By practising the techniques, children will speed up their reading, and be able to complete their homework and revise more easily. In KS2, especially upper KS2, reading lessons should focus on deepening children’s understanding of language, as well as securing fluency if a child has fallen behind. Depending on what areas you intend to focus on with a particular tutee, your reading lessons will vary. Securing Phonics Fluency A collection of printable short stories for young learners of English (elementary to upper-intermediate). With audio and exercises. Everyone loves a reward, right? Certificates and awards are a brilliant way to boost motivation and encourage children to keep on reading, especially if they're reluctant or hesitant. A simple certificate for finishing a book could be just the motivation a child needs to start reading the next one.

Marking the text as you go along is a great way to show your engagement with it. For younger learners, highlighting key passages or phrases can help them to identify the most important aspects of a text. Short, famous texts to read in English from classic sources like the Bible or Shakespeare. With word definitions and explanations to help you The resources provided by The Teacher's Corner cover a variety of literacy-focused topics such as: comprehension, word lists, centers, reading skills, vocabulary, and more. Topic-based reading exercises, each one including a reading text, pre-reading vocab, comprehension/vocab quizzes and suggested discussion questions If you decide to use poetry in your reading lessons, you’ll find this KS2 Poetry Detective Poem Analysis Worksheet to be a useful tool as the main activity. It’s available in three levels of difficulty, so you can choose the version that best suits the child’s ability. Whichever version they end up using, it asks them to identify the type of poem it is and record various thoughts about it, such as how it makes them feel and any similes or metaphors they find.

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Challenge them to colour coordinate their markings, with each different coloured highlighter pointing out a different feature of the text. This is great for visual learners, who learn best with a bright pop of colour. These techniques encourage children to enjoy reading and get something out of it. This helps to avoid the problem of just reading for the sake of it, or because they’re being told to do it. They are “reading with a purpose”.

For example: His head is in the clouds. You can picture a very tall man, because the clouds are really high up.

Reading Practice

Reading is the third of the four language skills, which are: 1. Listening 2. Speaking 3. Reading 4. Writing Reading helps to develop empathy in children. By stepping into somebody else's shoes for a while, they get to see and understand new perspectives.

There are lots of different ways to develop active readers in the classroom and at home. Here’s 6 active reading strategies that are applied in primary education:

For example: A fairy tale might have dragons and giants but a story about a normal day at school wouldn’t. Ideally, they should choose stories from different genres, to develop their understanding of author intent and how they use writing techniques to create an effect. You could also use this worksheet with two poems by the same poet, depending on what your reading lessons focus on.