Helping your child in Literacy

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Helping your child in Literacy

• Upper Juniors

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Promoting Reading

• National Year of reading will help us to promote
  reading even more.
• Encourage children to
• To read extensively and discuss personal reading
  with others (Target for Upper Juniors)
• Read regularly
• Visit the local library-take part in activities
  provided
• Children select books to read

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What can I do at home?

• Children should be reading independently, but
  is still nice for them to listen to others
  reading e.g. audio tapes, bedtime stories.
• Children to read a page or two aloud to an adult
• Discuss texts with children
• Ask Choose 5 words to describe the main
  character.
• Why did you choose those words? Evidence from
  story.
• Encourage them to complete reading log.
• Encourage them to make a note of new words they
  have met
• using a dictionary to find the meanings.

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• Allow children to make own choices.
• Magazines, newspapers, comics, internet
• Turn the sound off on the TV and put the
  subtitles on!
• Keep an eye out for things that will catch your
  childs imagination
• Read yourself set a good example by reading for
  pleasure and talking about it.
• Make sure children see male and female
  role-models.
• Be patient but persistent if you have a reluctant
  reader!

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Websites

• The websites below can help you and your child if
  you are stuck on what to read. They can give you
  book lists, which you can take to the library and
  search for.
• www.booktrusted.co.uk
• www.achuka.co.uk
• For older books
• www.cool-reads.co.uk

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Writing and Spelling

• Texts children read provide a range of
• vocabulary and ideas for their own writing.
• Children are encouraged to use books they have
  read as models for their own writing.
• Reading a range of non-fiction and fiction
  talking about how the authors use words to shape
  their ideas metaphors, similes, adverbs.
• TALK, TALK, TALK!
• Talk to your child about what they liked about
  the authors style. Was it the adjectives they
  used or the way they included suspense?
• How will their writing help you with yours?

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Ideas for writing and spelling

• Older children can develop writing and social
  skills by finding pen-friends through school
  clubs or keeping in touch with friends met on
  holiday.
• As well as going through spelling lists, play
  games like anagrams- rearrange names , book
  titles to make new words

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Ideas

• Junior crosswords
• Word of the day/week such as immaculate, maybe
  encourage them to use it in their writing at
  school-only if it makes sense!

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Support materials
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Homework

• read every week
• practise spellings
• literacy homework in line in class work

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Summary

• Talking and questioning about books read
• Keep reading log of books to share and discuss
  likes and dislikes with others
• Keep a log of new words and meanings
• Opportunities to write letters to friends
  relatives, lists of things to do
• Spelling games-anagrams, crosswords,' word of the
  week.
• WHSmiths different activity books