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Parents’ Reading Meeting
Developing reading skills through home languages
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Reading Reading is an important part
of children’s learning. It is a skill that children need in all areas of the curriculum.
A good level or competency in
reading can aid children’s progress in school. Research demonstrates that if parents read with their children, children’s reading standards can improve. Establishing regular times at home to read with your child, and using strategies that are consistent with school, will significantly support your child’s reading.
Schools have reading programmes and schemes in place but reading is taught in many ways, such as through:
-independent reading-paired reading-group reading-reading activities with staff-games-use of school library-visuals in the school environment-curriculum areas-reading schemes.
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The reading process
Reading involves much more than reading the written word. Children need to acquire skills which will help them in becoming better readers and will also support their writing, e.g.Book handling To be able to handle books,
turn pages. To know print is left to right.Vocabulary To learn new words and build
on their own vocabulary. To develop ideas for their own
writing.
Text To recognise letter names/letter
sounds. To use phonetic sounds to
read/decode words. To develop increased confidence
with reading familiar/unfamiliar words.
To develop fluency in their reading.
To use expression in their reading.
Comprehension To learn how to speak and listen
around the story. To learn how to read with
understanding. To understand how to make
predictions. To be able to make inference. To be able to make links with
experiences and express personal opinions.
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English as an additional language, concerns with reading
Some pupils with English as an additional language do not achieve in certain reading tasks e.g. comprehension.
Teachers report that some pupils do not have the same opportunities for reading at home.
Pupils do not recognise their home language as valuable in reading.
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Issues arising for some parents
Parents’ experiences of learning to read is different to their children’s, e.g. different education system.
Parents are unfamiliar with how reading is taught in school.
Parents lack confidence to approach school staff about concerns they have with supporting their children with reading.
Parents feel they must only use English when reading with their children and not draw on their home language.
Some parents are not confident or able to read in English. This can be an additional barrier in supporting their children with reading at home.
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What are the aims of the project?
To raise the value placed on use of home languages and ensure pupils are using all their linguistic skills.
To assure parents that their support of their children in home language will benefit their children’s acquisition of English.
To bridge cultural and historical differences between how parents were taught to read and how we teach their children now.
To raise the attainment of ethnic minority pupils in reading.
To provide schools with a strategy in engaging ethnic minority parents with their children’s reading.
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Importance of home languages in school
Bilingualism is an asset and should not be seen as a hindrance.
Parental involvement in children’s education supports their learning.
Research highlights where home languages are developed. This improves thinking skills and the ability to acquire a new language.
For many bilingual children once they start school their home language is gradually replaced by English. If the home language is not supported they can end up with neither language being well developed.
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What do the resources include?
Dual text books in a variety of home languages.
Translated reading guidance leaflets for parents.
Phonics charts with phonetic sound transliterations.
High frequency words with transliterations.
Story talk prompts to develop speaking, listening and comprehension.
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LIST OF TRANSLATED MATERIALS AVAILABLE
Translated reading guidance leaflets
Alphabet/phonic chart
High frequency words
Story prompts
Parents’ Questionnaires
Albanian
Arabic
Bengali
Bulgarian
Chinese
English
Farsi
French
Gujarati
Hindi
Lithuanian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Tamil
Turkish
Urdu
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Useful tips on reading together Make sure that when you read with your child there are
no distractions. You do not have to be able to read English to support
your child with reading. Supporting your child with reading Using the following tips you can help develop their reading whether it’s in your home language, English or both. Before you start reading a book, talk about the pictures
on the cover, encourage your child to predict what the story might be about. Point out the name of the person who wrote the book and the person who drew the pictures. Ethnic Minority Advisory Team
Teachers’ Centre As you read the story, stop and talk about what is Melbourne Road
happening in the pictures. Discuss what has happened Ilford in the story and what they think might happen next. Essex IG1 4HT This will help your child to understand the story. Tel: 020 8553 4511
If your child gets stuck on a word, encourage them
to have a go using letter sounds or by looking at the picture for clues. If they are still stuck, read the word yourself if you can.
Children must not be afraid of making a mistake. If they
are struggling do not get impatient as this will not help them.
When you finish reading the book encourage your child to
talk about it. Find out how much they have understood by asking questions. Allow them to ask questions as well.
Reading leaflet - English
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Reading leaflet - Bengali
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Aa apple
Bb book
Cc car
Dd dog
Ee egg
Ff fly
Gg girl
Hh hat
Ii ink
Jj jacket
Kk kite
Ll lion
Mm mushroom
Nn nose
Oo orange
Pp pencil
Qq queen
Rr rabbit
Ss sun
Tt tree
Uu umbrella
Vv volcano
Ww watch
Xx x-ray
Yy yo-yo
Zz zebra
Phonics chart - English
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Phonics chart - Bengali
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The first 45 words in the Literacy Framework -
Ordered according to frequency and
difficulty List A
List B
List C
List D
I we up going
and on look away
he at like play
is for go am
a said this cat
to you come day
the are big dog
in they my mum
was all no dad
of get yes
it went
High frequency words - English
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High frequency words - Bengali
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BEOWULF What is the story about?
A long time ago in Denmark there lived an evil creature who made the life of the people who lived there a misery. He would terrorise them and kill them. No one could defeat this creature, no one except the great warrior Beowulf. Beowulf promised the king that he would kill Grendel the evil creature and he did! But Beowulf had forgotten that Grendel had an evil mother who started to take revenge on the people for the death of her son. Beowulf searched for Grendel’s mother in the gloomy waters where she lived and after a mighty fight, he eventually killed her. The king rewarded Beowulf by holding a big feast and gave him many gifts.
Play a game/other ideas Talk together
- Can you re-tell the story using some of the words in old English e.g. merriment, proclaimed etc
- Describe one of the characters. Can someone guess who you are describing?
- Why is the story about Denmark when it is written in old English?
- Which parts of this story could have been
based on real events and which parts could have been added?
- The story has parts of it which are scary, how does the way the book is illustrated/written make it scary?
- What other stories do you know where good conquers evil?
- Do you think the story is true?
Read the story
- The story is written in old English, what do these words mean? – vile, proclaimed, gables, bestowing, desolate. - In the story there are many descriptive words used. Discuss the words used to describe:
- the night when the first banquet was held - Grendel
- Grendel’s home - the marshes. - What do you think was special about Beowulf that he killed Grendel where the other warriors could not?
Language: ENGLISH
Story prompts- English
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Story prompts- Romanian
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Questions Do you have any questions?
Do you think this project/resources will help you with supporting your child’s reading?