted as they did, even when the answer is not written in the text.

Help them to do the     following more and more by themselves :

· Keep pace brisk (you can occasionally make a game of chasing them across the page if it’s getting slow)

· Recognise familiar syllables or groups of letters to get to new  words for example : ing \ ed \ tele \ day

· Use a variety of          punctuation marks to read with expression and rhythm (still at a good pace)

· In Non-Fiction, use     contents or glossary pages to select which section to read

The first session begins with level 4, we have now moved up to level 16!