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WHY READING IS SO IMPORTANT Nicole Hoppitt and Leyla Mustafa Todays Purpose Distinguish the difference between home reading and reading for pleasure. Emphasise the importance of shared reading. Providing useful tips for reading

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WHY READING IS SO IMPORTANT

Nicole Hoppitt and Leyla Mustafa

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Today’s Purpose

 Distinguish the difference between home reading and

reading for pleasure.

 Emphasise the importance of shared reading.  Providing useful tips for reading at home with your

child.

 Suggested texts for different age groups.

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The importance of reading

Reading 20 minutes per day will…

expose children to 1,800,000 words per year
lead to increased scores on standardised tests

VS

Reading 5 minutes per day will…

expose children to 282,000 words per year

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Raising a Reader

Instilling and modelling a love of reading is the number one starting point in raising

readers. Reading to children should be

about fun and the enjoyment of reading.

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Reading Develops…

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Recreational Reading vs Home Reading

Recreational reading is completely different to educational reading.

Recreational Reading

Inferencing (reading between the lines)
Complex interplay between words and

pictures – images extend the text

Sophisticated vocabulary
Require discussion and deeper analysis
Self selected

Home Reading

Decoding
Fluency
Sight words
Phonemic awareness
Repetition
Basic vocabulary

Pictures support meaning and word recognition

Teacher selected

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Top 10 tips for raising a reader

1. Read aloud with passion
2. Model a love of reading.
3. Location, location, location.
4. Bring books to life.
5. Mix it up – non‐fiction and fiction
6. Love Libraries.
7. Create the need to read.
8. Reading routines rock.
9. Value books.
10. It’s not about you.

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Creating a print rich environment

A print rich home helps young children to become familiar with letters, numbers, pictorial images and words. It tells young children that print is important and has a purpose.

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READING FOR MEANING - BOOK LUCKY DIP

Lucky dips can be selected at the end

f a story as a talking point.
If you were the author of the story would you

have ended it the same way?

What did you like or dislike about this book?
What do you think the author was trying to say to

us? What helped you figure out the message?

What part of the story was the most exciting or

interesting?

Which character was your favourite? Why?
Did any of the characters remind you of anyone

that you know?

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Book Suggestions Middle‐Upper

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Book Suggestions Early Years

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