Guided Reading in Term 5

In guided reading this term, we will be reading 'Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton and 'Viking Boy' by Tony Bradman. 

Writing in Term 5

In term 5, we will be writing our own informal letters to persuade Arthur to go on the quest to find Thor. We will use our developing knowledge of language to support us in writing these informal letters. We will be using informal language and focusing on the impact this will have on the reader. As a result, we will be practising our editing and uplevelling skills to ensure our letters reach our target audience and purpose. 

Then, we will be writing an ancient myth story. Within this piece of writing, we will be aiming to use the following skills that we have learnt:

*Use subordination ( when, if, that , because) to extend or join sentences. ​

*Understand coordination (or, and, but, so) and can link or extend sentences using coordinating conjunctions. ​

*Use expanded noun phrases for description and specification. ​

*Understand how to use time adverbs (answers the question when) e.g. then, next, soon, therefore e.g. Soon he reached the top of the beanstalk…  ​

*Use place adverbs/ prepositions  ​

*Choose and use suitable time adverbs as fronted adverbials to link sentences together.  ​

*Use inverted commas, placing them correctly, to show direct speech within a narrative. ​

*Start all direct speech with a capital letter. ​

* Independently use punctuation taught so far across a range of writing. ​

Reading at River in KS2 for Parents

• Parents Reading at River KS2.docx

The document above gives lots of different questions you can ask your children at home when they read with you, this is very important for developing their comprehension skills as well as their word reading skills.

It is really important for children to regularly read their home reading book, returning it to school on the appointed days, so that they can enjoy some of our new school reading books and read a wide genres of texts. 

Reading lots at home also has a really positive impact on the children's writing as hey absorb vocabulary and learn different writing techniques from other authors.  

We encourage the children to read a wide variety of texts both through their reading material at home; visiting local libraries with families or accessing their online resources as well as reading books that are sent home from school.

Use the VIPERS questions at home to help you understand the texts you are reading.

Vocabulary - questions that focus on the meaning of words and understanding why the author has used certain words or phrases.

Infer - questions that focus on using clues from the text to understand character thoughts/feelings/actions and being able to show this evidence.

Predict - questions that focus on understanding what happens next and what role the characters will play in the story. Use evidence from the text to prove your predictions.

Explain - questions that focus on giving a detailed explanation e.g. explaining similarities and differences between events/characters or explaining your opinion about topics.

Retrieve - questions where you can 'grab' the answer from the text.

Summarise - questions that focus ask you to 'sum up' what has happened or putting events in order.

 As well as books from school, you can access some great books in your current book band level at the Oxford Owls Website

Reading activities and games