Reading

Re-think Reading! is a collection of ideas for lessons that can be used and adapted for guided or whole class reading with each primary school year group. They have been written around the demands of the national curriculum programmes of study for reading and are available for each phase: Y1, Y2, Y3/4 and Y5/6. More information, and an example for each phase is available to download below.

This resource is a collection of reading plans based on high quality texts for teaching reading from Y1 to Y6. Although the texts are not included, many are well-known books that will be in school libraries and some are freely available online. Re-think Reading! is organised in phases of Y1, Y2, Y3/4 and Y5/6 with at least 12 sets of plans per phase.

Re-think Reading! covers many aspects of the National Curriculum for reading but is not totally comprehensive. Some elements will need to be taught through teaching sequences, other curriculum areas or story times. Each set of plans consists of up to three consecutive lessons, usually based around a single text.

National Curriculum Objectives

Each set of session plans focuses on objectives from the National Curriculum for reading for the relevant year group or phase. The plans are independent of one another and there is no particular pathway or progression through them as this will be determined based on the developing needs of the children.

Reading methodology

The sessions are written primarily for small group guided reading. However, most are easily adaptable to whole class reading contexts. Additionally, all the plans can be adjusted to meet the needs of children.

Organisation of session plans

Each plan includes the following elements:

• The title and publisher’s details
• A brief synopsis of the book
• A list of other books by the same author and a list of other related texts
• National Curriculum objectives that are a focus in the sessions and how these are contextualised in the plans
• Up to three session plans with a structure of Book Introduction, Strategy Check, Independent Reading, Respond to Text
• Pre-reading and post-reading tasks where relevant for the teaching sessions
• Other independent activities (optional)
• Resources for the teaching sessions

Plans can be purchased individually for £3 (+VAT) each or all phases for the whole school for just £100 (+VAT) - available here from our shop