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PRIMARY SCHOOL

Year X

Reading Record

Dear Parents/Carers,Your child has chosen a reading book to read and enjoy independently as well as sharing it with you at home. This reading record is for you and your child to keep a diary of the books that they have read as well as completing a tasks. Once you have shared the book and discussed it along the way, please feel free to put your comment in the diary, as it is useful for us in school. It is of the upmost importance that your child understands what they are reading so that they are able to process and enjoy a range of literature. To help with reading comprehension, always ask you child questions about the book through friendly discussion and ask them to complete a reading challenge from the diary.Please also find overleaf a list of medium frequent words of which children should be able to read and write by the end of Year 4. Why not play games and create challenges to support learning these words?This page may also be useful when completing homework.At school we encourage the children to read on a daily basis and with your support at home combined with the support at school we hope that your child will make fantastic reading progress during this next academic year.Thank you

Date Book Title and Pages Read

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Parent’s Comment:

Date Book Title and Pages Read

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Parent’s Comment:

Reading ChallengesOnce you have read a book why not complete a reading challenge? This will help to improve your understanding of the characters, story structure, settings and vocabulary. Not only that, it will over time help to improve your very own story writing!

Write a letter to the author and tell them why you did or didn’t like the book. (Don’t forget to use the correct punctuation and the correct form for writing friendly letter.)

Write a list of questions that you would want to use in an interview with the main character.

Write a book review to share with the class. Write who, what, where, why or how events which happened in the book.

Write an acrostic poem for the main character.S = Studies hard in schoolA = Always listens to the teacherM = Made good grades

Write a new beginning for the book. Decide how you would start the book by writing 1 or 2 paragraphs.

Write a new ending for the book. Decide what you would change and write 2 or 3 paragraphs.

Make a list of five titles that would makes a better name for your book.

Tricky Words

door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old,

cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break,

steak, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass,

plant, path, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs,

parents, Christmas

Choose one of the books that you have read recently and complete a challenge using the space provided below.

Choose one of the books that you have read recently and complete a challenge using the space provided below.

Reading Challenges Choose something that belongs to the main

character and pretend the character lost it. Write a lost notice for the newspaper.

Pick a descriptive word from the text, write it down and, using a thesaurus, write down five synonyms and antonyms for the word.

Choose a descriptive passage and make a list of examples of vivid imagery – similes, metaphors, alliteration, noun phrases etc.

Write about what a character might be thinking or feeling at different stages of the story. (You could write it in first person, or in a speech bubble.)

Which character in this book would you most like to be? Explain your answer.

Compare this book to another/others by the same author.

Find new vocabulary (words) that you do not really know the meaning of and write them with the meaning.

Imagine you are one of the characters in the story. Write a diary entry that reflects thoughts and feelings about an event in his/her life.

Find 5 interesting words from the book. Write sentences of your own including those words.

Make notes about the story under these headings: opening, build-up, climax, resolution

Reading Challenges Challenge yourself and write a summary of the

whole book in 50 words!

Compare two of the characters from your story. How are they similar/different?

Using ideas from the story, write a true or false quiz for a friend to complete once they have read the book.

Draw a cartoon strip of your favourite part in the book, don’t forget to add speech bubbles!

Write a new blurb for the book. Can you find 5 adverbs that the author uses in the

book and illustrate them. Draw and label your favourite character with as

much detail as possible. What birthday present would you buy for the main

character and why? Write a list of synonyms for the word ‘said’, they

must be taken from your book. Draw a map of the books settings. What is your favourite story book and why? Find out your friend’s favourite story books and

why? Read a book recommended by a friend or someone

in your family and then explain if you thought it was good or bad.

Choose one of the books that you have read recently and complete a challenge using the space provided below.