Guided Reading with Mrs Greenaway, Mrs Williams and Mrs Galloway.

Each week, the children will have three guided reading sessions as part of a group. The aim of these sessions will be to improve their comprehension of what they read and extend their thinking by engaging them in books which are interesting in content. They will also work on fluency, pace and expression as an integral part of each session.

Work completed within these sessions will relate to set pages, so it is important that your child does not read any further than the pages set for home preparation. You can help to enhance your child’s reading ability by reading and discussing these pages, asking questions about the text, drawing attention to language, grammar, punctuation and any other learning opportunities you may notice.

As your child may want to read more on a particular evening, he/she has chosen a library book and can read this at leisure. Should pupils wish to change this book, the library is available for them to do so during some part of every day.If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.

Sharing books at home with your child

Here are some helpful hints for making this an enjoyable experience.

• Choose a time when you can be relaxed and give your undivided attention.
• Praise what your child can do - build confidence at every opportunity.
• Make it enjoyable for both of you - enjoy the book, it's not just about getting the word right.
• Even if you think the text is too easy, talk about the story line or characters or find words with letter patterns in them.
• Encourage your child to concentrate on the meaning of what they are reading and to make a sensible guess at an unknown word.
• Remember, this does not have to be reading your child's reading book - they could read newspapers, magazines, recipe books, letters, joke books, invitations, instructions for games and models, reading related to computer games, reference books, etc.
• If your child is a confident, fluent reader they still need to read aloud to help them develop expression and use punctuation correctly.
• They will benefit from talking about the book - forming opinions, summarising, guessing what might happen next.
• They also need to be encouraged to read different kinds of books.

List of Recommended Books for Year 3 to Read

We Animals Would Like a Word With You - John Agard

The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Hans Christian Andersen and P. Lynch

Skip Across the Ocean - Floella Benjamin

Mr. Majeika - Humphrey Carpenter

A Gift From Winklesea - Helen Cresswell

The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl

Willa and Old Miss Annie - Berlie Doherty

Diary of a Killer Cat - Anne Fine

Little Inkchkin - Fiona French

Aesop's Funky Fables - Vivian French

Picasso Perkins - Adele Geras

The Shrinking of Treehorn - Florence Parry

Heide Nothing - Mick Inkpen

All Because of Jackson - Dick King-Smith

Secret Friends - Elizabeth Laird

Daedalus and Icarus - Geraldine McCaughrean

The King With Dirty Feet and Other Stories - Mary Medlicott

Hue Boy - Rita Phillips Mitchell

The Owl Tree - Jenny Nimmo

Mrs. Cockle's Cat - Philippa Pearce

Moving - Michael Rosen

Rosal’s Singing Grandfather - Leon Rosselson

Rama and the Demon King - Jessica Souhami

Roxyl’s Italian Diary - Branwen Thomas

Unusual Day - Sandy Toksvig

The Dad Library - Dennis Whelehan

The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde and Jane Ray

Cliffhanger - Jacqueline Wilson