All classes across KS1 and KS2 have dedicated high quality texts that are shared with the class and are explored during English and Reading lessons.
Following on from RWI, as children become competent, independent readers. We use a shared reading approach to develop further reading skills that involve Decoding, Explanation, Retrieving, Interpreting and Choice (DERIC).
This is a short teacher led lesson where children have access to thus high-quality texts and work on a particular reading skill. The adult would read the text aloud, have a discussion then children would read in partners and respond. In addition, KS2 children have the opportunity to develop there spoken language by reading out loud and having debates.
As a school, we find that shared reading has a large impact on English writing skills as they are developing oracy, grammar, punctuation and being exposed to language rich texts which improves vocabulary. In addition to this, we include Echo reading opportunities to further develop expression and fluency.
